Armed conflicts and attacks

One Israeli is killed and 11 others are seriously injured in a shooting attack by three Palestinians near the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. Two gunmen are killed by Israeli soldiers, while a third is injured and arrested. (The National News) (Times of Israel)

• https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/palestine-israel/2024/02/22/three-shot-dead-in-west-bank-violence/
• https://www.timesofisrael.com/one-killed-11-wounded-in-terror-shooting-attack-near-jerusalem-checkpoint/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&utm_medium=desktop_site

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Palau-flagged cargo ship en route to Egypt is set on fire after being hit by an anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. No casualties are reported. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/israel-yemen-houthi-hamas-war-gaza-strip-216c0bde5f79ed857f1f5ef7f157a66b

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed when a barge collides with the Lixinsha Bridge [zh] in Guangzhou, China. (Reuters) (The New York Times)

• https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%A5%E5%BF%83%E6%B2%99%E5%A4%A7%E6%A1%A5
• https://www.reuters.com/world/china/two-killed-after-barge-hits-bridge-near-chinas-guangzhou-plunging-vehicles-water-2024-02-22/
• https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/world/asia/china-bridge-collapse-ship.html

Disasters and accidents

Nine people are killed, 15 others are injured and one is missing during a fire at a 14-storey residential building in Valencia, Spain. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/spain-building-fire-valencia-8446652daa7f45607272df09f6ae0748

Disasters and accidents

At least eight people are killed during floods and landslides in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-floods-landslides-6a3a68abeab951cfbd8be79a79ae9fe2

Law and crime

An Alaskan jury finds Brian Smith guilty of the murder of Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. (ABC News)

• https://abcnews.go.com/US/verdict-reached-double-murder-trial-2-native-alaskan/story?id=107453758

Law and crime

A court in Panama orders the arrest of former president Ricardo Martinelli, who is under protection of the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City. (ABC News)

• https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/panamas-judiciary-orders-arrest-president-holed-nicaraguas-embassy-107465348