Current events: 2025-02-02

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • War in Somalia
    • American military intervention in Somalia, Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
      • Puntland military spokersperson have claimed that U.S. airstrikes against ISIS have killed fourty-six fighters of Islamic State in the Cal Miskaad Mountains, a remote area in northeastern region Bari, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Queensland floods
  • One person is killed and thousands are forced to evacuate their homes in over {{conv|1000|mm|in}} of flooding in North Queensland, Australia. (BBC News)
• A United Airlines Airbus A319 catches fire shortly before takeoff at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, United States, with all passengers evacuated safely. (FOX5)

International relations

• Panama–United States relations
  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to Panama in his first foreign trip as secretary, urging President José Raúl Mulino to reduce Chinese influence in the Panama Canal. In response, Mulino said that his country won't renew their contracts with China's Belt and Road Initiative when it expires. (Latin Times)
• Saudi Arabia–Syria relations
  • Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visits Saudi Arabia for his first trip since being named president, meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Al Jazeera)

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