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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153250" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State" target="_blank">War against the Islamic State</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">War in Somalia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_insurgency_in_Puntland" target="_blank">Islamic State insurgency in Puntland</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland_Security_Force" target="_blank">Puntland Security Forces</a> battle <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Somalia_Province" target="_blank">ISIS</a> militants near Dharin, killing at least 40 fighters and injuring others. They claim to have captured the village of Dharin in Togga Jecel of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari_Region" target="_blank">Bari Region</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland" target="_blank">Puntland</a>. <a href="https://thesomalidigest.com/puntland-forces-seize-strategic-town-in-decisive-blow-to-isis/" target="_blank">(The Somali Digest)</a> <a href="https://garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-puntland-forces-eliminate-20-foreign-isis-fighters-in-major-operation" target="_blank">(Garowe Online)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war" target="_blank">Gaza war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire" target="_blank">2025 Gaza war ceasefire</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_relations" target="_blank">Israel–United States relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" target="_blank">Israeli Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" target="_blank">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> meets with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">U.S. President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> amidst a second phase of negotiations for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceasefire" target="_blank">ceasefire</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a>. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5287012/trump-netanyahu-ceasefire-gaza" target="_blank">(NPR)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> will take control of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a> in an agreement with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>. Trump also says <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> will have no choice but to leave the territory. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/04/benjamin-netanyahu-donald-trump-israel-gaza-middle-east-ceasefire-latest-live-news?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-67a2aa298f08c953e11c0cc7#block-67a2aa298f08c953e11c0cc7" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian</a> missile strikes a residential building in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izium" target="_blank">Izium</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast" target="_blank">Kharkiv Oblast</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, killing four people and injuring twenty others. <a href="https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/02/4/7496676/" target="_blank">(Ukrainska Pravda)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_civil_conflict_%282018%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Spillover of the Ethiopian civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Djiboutian armed forces</a> executed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strike" target="_blank">drone strike</a> near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti%E2%80%93Ethiopia_border" target="_blank">Ethiopian border</a>, killing eight members of what the government called the terrorist group was involved in &quot;hostile actions&quot; the attack causing injury to an unidentified number of civilians. <a href="https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2025/Feb/200102/djibouti_drone_strike_kills_at_least_8_near_ethiopian_border.aspx" target="_blank">(Hiiraan Online)</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/djibouti-drone-strike-kills-at-least-8-near-ethiopian-border/7961331.html" target="_blank">(VOA)</a></li>
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</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Trump_tariffs" target="_blank">Second Trump tariffs</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war" target="_blank">China–United States trade war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a> implements a 10% across-the-board <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff" target="_blank">tariff</a> on Chinese products and eliminates the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_minimis" target="_blank">de minimis</a> exemption for exports from China. In response, China imposes retaliatory tariffs on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy-related_products" target="_blank">energy products</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_machinery" target="_blank">agricultural equipment</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry" target="_blank">automobiles</a> from the United States, effective February 10th, and export controls on critical minerals. It also adds U.S. companies <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PVH_Corp." target="_blank">PVH Corp.</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumina_Inc" target="_blank">Illumina Inc</a> to its unreliable entities list and launches a probe into U.S. technology company <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" target="_blank">Google</a> for alleged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_law" target="_blank">anti-trust violations</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/trump-china-tariffs" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" target="_blank">Moldova–European Union relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" target="_blank">European Union</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova" target="_blank">Moldova</a> agree an energy deal that will see Moldova integrated into the bloc's energy grid after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> halted gas supplies over an alleged $709 million unpaid bill. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission" target="_blank">European Commission</a> says Moldova will receive 250 million euros ($258 million) this year to help its citizens afford rising energy bills as part of the agreement. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/eu-moldova-energy-russia-cuts-gazprom-3657d8204486044384a4b1a3b8105446" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_relations" target="_blank">Iran–United States relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">U.S. President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> signs a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_memorandum" target="_blank">presidential memorandum</a> reimposing a policy of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_pressure_campaign" target="_blank">maximum pressure</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-set-reimpose-maximum-pressure-iran-official-says-2025-02-04/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Sweden" target="_blank">Crime in Sweden</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Risbergska_school_shooting" target="_blank">2025 Risbergska school shooting</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least ten people are killed and 15 injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting" target="_blank">mass shooting</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_Risbergska" target="_blank">Risbergska School</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komvux" target="_blank">municipal adult education centre</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rebro" target="_blank">Örebro</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden" target="_blank">Sweden</a>. The perpetrator is killed shortly after. