February 2026

28 days, 477 stories

  1. Saturday 28Israel launches an attack on Iran, calling it a preemptive strike, killing several Iranian high-ranking officials including supreme leader Ali Khamenei.32
  2. Friday 27Two people are killed and 49 more injured after a tram derails in Milan, Italy, and crashes into pedestrians and a building.14
  3. Thursday 26Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer wins the constituency of Gorton and Denton in Greater Manchester, England, in the party's first by-election win.7
  4. Wednesday 25Seven people are killed and ten others are injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a fertilizer plant just outside of Dorogobuzh in Smolensk Oblast, Russia.9
  5. Tuesday 24The Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia accuses France and the United Kingdom of preparing to supply Ukraine with a nuclear weapon, prompting the Russian…19
  6. Monday 23Hugo César "El Tuli" Macías Ureña, a right-hand man of El Mencho, who coordinated attacks after his death, is confirmed killed in a shootout with authorities.28
  7. Sunday 22Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), and six other gunmen are killed during a security operation carried out by…16
  8. Saturday 21Ukrainian forces launch long-range FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, striking the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant in Votkinsk, Udmurtia, Russia. Another missile…15
  9. Friday 20At least 12 people are killed and 33 others are injured in multiple Israeli strikes targeting members of Hezbollah and Hamas across Lebanon. One Hezbollah…19
  10. Thursday 19In the United Kingdom, police arrest royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on charges of misconduct in public office related to his links to convicted American sex…14
  11. Wednesday 18Philippine vice president Sara Duterte announces her candidacy in the next presidential election.15
  12. Tuesday 17An annular solar eclipse lasting up to 2 minutes and 20 seconds is visible from Antarctica for the first time since 2014. It was also observed in the Southern…16
  13. Monday 16Eleven people are killed after U.S. forces launch strikes on three alleged drug smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.14
  14. Sunday 15Widespread power outages are reported by authorities in several oblasts in Russia, including Belgorod and Bryansk, following a large-scale Ukrainian missile…17
  15. Saturday 14Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins gold at the men's giant slalom, becoming the first Brazilian and first South American athlete to win a medal…7
  16. Friday 13UAE-based DP World CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigns and leaves the company with immediate effect amid controversy over his connection to convicted American…16
  17. Thursday 12Former Norwegian prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland is charged with gross corruption over connections with American sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.14
  18. Wednesday 11British International Investment suspends all future investments with DP World after their CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was revealed to have maintained close…13
  19. Tuesday 10Canadian pensions funder La Caisse suspends all future ventures with multinational logistics company DP World following the disclosure by the U.S. Department…22
  20. Monday 9Hong Kong opposition figure Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in prison for violating a national security law following a two-year trial. Eight others…18
  21. Sunday 8Mona Juul, Norway's ambassador to Iraq and Jordan, resigns after the foreign ministry opened an inquiry into her past contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, amid media…23
  22. Saturday 7The mandate for the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti expires, with the powers of the presidency transferred to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé…22
  23. Friday 6The wreckage of an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante operating a cargo flight for Agape Flights that went missing yesterday is found in Jérémie, Grand'Anse, Haiti…23
  24. Thursday 5An explosion at an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya, India, kills at least 25 people.19
  25. Wednesday 4Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison's longtime chairman Brad S. Karp resigns after emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein are published.16
  26. Tuesday 3The Metropolitan Police of Greater London, UK, launches an investigation into House of Lords peer Peter Mandelson following allegations of misconduct in public…19
  27. Monday 2Three people are killed when a DA40 Diamond Star light aircraft crashes in Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia.15
  28. Sunday 1In tennis, Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz defeats Serbian player Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5, to win his first Australian Open…15