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Revision as of 21:45, 2 February 2019
February 2, 2019 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Patikul, Sulu shootout, Moro Conflict
- Five soldiers and three militants die in an attack that also injured several others in Sulu. (Al Jazeera)
- Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- An IRGC member was killed and five others injured at a paramilitary base in Nik Shahr. (Al Jazeera)
- Somali Civil War
- Two people were killed and at least five others injured by a suicide car bombing that targeted African Union Mission base in Somalia. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack. (AA)
Disasters and accidents
- A collapse of a building damaged by the war in Aleppo, Syria kills 11 people. (BBC)
Politics and election
- Venezuela's Second Tyranny, Crisis in Venezuela, Next Venezuelan parliamentary election
- Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro proposes holding early legislative elections in order to eliminate the threat posed by the opposition-controlled National Assembly. (RTE)
International relations
- Russia–United States relations, Cold War II
- Russian President Vladimir Putin suspends Russia's involvement in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and will now start developing new missiles, in response to the United States' decision to withdraw from the Cold War-era treaty. (BBC)