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- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- 2025 Omdurman market attack
- The United Nations condemns the recent Rapid Support Forces attack on civilians at a market in Omdurman, Sudan, as a war crime. (Malaysia Sun)
- 2025 Omdurman market attack
- Battle of Khartoum
- Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
- The rebel Congo River Alliance, which includes M23, announces a unilateral ceasefire that will take effect the next day. (Reuters)
- M23 campaign
- Somali Civil War
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- A Puntland police spokesperson confirms that a senior commander of the Islamic State, Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Said, the head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to Puntland forces in the Cal Miskaad mountains, Bari Region, Puntland. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Spillover of the Somali Civil War
- Suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen abduct five government-appointed village chiefs in Kenya's Mandera County, who were en route to the border town of El Wak. The abducted chiefs were part of the preparation team for President William Ruto's visit to the region next week. (Garowe Onoine) (Hiiraan Online) (Reuters)
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank
- 2025 Israeli raid on Jenin
- At least 70 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops since the start of the year in the occupied West Bank, including 38 killed in Jenin. (Al Jazeera)
- 2025 Israeli raid on Jenin
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- A car bombing kills at least 20 people and leaves 15 others wounded in Manbij, Syria. Most of the victims were female agricultural workers, according to local authorities. (BBC News) (AP)
- Eight people are killed and six others are injured in a security operation in Qusar District, Azerbaijan, against former Derbent Jamaat militants. (Report.az)
Business and economy
- Second Trump tariffs
- 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
- Canada–United States relations
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces Ontario will end contracts with Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk's Starlink program unless the United States lifts its tariffs on Canada. (BBC)
- Mexico–United States relations
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump announce they have agreed to delay 25% of tariffs on Mexico for a month. (NBC News)
- Ecuador-Mexico relations
- Ecuador announces 27% tariffs on Mexican imports https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/03/americas/ecuador-mexico-tariffs-intl-latam/index.html
- Canada–United States relations
- 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico
- The Philippines declares a food security emergency on rice due to rising prices. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Santorini earthquakes
- A series of over 200 earthquakes in a 48-hour period causes widespread evacuations from the Greek island of Santorini. (The Guardian)
- A teenage girl is killed in a shark attack off the coast of Queensland, Australia. (BBC News)
International relations
- Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo government requests international sanctions against Rwanda. (Reuters)
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