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206q444zx3t" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a> <a href="https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/flera-skjutna-vid-skola-i-orebro" target="_blank">(SVT)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_February_4" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153250, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State']War against the Islamic State[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009%E2%80%93present%29']War in Somalia[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_insurgency_in_Puntland']Islamic State insurgency in Puntland[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland_Security_Force']Puntland Security Forces[/URL] battle [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Somalia_Province']ISIS[/URL] militants near Dharin, killing at least 40 fighters and injuring others. They claim to have captured the village of Dharin in Togga Jecel of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari_Region']Bari Region[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland']Puntland[/URL]. [URL='https://thesomalidigest.com/puntland-forces-seize-strategic-town-in-decisive-blow-to-isis/'](The Somali Digest)[/URL] [URL='https://garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/somalia-puntland-forces-eliminate-20-foreign-isis-fighters-in-major-operation'](Garowe Online)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war']Gaza war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire']2025 Gaza war ceasefire[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_relations']Israel–United States relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel']Israeli Prime Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu']Benjamin Netanyahu[/URL] meets with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States']U.S. President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL] amidst a second phase of negotiations for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceasefire']ceasefire[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL]. [URL='https://www.npr.org/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5287012/trump-netanyahu-ceasefire-gaza'](NPR)[/URL] [*]U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] will take control of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL] in an agreement with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL]. Trump also says [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians']Palestinians[/URL] will have no choice but to leave the territory. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/04/benjamin-netanyahu-donald-trump-israel-gaza-middle-east-ceasefire-latest-live-news?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67a2aa298f08c953e11c0cc7#block-67a2aa298f08c953e11c0cc7']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian War[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] missile strikes a residential building in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izium']Izium[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast']Kharkiv Oblast[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], killing four people and injuring twenty others. [URL='https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/02/4/7496676/'](Ukrainska Pravda)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_civil_conflict_%282018%E2%80%93present%29']Spillover of the Ethiopian civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti_Armed_Forces']Djiboutian armed forces[/URL] executed a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strike']drone strike[/URL] near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti%E2%80%93Ethiopia_border']Ethiopian border[/URL], killing eight members of what the government called the terrorist group was involved in "hostile actions" the attack causing injury to an unidentified number of civilians. [URL='https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2025/Feb/200102/djibouti_drone_strike_kills_at_least_8_near_ethiopian_border.aspx'](Hiiraan Online)[/URL] [URL='https://www.voanews.com/a/djibouti-drone-strike-kills-at-least-8-near-ethiopian-border/7961331.html'](VOA)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Trump_tariffs']Second Trump tariffs[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_trade_war']China–United States trade war[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL] implements a 10% across-the-board [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff']tariff[/URL] on Chinese products and eliminates the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_minimis']de minimis[/URL][/I] exemption for exports from China. In response, China imposes retaliatory tariffs on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy-related_products']energy products[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_machinery']agricultural equipment[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry']automobiles[/URL] from the United States, effective February 10th, and export controls on critical minerals. It also adds U.S. companies [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PVH_Corp.']PVH Corp.[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumina_Inc']Illumina Inc[/URL] to its unreliable entities list and launches a probe into U.S. technology company [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google']Google[/URL] for alleged [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_law']anti-trust violations[/URL]. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/trump-china-tariffs']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova%E2%80%93European_Union_relations']Moldova–European Union relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union']European Union[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova']Moldova[/URL] agree an energy deal that will see Moldova integrated into the bloc's energy grid after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] halted gas supplies over an alleged $709 million unpaid bill. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission']European Commission[/URL] says Moldova will receive 250 million euros ($258 million) this year to help its citizens afford rising energy bills as part of the agreement. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/eu-moldova-energy-russia-cuts-gazprom-3657d8204486044384a4b1a3b8105446'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_relations']Iran–United States relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States']U.S. President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL] signs a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_memorandum']presidential memorandum[/URL] reimposing a policy of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_pressure_campaign']maximum pressure[/URL] against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iran[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-set-reimpose-maximum-pressure-iran-official-says-2025-02-04/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Sweden']Crime in Sweden[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Risbergska_school_shooting']2025 Risbergska school shooting[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least ten people are killed and 15 injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting']mass shooting[/URL] at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_Risbergska']Risbergska School[/URL], a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komvux']municipal adult education centre[/URL], in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rebro']Örebro[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden']Sweden[/URL]. The perpetrator is killed shortly after. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c206q444zx3t'](BBC News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/flera-skjutna-vid-skola-i-orebro'](SVT)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_February_4"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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