Armed conflicts and attacks

Reports emerge that clashes between rival Shia militias, primarily Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq and Saraya al-Salam, have killed at least 200 fighters across Iraq in the past two months. (The Medialine)

• https://themedialine.org/by-region/daily-clashes-between-iran-backed-militias-in-iraq-kill-over-200-fighters/

Disasters and accidents

A bridge under construction in Lochem, the Netherlands, collapses, killing two workers and injuring two others. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-bridge-collapse-deaths-176e3544e77a9da31605de834ee3d653

Disasters and accidents

Fourteen people are killed and eleven more injured during the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Angostura, Venezuela. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-illegal-mine-collapse-31d40848d930906d1f592117058e71b7

Disasters and accidents

Fifteen people are killed and two survive when a truck falls off a cliff in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Philippines. (AFP via Hindustan Times)

• https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/15-killed-after-truck-falls-into-ravine-in-philippines-101708528136133.html

Law and crime

United States Navy chief petty officer Bryce Pedicini, assigned to the USS Higgins, is charged with four counts of espionage. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68366569

Law and crime

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko calls for armed security patrols on streets and in workplaces, claiming the possibility of "extremist" crimes. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-leader-lukashenko-calls-armed-street-patrols-warns-extremist-crime-2024-02-21/

Law and crime

The Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Alabama rules that frozen embryos in test tubes are legally considered children. (The New York Times) (BBC News)

• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/20/health/ivf-alabama-abortion.html
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68366337