Armed conflicts and attacks
Tajikistan reinforces its border with Afghanistan, as the Tajik government says that the drone strikes which killed two Tajik and three Chinese citizens over the past week originated from its neighbour. (Anewz)
Gaza War
Palestinian tunnel warfare in the Gaza Strip
The Israeli military claims to have killed more than 40 Hamas militants over the past week who attempted to exit a tunnel in eastern Rafah. (AFP via Barron's)
Russo-Ukrainian war
One person is killed and 19 others are injured overnight after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine. (ABC News)
Four people are killed and at least 40 others are injured in a Russian Iskander missile strike on Dnipro, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Russia says its forces have captured Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, after months of heavy fighting. (DW)
Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Freedom Front claims that its fighters killed three Taliban soldiers and wounded two more in a rocket attack in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. (Afghanistan International)
Sudanese civil war
The Rapid Support Forces say that they have captured Babanusa, the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in West Kordofan, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
War crimes during the Sudanese civil war
Fifty people are killed, including 33 children, after the Rapid Support Forces strike a kindergarten in South Kordofan, Sudan. (AP)
Haitian conflict
Haitian gangs launch a large-scale attack on the Ouest and Artibonite departments, causing hundreds of people to flee. Police say the gangs now control 50% of Artibonite, including the town of Pont-Sondé. (AP)
Gaza war
The Israeli army says four of its soldiers were wounded in a Hamas attack in Rafah. (The Times of Israel)
Hamas returns the remains of an unidentified person, possibly a hostage, to Israeli authorities to be examined by forensics experts. (PBS)
Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
Israel says it will reopen the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, allowing Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip. (BBC News) (PBS)
Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
Five Palestinians, including two children, are killed by Israeli drone strikes near Khan Younis. (Al Jazeera)
Yasser Abu Shabab, leader of the Israeli-backed and anti-Hamas Popular Forces, is fatally shot in Rafah, Gaza, by unidentified gunmen. (Middle East Eye)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
A government administrator, two of his guards and a passerby are killed in an ambush against a vehicle in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Yemeni crisis
The Houthis release eleven seamen from the Eternity C carrier. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
The Southern Transitional Council seizes swathes of territory from the government of Yemen in Hadhramaut Governorate, including Seiyun. (The New York Times)
Yemeni civil war
The Southern Transitional Council announces the capture of the al-Mahrah Governorate from the Yemeni government forces. (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed)
War on drugs
2025 United States military strikes on alleged drug traffickers
The United States Navy strikes a boat in the Pacific Ocean alleged to have been carrying illegal narcotics, killing four people onboard the vessel, according to the United States Southern Command. (The Guardian)
Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict
Presidents Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda formally sign a peace agreement in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. president Donald Trump. (Newsweek)
Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes
Colombian conflict
Colombia and the Clan del Golfo agree in Doha, Qatar, that the group's combatants will begin assembling in three designated zones in Chocó and Córdoba starting March 1, with arrest and extradition orders suspended during the process. Colombia also designates additional municipalities for pilot peace programs as part of broader negotiations aimed at reducing violence. (Reuters)