Portal:Current events/2024 February 26
February 26, 2024
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2024-02-26
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Armed conflicts and attacks
2024 Iran–Israel conflict
,
Israel–Hezbollah clashes
After Hezbollah shoots down a
Hermes 450
drone,
Israel
conducts airstrikes on
Hezbollah
positions in
Lebanon
's
Beqaa Valley
, marking Israel's deepest incursion into Lebanon since the outbreak of hostilities.
(Reuters)
RED-Tabara
militants launch an attack in Buringa,
Bubanza Province
,
Burundi
, killing nine people and injuring five others. The local headquarters of the ruling
CNDD–FDD
party is also set on fire.
(Actualite)
International relations
Iran–Israel relations
The
Israeli Air Force
announces the establishment of a new department dedicated to monitoring the
Iranian Armed Forces
.
(
Jerusalem Post
)
Libya–Sudan relations
Sudanese
military ruler
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
meets with
Libyan
Government of National Unity
prime minister
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
in
Tripoli
, Libya, to request help in the
war in Sudan
due to the involvement of Libyan mercenaries.
(Sudan War Monitor)
Law and crime
Presumed
illegal loggers
kill three
forest rangers
in the foothills of the
Iztaccihuatl
volcano in the Mexican state of
Puebla
.
(AP)
(
El Sol de Puebla
)
Politics and elections
2024 Tuvaluan general election
Feleti Teo
is elected unopposed as the new
Prime Minister of Tuvalu
. Incumbent prime minister
Kausea Natano
lost his bid for re-election during January's general election.
(RNZ)
(Reuters)
Enlargement of NATO
,
Sweden–NATO relations
The
Hungarian
parliament approves
Sweden
's accession into
NATO
.
(BBC News)
2024 Hungarian presidential election
The
National Assembly
selects
Tamás Sulyok
as the next
President of Hungary
.
(Reuters)
Prime Minister of Palestine
Mohammad Shtayyeh
and the entirety of
his government
resign from office, amid public unpopularity and pressure from the
United States
government to reform during the
Israel–Hamas war
.
(CNN)
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