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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 154244" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_crisis" target="_blank">Libyan crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Saif_al-Islam_Gaddafi" target="_blank">Assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saif_al-Islam_Gaddafi" target="_blank">Saif al-Islam Gaddafi</a>, son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya" target="_blank">Libya</a>'s former leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" target="_blank">Muammar Gaddafi</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Libyan_presidential_election" target="_blank">presidential candidate</a>, is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination" target="_blank">assassinated</a> outside his home in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zintan" target="_blank">Zintan</a>, Libya. Four gunmen reportedly fled the scene after the shooting. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/north-africa/2026/02/03/saif-alislam-gaddafi-has-been-killed-gaddafi-family-source-tells-al-arabiya" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Middle Eastern crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_military_buildup_in_the_Middle_East" target="_blank">2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">U.S. military</a> shoots down an Iranian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahed_drones" target="_blank">Shahed 139</a> drone on approach to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" target="_blank">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Abraham_Lincoln_%28CVN-72%29" target="_blank">USS Abraham Lincoln</a> with an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" target="_blank">F-35 fighter jet</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-shoots-down-iranian-drone-approaching-aircraft-carrier-official-says-2026-02-03/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Navy" target="_blank">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat" target="_blank">gunboats</a> attempt to stop and seize a U.S. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_%28ship%29" target="_blank">tanker</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz" target="_blank">Strait of Hormuz</a>. The tanker ignored the demands to stop and continued on its journey towards the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Sea" target="_blank">Arabian Sea</a> under escort of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" target="_blank">United States Navy</a> warship. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-tanker-stena-imperative-approached-iran-gunboats-strait-of-hormuz/" target="_blank">(CBS News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russo-Ukrainian war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Kyiv strikes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Kharkiv strikes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Following a brief moratorium on strikes on Ukrainian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_infrastructure" target="_blank">energy infrastructure</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian forces</a> launch strikes involving drones and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile" target="_blank">cruise missiles</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M22_Zircon" target="_blank">Zircon missiles</a> across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. The strikes target <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv" target="_blank">Kyiv</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv" target="_blank">Kharkiv</a>, among other regions. <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-putin-trump-kyiv-missiles-peace-talks-b2912691.html" target="_blank">(The Independent)</a> <a href="https://militarnyi.com/en/news/ukrainian-air-force-russia-launches-four-zircon-hypersonic-missiles-at-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=ukrainian-air-force-russia-launches-four-zircon-hypersonic-missiles-at-ukraine" target="_blank">(Militarnyi)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Zaporizhzhia strikes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two civilians <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">are killed</a> and eight others are wounded in a Russian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" target="_blank">drone strike</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia" target="_blank">Zaporizhzhia</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/two-dead-eight-injured-strike-ukraines-zaporizhzhia-2026-02-03/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fourteen migrants are killed after their boat collides with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Coast_Guard" target="_blank">Hellenic Coast Guard</a> vessel and capsizes off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chios" target="_blank">Chios</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" target="_blank">Greece</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/least-four-migrants-dead-off-greece-after-boat-collision-with-coast-guard-2026-02-03/" target="_blank">(Reuter)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed and dozens are injured after a bus plunges into a gorge in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirmour_district" target="_blank">Sirmour district</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" target="_blank">Himachal Pradesh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a>. <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/3-killed-himachal-pradesh-bus-plunged-gorge-uttarakhand-border-10511051/?ref=archive_pg" target="_blank">(The Indian Express)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar%E2%80%93Russia_relations" target="_blank">Myanmar–Russia relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar" target="_blank">Myanmar</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> sign a five-year military cooperation pact, which will last until 2030. <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-russia-new-military-alliance-defence-5904051" target="_blank">(CNA)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_files" target="_blank">Epstein files</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_of_Peter_Mandelson_and_Jeffrey_Epstein" target="_blank">Relationship of Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson" target="_blank">Peter Mandelson</a> is to step down from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords" target="_blank">House of Lords</a> amid allegations he passed market-sensitive information to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein" target="_blank">Jeffrey Epstein</a>. <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0203/1556559-peter-mandelson/" target="_blank">(RTÉ)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" target="_blank">Metropolitan Police</a> has launched an investigation into Peter Mandelson following allegations of misconduct in public office. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cre2yqyex4zo" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Twitter" target="_blank">Criticism of X (formerly Twitter)</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europol" target="_blank">Europol</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Prosecutor_%28France%29" target="_blank">public prosecutor office</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%2C_France" target="_blank">Paris, France</a>, and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybercrime" target="_blank">cybercrime</a> investigation unit search the Paris office of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" target="_blank">X (formerly Twitter)</a> in relation to allegations about biased <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm" target="_blank">algorithms</a> distorting the operation of a data processing system, denial of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity" target="_blank">crimes against humanity</a>, sexually explicit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake" target="_blank">deepfakes</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" target="_blank">child sexual abuse</a> material. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260203-paris-prosecutor-s-cybercrime-unit-raids-x-s-french-office" target="_blank">(France 24)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofcom" target="_blank">Ofcom</a> has announced that it is continuing its investigation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_%28chatbot%29" target="_blank">Grok</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Commissioner%27s_Office" target="_blank">Information Commissioner's Office</a> has opened its own investigation. