Portal:Current events/2024 February 11

February 11, 2024 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
  - Hamas announces the death of two Israeli hostages and says that eight others have been seriously injured by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past 96 hours. (Reuters)
Myanmar civil war
- Myanmar's military junta announces that all men aged 18 to 35 and all women aged 18 to 27 will be required to complete two years of mandatory military service, amid territorial losses to anti-military junta forces in the ongoing civil war. (Reuters)
Insurgency in Balochistan
- Two Basij members are killed in an attack on an outpost in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (Iran International)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Maco landslide
- The death toll from the landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro, Philippines, five days ago, increases to 54 people. Sixty-three others are still missing. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Lakewood Church shooting
- A woman carries out a shooting at Lakewood Church, Houston, Texas, United States. She is shot and killed by an off-duty Houston police officer. (The Washington Post)
A drive-by spree shooting in California, United States kills four people and injures a 13-year-old. All three suspects have been arrested and unharmed. (GVA)

Politics and elections

Sports

2023 NFL season
- Super Bowl LVIII
  - In American football, the Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl for the second consecutive year, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 25–22. The Chiefs are the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since 2005. (BBC Sport)
2023 Africa Cup of Nations
- In association football, hosts Ivory Coast win their third Africa Cup of Nations by defeating Nigeria 2–1 in the final. Sébastien Haller scores the winning goal in the 81st minute. (The Guardian)