Saturday, February 21, 2026

15 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war

    Ukrainian forces launch long-range FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, striking the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant in Votkinsk, Udmurtia, Russia. Another missile strikes a natural-gas processing plant in Samara Oblast.

  2. Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war

    Russian forces capture the village of Karpivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, as they attempt to advance towards Lyman.

  3. 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war

    Pakistan conducts intelligence-based strikes on seven locations along the Durand Line in the Nangarhar and Paktika provinces of Afghanistan targeting alleged camps of the Pakistani Taliban and an affiliate of the Islamic State, resulting in dozens of fatalities and injuries.

  4. Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

    Two soldiers and five militants are killed in a shootout in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

  5. Jonglei clashes

    Up to 22 people are killed, including women and children, and several others are injured when Agwelek Forces gunmen open fire on villagers in Ayod County, Jonglei State, South Sudan.

  6. Syrian conflict

    The Islamic State claims responsibility for two attacks on security personnel in northern and eastern Syria, in which a soldier and a civilian were killed.

  7. Terrorism in Ukraine

    A policewoman is killed and at least 15 others are injured, including some seriously, in two explosions at a shop in Lviv, Ukraine. The attacks are being treated as terrorism.

Disasters

  1. 2025–26 Australian bushfire season

    The state emergency service of Victoria, Australia, issues the highest-level emergency evacuation warning for areas surrounding the A1 Mine Settlement of Gaffneys Creek, as an uncontrolled bushfire burns the settlement.

  2. Libyan crisis

    At least five bodies of refugees wash ashore near Tripoli, Libya. Residents also observe a child's body carried back to sea by strong waves, prompting a coast guard search operation.

  3. Disasters

    Six people are killed, including a five-year-old, and three others are injured when a boat capsizes and sinks on the Grande River in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  4. Disasters

    The death toll from the truck explosion on a highway in Santiago, Chile, on Thursday, rises to six, with 15 others still hospitalized with serious injuries.

  5. Disasters

    Five people are killed in a fire at an apartment building in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia.

  6. Disasters

    Four children and an elderly woman are killed in a house fire in Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, Russia.

Business

  1. Tariffs in the second Trump administration

    United States president Donald Trump raises the global tariff on imports from 10% to 15% under emergency powers that permit the measure for up to 150 days after the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a 1977 law does not authorize the imposition of his earlier country-specific tariffs. The administration states that the new rate applies broadly, with exemptions for certain sectors and goods covered by existing trade agreements.

Culture

  1. 76th Berlin International Film Festival

    At this year's Berlin Film Festival, İlker Çatak's Yellow Letters wins the Golden Bear.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for February 21, 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.