February 13, 2025
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War against the Islamic State
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- More than thirty ISIS-Somalia fighters are killed in airstrikes on positions in the Sheebaab area of the Cal Miskaad mountains in northern Bari Region, Puntland, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) (Anadolu Agency)
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
- Hamas says it will resume the release of hostages according to the terms of the ceasefire and hostage release deal with Israel. (CBS News)
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Gaza war hostage crisis
- 2025 Munich car attack
- At least 28 people are injured by a suspected terrorist vehicle-ramming attack during a demonstration by the ver.di trade union in Munich, Germany. German police detain the vehicle’s driver, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, at the scene. (Sky News) (New Arab)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Taichung Shin Kong Mitsukoshi gas explosion
- Four people are killed and thirty-two others are injured by a gas explosion at a Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store in Taichung, Taiwan. (Central News Agency)
International relations
- International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders
- The United States Treasury Department sanctions Karim Ahmad Khan, the top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, over his decision to investigate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant regarding their conduct during the Gaza war. (U.S. Treasury Department)