Saturday, February 7, 2026
22 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first
Conflict
Gaza war
An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building outside the areas controlled by Israel in Zaytun Quarter, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Israeli settler violence
Three Palestinians are injured when Israeli settlers attack residents in the northern Jordan Valley.
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
The Allied Democratic Forces attack a village in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 20 people.
Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Ukraine schedules emergency power outages across the country citing Russian attacks on thermal power stations.
Kordofan Campaign
At least 24 people are killed, including eight children, in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a vehicle carrying displaced families near Er Rahad, North Kordofan, Sudan.
2026 Islamabad mosque bombing
Pakistani security forces arrest four people allegedly associated with the Khorasan Islamic State, accusing them of bombing the Shia mosque in Islamabad yesterday.
Nigerian bandit conflict
Armed men kill three people and kidnap eleven others, including a Catholic priest, in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
World
Algeria–United Arab Emirates relations
Algeria begins formal procedures to terminate its 2013 air transport agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
Politics
Haitian crisis
The mandate for the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti expires, with the powers of the presidency transferred to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago.
Crime & Justice
2026 Winter Olympics
Suspected saboteurs damage rail infrastructure in different locations near Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, disrupting journeys on the first full day of the Winter Olympics.
2026 Winter Olympics
Anti-Olympics protestors and police clash in Milan, Italy, with officers and their vans being targeted with fireworks and firecrackers.
Bashkir State Medical University attack
Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and four Indian nationals, in a mass stabbing at the Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
Justice
Police detain 313 people involved in a raid on the Aristotle University campus in Thessaloniki, Greece, after they attacked a group of riot police.
Disasters
Disasters
Fifteen people are killed after a minibus veers off a road and crashes into a valley near Badakhshan province, Afghanistan.
Disasters
Eight people are killed in an explosion at a biotechnology factory in Shanyin County, Shanxi, China.
Disasters
Seven people are killed in a mining accident at a gold mine in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, China.
Disasters
Six people are killed and three are injured after a truck rams into a bus on the Yamuna Expressway, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Disasters
Two people are killed, nine others are injured, and several are trapped, including students, when a three-story restaurant collapses in Kota, Rajasthan, India.
Disasters
Three skiers are killed in avalanches in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lombardy, Italy.
Business
Saudi Arabia–Syria relations
Saudi Arabia and Syria sign agreements covering a joint low-cost carrier, a new international airport in Aleppo, and a US$1 billion telecommunications project as part of broader investment efforts following the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for February 7, 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.