Current events: 2025-02-09

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Israeli invasion of Lebanon
    • 2024–25 Tyre airstrikes
      • Six people are killed and two others are wounded in Israeli airstrikes near Jannata, South Governorate, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • U.S. President Donald Trump's authorized airstrike in Cal Miskaad mountains in Bari Region, Puntland, on February 1, is confirmed to have killed ISIS leader Ahmed Maeleminine, a key recruiter and financier for the militant group. (Garowe Online) (FTL Somalia) (Horseed Media)
• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza war ceasefire
    • According to ceasefire terms, the Israel Defense Forces fully withdraw from the Netzarim Corridor as Palestinians return to northern Gaza. (DW)
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
    • Two women are killed by Israeli forces in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm Governorate, West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• Libyan crisis
  • Libyan authorities uncover two mass graves containing at nearly 50 bodies of refugees in Kufra, Kufra District, Libya. (Al Jazeera)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Thirty-one Maoist militants and two security forces are killed during a shootout around Indravati River in Chhattisgarh, India. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• One person is killed and at least 28 others are missing in a landslide in a village near Yibin, Sichuan, China. (Al Jazeera) (Miami Herald)
• A nationwide blackout occurs in Sri Lanka. Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody says a monkey triggered the mass power outage after "coming into contact" with a grid transformer at a substation near Colombo. (BBC News)

International relations

• Baltic states synchronization with CESA
  • Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania join the Continental Europe Synchronous Area, one day after disconnecting from the IPS/UPS. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Ecuadorian general election
  • Citizens of Ecuador vote to elect a president and the members of the National Assembly amidst the country's security crisis. (Al Jazeera)
• 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election
  • Citizens of Kosovo vote to elect the members of the Kuvendi. (BBC News)
• 2025 Liechtenstein general election
  • Citizens of Liechtenstein vote to elect the members of the Landtag, with the Patriotic Union winning the most votes and its leader Brigitte Haas expected to become the country's first female head of government. (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen)

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