Current events: 2024-02-05

[Wikipedia Current Events]

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
      • A drone attack against a U.S. military base in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven Syrian Democratic Forces fighters and injures 18 others. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Ten police officers are killed and six others are injured during an attack by Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan militants against a police station in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• In the Philippines, 13 people in Davao de Oro and seven others in Davao del Norte are killed during landslides and floods. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Hungary–Sweden relations, Sweden–NATO relations
  • Hungary's ruling party Fidesz boycotts an extraordinary National Assembly session called by opposition groupings to speed up the approval of Sweden's NATO membership bid. (Politico)
• The King of the United Kingdom and of the 14 other Commonwealth realms, Charles III, is diagnosed with cancer after a medical examination. (BBC News)

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