Portal:Current events/February 2025
February 2025 is the second month of the current common year. The month, which began on a Saturday, will end on a Friday after 28 days. It is the current month.
February 1, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War against the Islamic State
- War in Somalia
- Al-Shabaab insurgency in Somalia
- At least 50 combatants are killed after fighting between Al-Shabaab and the Somali National Army along with Ma'awisley militias. The clashes happened in the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions of Hirshabelle state, Somalia. (Idil News) (Mepa News)
- American military intervention in Somalia, Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- U.S. President Donald Trump orders the U.S. military to carry out airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Somalia. The strikes targeted a series of cave systems used by the group, and follows an earlier military operation by the Puntland Security Force which began in December 2024. (Idil News) (Garowe Online) (BBC)
- Al-Shabaab insurgency in Somalia
- War in Somalia
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- 2025 Omdurman market attack
- At least 56 people are killed and 158 others are injured by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelling on the Sabrein Market in Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan. (Arab News Pakistan) (LBC Group)
- The RSF are accused of stealing ambulances, food supplies, and other civilian equipment in Khartoum. (Middle East Monitor)
- 2025 Omdurman market attack
- Battle of Khartoum
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
- Hamas frees three Israeli hostages, Keith Siegel, Ofer Kalderon and Yarden Bibas. At the same time, Israel releases 183 Palestinian prisoners, seven of which were transferred to Egypt prior to their deportation. (AP)
- The Rafah Border Crossing is reopened for the first time since Israel captured it nearly nine months ago during the Rafah offensive. (AP)
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Russian missile strike on a residential building in Poltava, Ukraine, reportedly kills at least eight people and injures at least 17 others. A separate strike kills three police officers in Sumy Oblast. (Reuters)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Western Syria clashes
- Gunmen kill ten people in the Alawite village of Arzah in Hama Governorate, Syria. (Al Arabiya)
- Western Syria clashes
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Eighteen paramilitary troops are killed in clashes with Baloch separatists in Balochistan, Pakistan. At least 24 militants are also killed during the clashes. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Second Trump tariffs
- Canada–United States relations, Mexico–United States relations
- United States President Donald Trump signs an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico. (NBC News)
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces retaliatory 25% tariff on all U.S. goods following Trump's recent executive order. (NBC News)
- The Premier of British Columbia, Canada, David Eby, announces a ban on imports of alcoholic beverages from "red states". The Premier of Nova Scotia Tim Houston announces that the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation will remove all U.S. alcohol from its stores starting Tuesday. (CBC) (CBC 2)
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces 25% tariffs on American imports in retaliation of Trump's tariffs on the country. (Reuters)
- China–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump announces 10% tariffs on goods imported from China. China vows to take the matter to the World Trade Organization. (NBC News) (Financial Post)
- Canada–United States relations, Mexico–United States relations
Disasters and accidents
- A fire at a retirement home in Bouffémont, Val-d'Oise, France, kills three people and leaves nine others injured. (AP)
Law and crime
- In Kyrgyzstan, the ban on the Islamic niqāb takes effect, with women facing a fine of 20,000 som ($230) if they wear it in public places. (RFE/RL)
Sports
- Royal Rumble-2025
- In professional wrestling, Jey Uso has won in 30 Mens Royal Rumble 2025. (Forbes)
February 2, 2025 (Sunday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Queensland floods
- Significant flooding caused by up to 1,000 millimeters (39.4 inches) of rainfall across coastal regions of Queensland in northeast Australia causes at least one death and widespread mandatory evacuations. (ABC)
February 3, 2025 (Monday)
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