Portal:Current events/2024 February 25

February 25, 2024 (Sunday)

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

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)

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