Armed conflicts and attacks

The U.S. military launches strikes against 18 Houthi targets in Yemen. (Politico)

• https://www.politico.eu/article/us-uk-strike-houthi-yemen-surge-red-sea-attacks/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Fifteen people are killed and two more injured during an attack on a Catholic Church in the village of Essakane, Oudalan Province, Burkina Faso. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68398473

Armed conflicts and attacks

Dozens of people are killed during an attack at a mosque in Natiaobani. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/26/rebels-attack-mosque-eastern-burkina-faso

Armed conflicts and attacks

Turkey launches an airstrike in northern Iraq, killing 4 alleged PKK members. (Hürriyet Daily)

• https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/4-pkk-terrorists-neutralized-in-northern-iraq-191058

Disasters and accidents

Ten people are killed and five more injured after a ferry carrying workers sank in Monshat el-Kanater, Egypt. (Arab News)

• https://www.arabnews.com/node/2467191/middle-east

Law and crime

An active-duty United States Air Force member sets himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. as a form of protest against the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and dies later that day. (BBC News) (NPR)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68405119
• https://www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1233810136/fire-man-israeli-embassy-washington

Politics and elections

Voting begins in elections to the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the All-Belarusian People's Assembly, and local councils, with only four pro-government parties permitted to run. Opposition activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya urges Belarusians to boycott the elections, stating that she will hold elections to the Coordination Council in May. (Politico)

• https://www.politico.eu/article/belarus-parliamentary-election-lukashenkos-predicted-win-dont-hold-breath/