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February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. A drone attack against a U.S. military base in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, kills seven Syrian Democratic Forces soldiers and injures 18 others. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for the attack. 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies says that the probability of asteroid 2024 YR 4 impacting Earth on 22 December 2032 has increased to 2.3%, or a (1-in-43) chance, following further observations of its trajectory. More observations are planned in the coming months to gather data on the asteroid before it moves too far away from Earth ...
2024 Pakistani general election, Arrest of Imran Khan. Pakistani police arrest thousands of supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of a planned protest to demand for the release of Khan and other members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, along with the resignation of the current government.
Mexico suspends all interactions with the Canadian and American embassies in Mexico City due to claimed interference with its independence and internal affairs after both ambassadors criticized reform plans for members of the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court justices, to be elected by popular vote. Egypt–Somalia relations
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war. Accusations of United States complicity in Israeli war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war. A dozen resigned United States government officials release a joint statement denouncing President Joe Biden's administration for its "undeniable complicity" in war crimes against Palestinian civilians by violating U.S. laws to continue sending Israel weapons.
2024 South Korean martial law crisis. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials formally requests an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law. 2024 Venezuelan protests. Venezuelan prosecutor general Tarek William Saab announces the release of 413 protesters from ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hamas war; 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict. Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri. Four people and Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chairman of Hamas' political bureau with two other senior Hamas military officials killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon.
2024–25 Australian bushfire season. Residents of the Grampians region of Victoria, Australia, evacuate due to bushfires, with more than 41,000 hectares (100,000 acres) already burnt by the bushfires. 2024 Lobitos oil spill