Armed conflicts and attacks
Internal conflict in Burma
Several days of clashes with Kokang rebels in the north of the country kills forty-seven Myanmar Army soldiers with dozens wounded. (CNN)
Assam conflict
A grenade attack by the United Liberation Front of Assam on a family in the town of Sepon in India's Assam state kills two people. (NDTV)
War in Donbass
Ahead of the upcoming February 15 start of the agreed ceasefire, fighting in the past 24 hours kills eight Armed Forces of Ukraine service personnel. (Reuters)
War in North-West Pakistan
Pakistan announces the arrest of twelve Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in relation to their alleged involvement in last year's school massacre. (Al Jazeera)
Boko Haram insurgency
Business and economy
Fitch Ratings downgrades Ukraine's credit rating to junk bond status predicting it is likely to default on its debts. (AFP via France 24)[permanent dead link]