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo" target="_blank">(BBC)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_February_3" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 154244, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_crisis']Libyan crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Saif_al-Islam_Gaddafi']Assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saif_al-Islam_Gaddafi']Saif al-Islam Gaddafi[/URL], son of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya']Libya[/URL]'s former leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi']Muammar Gaddafi[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Libyan_presidential_election']presidential candidate[/URL], is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination']assassinated[/URL] outside his home in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zintan']Zintan[/URL], Libya. Four gunmen reportedly fled the scene after the shooting. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/north-africa/2026/02/03/saif-alislam-gaddafi-has-been-killed-gaddafi-family-source-tells-al-arabiya'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Middle Eastern crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_military_buildup_in_the_Middle_East']2026 United States military buildup in the Middle East[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces']U.S. military[/URL] shoots down an Iranian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahed_drones']Shahed 139[/URL] drone on approach to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier']aircraft carrier[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Abraham_Lincoln_%28CVN-72%29']USS [I]Abraham Lincoln[/I][/URL] with an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II']F-35 fighter jet[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-shoots-down-iranian-drone-approaching-aircraft-carrier-official-says-2026-02-03/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*]Several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps_Navy']Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat']gunboats[/URL] attempt to stop and seize a U.S. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanker_%28ship%29']tanker[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz']Strait of Hormuz[/URL]. The tanker ignored the demands to stop and continued on its journey towards the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Sea']Arabian Sea[/URL] under escort of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy']United States Navy[/URL] warship. [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-tanker-stena-imperative-approached-iran-gunboats-strait-of-hormuz/'](CBS News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russo-Ukrainian war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Kyiv strikes[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Kharkiv strikes[/URL] [LIST] [*]Following a brief moratorium on strikes on Ukrainian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_infrastructure']energy infrastructure[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian forces[/URL] launch strikes involving drones and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise_missile']cruise missiles[/URL], including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3M22_Zircon']Zircon missiles[/URL] across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]. The strikes target [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv']Kyiv[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv']Kharkiv[/URL], among other regions. [URL='https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-live-putin-trump-kyiv-missiles-peace-talks-b2912691.html']([I]The Independent[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://militarnyi.com/en/news/ukrainian-air-force-russia-launches-four-zircon-hypersonic-missiles-at-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ukrainian-air-force-russia-launches-four-zircon-hypersonic-missiles-at-ukraine'](Militarnyi)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_strikes_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Zaporizhzhia strikes[/URL] [LIST] [*]Two civilians [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']are killed[/URL] and eight others are wounded in a Russian [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare']drone strike[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia']Zaporizhzhia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/two-dead-eight-injured-strike-ukraines-zaporizhzhia-2026-02-03/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]Fourteen migrants are killed after their boat collides with a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Coast_Guard']Hellenic Coast Guard[/URL] vessel and capsizes off the coast of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chios']Chios[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece']Greece[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/least-four-migrants-dead-off-greece-after-boat-collision-with-coast-guard-2026-02-03/'](Reuter)[/URL] [*]Three people are killed and dozens are injured after a bus plunges into a gorge in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirmour_district']Sirmour district[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh']Himachal Pradesh[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL]. [URL='https://indianexpress.com/article/india/3-killed-himachal-pradesh-bus-plunged-gorge-uttarakhand-border-10511051/?ref=archive_pg']([I]The Indian Express[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar%E2%80%93Russia_relations']Myanmar–Russia relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar']Myanmar[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] sign a five-year military cooperation pact, which will last until 2030. [URL='https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-russia-new-military-alliance-defence-5904051'](CNA)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_files']Epstein files[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_of_Peter_Mandelson_and_Jeffrey_Epstein']Relationship of Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson']Peter Mandelson[/URL] is to step down from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords']House of Lords[/URL] amid allegations he passed market-sensitive information to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein']Jeffrey Epstein[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2026/0203/1556559-peter-mandelson/'](RTÉ)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Police']Metropolitan Police[/URL] has launched an investigation into Peter Mandelson following allegations of misconduct in public office. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cre2yqyex4zo'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Twitter']Criticism of X (formerly Twitter)[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europol']Europol[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Prosecutor_%28France%29']public prosecutor office[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%2C_France']Paris, France[/URL], and a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybercrime']cybercrime[/URL] investigation unit search the Paris office of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter']X (formerly Twitter)[/URL] in relation to allegations about biased [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm']algorithms[/URL] distorting the operation of a data processing system, denial of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity']crimes against humanity[/URL], sexually explicit [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake']deepfakes[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse']child sexual abuse[/URL] material. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260203-paris-prosecutor-s-cybercrime-unit-raids-x-s-french-office'](France 24)[/URL] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ofcom']Ofcom[/URL] has announced that it is continuing its investigation of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_%28chatbot%29']Grok[/URL] and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Commissioner%27s_Office']Information Commissioner's Office[/URL] has opened its own investigation. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo'](BBC)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2026_February_3"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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