February 10, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
      • Puntland forces announced airstrikes targeted ISIS-S militant hideouts as over the past 24 hours has killed more than 13 foreign ISIS fighters in the Dhasaq area, which is part of an ongoing counterterrorism operation of the Cal Miskaad mountain range of Bari Region, Puntland. (Anadolu Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Guatemala City bus crash
  • A bus veers off a bridge and falls into a ravine in Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing 54 people and wounding at least ten. Three days of national mourning have been declared. (CNN)

International relations

• North Korea–South Korea relations, Korean conflict
  • South Korea opposition leader Lee Jae-myung calls for renewed dialogue talks with North Korea and emphasizes the need to maintain strong military readiness amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. (NK News)

Law and crime

• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Police in Bangladesh arrest over 1,300 people amid riots and pro-Sheikh Hasina protests. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Romanian presidential election
  • Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announces his resignation. (DW)
• Artificial Intelligence Cold War
  • French President Emmanuel Macron told major world leaders gathered at an AI summit in Paris that France was “back in the AI race”. His remarks came following the announcement that the country would be receiving AI private investments worth a total of 109 billion euros over the coming years. (France 24)(NYT)(AP)