The day
Saturday 7 February 2026
22 stories, biggest first.
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PoliticsHaitian crisis
The mandate for the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti expires, with the powers of the presidency transferred to Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who survived a removal attempt by the council two weeks ago.
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News
Two people are killed, nine others are injured, and several are trapped, including students, when a three-story restaurant collapses in Kota, Rajasthan, India.
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NewsKordofan Campaign
At least 24 people are killed, including eight children, in a drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces on a vehicle carrying displaced families near Er Rahad, North Kordofan, Sudan.
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News2026 Islamabad mosque bombing
Pakistani security forces arrest four people allegedly associated with the Khorasan Islamic State, accusing them of bombing the Shia mosque in Islamabad yesterday.
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NewsGaza war
An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building outside the areas controlled by Israel in Zaytun Quarter, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
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NewsIsraeli settler violence
Three Palestinians are injured when Israeli settlers attack residents in the northern Jordan Valley.
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NewsAllied Democratic Forces insurgency
The Allied Democratic Forces attack a village in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 20 people.
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NewsRussian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Ukraine schedules emergency power outages across the country citing Russian attacks on thermal power stations.
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NewsNigerian bandit conflict
Armed men kill three people and kidnap eleven others, including a Catholic priest, in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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Crime2026 Winter Olympics
Suspected saboteurs damage rail infrastructure in different locations near Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, disrupting journeys on the first full day of the Winter Olympics.
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MoneySaudi Arabia–Syria relations
Saudi Arabia and Syria sign agreements covering a joint low-cost carrier, a new international airport in Aleppo, and a US$1 billion telecommunications project as part of broader investment efforts following the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria.
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CrimeBashkir State Medical University attack
Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and four Indian nationals, in a mass stabbing at the Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
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News
Fifteen people are killed after a minibus veers off a road and crashes into a valley near Badakhshan province, Afghanistan.
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News
Eight people are killed in an explosion at a biotechnology factory in Shanyin County, Shanxi, China.
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News
Seven people are killed in a mining accident at a gold mine in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, China.
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News
Six people are killed and three are injured after a truck rams into a bus on the Yamuna Expressway, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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News
Three skiers are killed in avalanches in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lombardy, Italy.
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NewsAlgeria–United Arab Emirates relations
Algeria begins formal procedures to terminate its 2013 air transport agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
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Crime
Police detain 313 people involved in a raid on the Aristotle University campus in Thessaloniki, Greece, after they attacked a group of riot police.
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Crime2026 Winter Olympics
Anti-Olympics protestors and police clash in Milan, Italy, with officers and their vans being targeted with fireworks and firecrackers.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 7 February 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.