Portal:Current events/2023 February 10

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Moldova–Russia relations
    • Moldova says that Russia has fired missiles over the country at targets inside Ukraine, condemning the missile flyover as a violation of its sovereignty, and also summons the Russian ambassador for an official explanation. (BBC News)
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • A Russian Navy drone boat strikes the Zatoka railway bridge on Highway H33 near Odesa. It is believed to be the first use of the naval weapon in the war by Russian forces. (The Telegraph)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2023 Ramot Junction attack
    • Three Israelis, two brothers aged six and eight years old and a 20-year-old man, are killed in a car-ramming attack in Ramot, Jerusalem. (Times of Israel)
• Balochistan conflict
  • Two people are killed and three others are injured when a vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Kohlu District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • At least ten soldiers are killed and thirteen others are injured in an ambush by jihadists in Tillabéri Region, Niger. Sixteen others remain missing. (AFP via The Punch)
• High-altitude object events in 2023
  • 2023 Alaska high-altitude object
    • The White House's spokesperson John Kirby announces that the United States Air Force shot down a high-altitude object over territorial waters in Alaska, just days after shooting down a Chinese balloon over the Atlantic Ocean. The object was ordered to be shot down by U.S. President Joe Biden because it posed "a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight". (The Hill)

Disasters and accidents

• Great Yarmouth explosion
  • A World War II-era bomb weighing around 250kg explodes while being defused in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. No injuries are reported. (BBC News)
• Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a building collapse in Damanhour, Beheira Governorate, Egypt. (AP)
• At least 35 people are injured when a bus overturns near Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2017–present Peruvian political crisis
  • 2022–2023 Peruvian protests
    • The Permanent Assembly of the Congress of Peru approves a motion to file criminal charges against former president Pedro Castillo. The charges include criminal organization, traffic of influences, and collusion. (europapress via La Nación)
• Crime in South Africa
  • Two people, including South African rapper AKA, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The assailants fled the scene on foot, according to police. (BBC News)
• A Hong Kong court awards an Indonesian domestic worker more than HK$860,000 (US$110,000) in damages for the abuse she received from her former employers, who were convicted and imprisoned in 2013. (AFP via The Straits Times)

Politics and elections

• Moldovan prime minister Natalia Gavrilița resigns amid an economic crisis and the collateral effects of the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Toronto mayor John Tory announces he will be resigning following revelations he had an extramarital affair with a staffer during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CBC)

Sports

• 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
  • 2022–23 Süper Lig
    • Hatayspor withdraws from the top division of Turkish football due to the earthquake. (Reuters)
• 2023 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
  • The men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, scheduled to be held from 17 to 19 February in Alanya, Turkey, is cancelled due to the impact of the earthquake. (La Libre) (European Hockey Federation)