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February 2, 2024
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2024-02-02
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
The
U.S. military
launches
airstrikes
against the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC) and other
Iran
-backed groups in
Iraq
and
Syria
, in response to
a drone attack
that killed three
American troops
in
Jordan
.
CENTCOM
says more than 85 targets were hit with 125 "precision munitions".
(NBC News)
(BBC News)
Law and crime
1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing
DNA
tests confirm the identity of a man who claimed that he was the fugitive
Satoshi Kirishima
before dying of cancer in late January.
(Kyodo News)
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
The Malaysian Pardons Board headed by the
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
reduces the prison term of former
Malaysian Prime Minister
Najib Razak
from 12 years to 6 years of imprisonment.
(Reuters via
Rappler
)
Politics and elections
2023 Guatemalan general election
The
European Council
applies sanctions to
Attorney General of Guatemala
María Consuelo Porras
and three of her collaborators, as well as to a judge, for undermining democracy, the rule of law, and the
transfer of power
.
(
Prensa Libre
)
Sports
Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
In
ice hockey
, the
National Hockey League
announces that NHL players will be allowed to play at the
Winter Olympics
in
2026
and
2030
, making it the first time the league has allowed its players to participate since
2014
.
(
The Athletic
)
Twenty-three-year-old
boxer
Kazuki Anaguchi dies from
subdural hematoma
caused by injuries resulting from a December 2023 boxing match against boxer Seiya Tsutsumi.
(ESPN)
(CBS Sports)
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