Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 809 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 Feb 14, 2025 #1 Armed conflicts and attacks Kivu conflict M23 campaign, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict 2025 Bukavu offensive M23 rebels and Rwandan troops seize control of Kavumu Airport in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (DW) M23 forces and Rwandan troops enter the city of Bukavu, according to local security and humanitarian officials. There are no reports of resistance as most Congolese troops withdraw. (Digital Journal) Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi cancels his participation in an upcoming African Union summit to end the conflict due to the "situation on the ground". Tshisekedi accuses Rwanda of invading the country to seize the country's mineral-rich regions. (RFI) Russian invasion of Ukraine Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant drone strike A drone strikes the New Safe Confinement structure housing the site of the Chernobyl disaster. Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy states that a Russian combat drone caused significant damage to the structure, but did not produce an increase in external radiation levels. (CNN) Insurgency in Balochistan At least eleven coal miners are killed and seven others are wounded after a bomb hit a truck in Harnai, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) (The Express Tribune) Disasters and accidents: At least six people are killed and seven injured in a fire at a construction site in Busan, South Korea. (Al Jazeera) A multiple-vehicle collision in a tunnel near Green River, Wyoming leaves at least two people dead and five others injured. (Associated Press) Continue reading...
Armed conflicts and attacks Kivu conflict M23 campaign, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict 2025 Bukavu offensive M23 rebels and Rwandan troops seize control of Kavumu Airport in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (DW) M23 forces and Rwandan troops enter the city of Bukavu, according to local security and humanitarian officials. There are no reports of resistance as most Congolese troops withdraw. (Digital Journal) Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi cancels his participation in an upcoming African Union summit to end the conflict due to the "situation on the ground". Tshisekedi accuses Rwanda of invading the country to seize the country's mineral-rich regions. (RFI) Russian invasion of Ukraine Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant drone strike A drone strikes the New Safe Confinement structure housing the site of the Chernobyl disaster. Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy states that a Russian combat drone caused significant damage to the structure, but did not produce an increase in external radiation levels. (CNN) Insurgency in Balochistan At least eleven coal miners are killed and seven others are wounded after a bomb hit a truck in Harnai, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) (The Express Tribune) Disasters and accidents: At least six people are killed and seven injured in a fire at a construction site in Busan, South Korea. (Al Jazeera) A multiple-vehicle collision in a tunnel near Green River, Wyoming leaves at least two people dead and five others injured. (Associated Press) Continue reading...