Portal:Current events/2024 February 7

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present)
    • February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
      • A USAF MQ-9 Reaper kills three people in an attack using a Hellfire missile, including a person Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • 2024 Balochistan bombings
    • Two bombings outside electoral offices in Balochistan, Pakistan, ahead of tomorrow's general election, kill at least 30 people and injure dozens more. The Daesh claims responsibility for both attacks. (AP)
    • Pakistan closes all border crossings with Afghanistan until further notice in response to the attacks. (Pajhwok)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russian forces launch a wave of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, killing at least five civilians and injuring 11 others, including two in Kyiv. (BBC News)
• Southern Thailand insurgency
  • The Thai government and Muslim separatists in the country's south agree to begin a Malaysian-brokered peace process to end an insurgency which began in 2004. (AP)
• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • Naranjal city councilwoman Diana Carnero is shot and killed by unknown gunmen immediately following a city council meeting. (El Universo)

Disasters and accidents

• Death and state funeral of Sebastián Piñera
  • It is announced that former Chilean president Sebastián Piñera will receive a state funeral with the wake lasting until February 9. (Emol)
• Five United States Marines are missing after a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashes in San Diego County, California, United States. (NBC News)
• The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia confirms that eight people have been killed and another is missing, following a landslide in Baghdati, Imereti, on February 6, the same day that two more have also been killed in separate events in Adjara. (Agenda.ge) (RFE/RL Georgia)

Law and crime

• Nicaragua grants political asylum to former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli after he requests protection at the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City, Panama. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election
  • President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is re-elected for a fifth term in office. (Reuters)