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February 25, 2024
(
2024-02-25
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Israel–Hamas war
Red Sea crisis
2024 missile strikes in Yemen
The
U.S. military
launches strikes against 18
Houthi
targets in
Yemen
.
(
Politico
)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Two
Hezbollah
members are killed by an
Israeli
strike in
al-Qusayr
,
Syria
.
(
Times of Israel
)
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
Fifteen people are killed and two more injured during an attack on a Catholic Church in the village of Essakane,
Oudalan Province
,
Burkina Faso
.
(BBC News)
Dozens of people are killed during an attack at a
mosque
in Natiaobani.
(Al Jazeera)
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
,
Iraq–Turkey relations
Turkey
launches an airstrike in northern
Iraq
, killing 4 alleged
PKK
members.
(
Hürriyet Daily
)
Disasters and accidents
Ten people are killed and five more injured after a
ferry
carrying workers sank in Monshat el-Kanater,
Egypt
.
(Arab News)
Nine people are killed and 17 others are injured in a
bus
crash near
Paulpietersburg
,
South Africa
.
(AP)
Law and crime
Israel–Hamas war protests
Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
Self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell
An active-duty
United States Air Force
member
sets himself on fire
outside the
Israeli embassy
in
Washington, D.C.
as a form of
protest
against the
Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
and dies later that day.
(BBC News)
(NPR)
Politics and elections
2024 Belarusian parliamentary election
Voting begins in elections to the
National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus
, the
All-Belarusian People's Assembly
, and local councils, with only four pro-government parties permitted to run. Opposition activist
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
urges
Belarusians
to boycott the elections, stating that she will hold elections to the
Coordination Council
in May.
(
Politico
)
Incumbent
President of Belarus
Alexander Lukashenko
announces that he will run in the
next Belarusian presidential election
.
(Reuters)
Sports
2024 EFL Cup final
Liverpool
defeat
Chelsea
1–0 after extra time at
Wembley Stadium
to win the
2023–24 EFL Cup
.
(BBC Sport)
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