Armed conflicts and attacks

President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera orders Malawian troops to withdraw from peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the crisis escalates. Three Malawian soldiers have been killed in recent fighting in North Kivu. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m1jmdr4jgo

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Ukrainian Air Force receives the first shipment of Mirage 2000 fighter jets from France and more F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Netherlands. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-receives-french-and-dutch-fighter-jets/a-71530786

Armed conflicts and attacks

Ten Nigerien soldiers are killed in an ambush near the border with Burkina Faso. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/niger-ambush-sahel-violence-army-islamic-state-1dcbbf12ac1eafb6af0be5063f673696

Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed after a U.S. military-contracted Beechcraft Super King Air 300 aircraft crashes in a paddy field in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines. (AP) (ABC News Australia)

• https://apnews.com/article/philippines-plane-crash-us-military-24ff90663ffec8033361d26fb9ac17db
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-07/us-contracted-light-plane-crash-kills-four-in-philippines/104907506

Politics and elections

In the third round of voting, the Hellenic Parliament fails to elect the new President of Greece. A fourth and final round is called for February 12. (To Vima)

• https://www.tovima.com/uncategorized/tasoulas-falls-short-again-final-presidential-vote-set-for-february-12/