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Egypt strikes ISIS targets in Libya after a video is released showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts. Taxi, by Iranian director Jafar Panahi (pictured), wins the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. The attempted rape and subsequent murder of a student on a bus spark protests across Turkey. Two people are killed in shootings at a free-speech seminar and at a synagogue service in Copenhagen. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is imprisoned for five years after the country's Federal Court upholds his conviction for sodomy. Recent deaths: Philip Levine – Louis Jourdan – John McCabe

Current events of February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17) (Tuesday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Donbass The office of the President of Ukraine calls on the European Union and NATO to condemn the Russian backed rebels after the rebels conquered most of the town of Debaltseve and encircled 10,000 Ukrainian troops in the area. Rebel government officials claimed the town was not part of the recently established ceasefire. (AP) Dissident Irish Republican campaign Police Service of Northern Ireland received a phone call in the early hours allegedly from a Dissident republican group claiming to have planted an explosive in a Curryneirin neighborhood outside Derry, Northern Ireland. Police evacuated 12 homes before finding a device, describing it as "'It's a bomb and designed to kill".(Belfast Telegraph) (Derry Journal) Business and economy South Korea Samsung Electronics says that they have $56 billion in cash and plans to use some of it for mergers and acquisitions. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents Carnival festivities are cancelled after at least twenty people are killed in a float accident in Port-au-Prince. (Miami Herald) International relations North Korea says that it will respond "very strongly" to a conference held in Washington D.C. about human rights abuses. (AP) Law and crime Chinese prosecutors say that they are investigating former top Communist Party official Su Rong for alleged corruption. (AP) Chinese authorities also announce the indictment of former Guangdong official Zhu Mingguo, former Jinan CPC party chief Wang Min, and former Taiyuan party chief Chen Chuanping, all on charges of corruption. (SCMP) Current events of February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16) (Monday) Armed conflicts and attacks Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Egypt bombs Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant targets in the city of Derna in Libya following the execution of 21 Coptic Christians recently. (BBC) War in Donbass During the ceasefire, fighting kills at least five Ukrainian Army soldiers with 22 injured. (CNN) The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin claims that pro-Russian forces have fired on Ukrainian forces over 100 times in the past day. Separatists accuse Ukrainian troops of having violated the ceasefire. Fighting continues in the encirclement of the Battle of Debaltseve with separatist forces entering the city. (AFP via Yahoo! News) Boko Haram insurgency Nigeria regains the key town of Monguno from Boko Haram. (BBC) Business and economy Hyundai and affiliate Kia announce plans to recall more than 60,000 vehicles in South Korea. (Yonhap) Disasters and accidents 2014–15 North American winter A winter storm warning is in place for Washington, D.C. and the American states of Virginia and Maryland with schools closed and transport advisories in place. (NBC Washington) The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency declares a storm-related state of emergency causing disruptions to public transportion and power transmission. (WSMV) A heavy snow storm hits Turkey causing disruption to travel for several days. (Accuweather) A bus carrying at least 60 passengers plunges into a gorge in India's Madhya Pradesh resulting in at least ten deaths and 33 people injured. (Times of India) A CSX train crashes in Mount Carbon, West Virginia resulting in large fires. (BBC) Health EBioMedicine publishes research by University of Leuven scientists describing their findings of a so-called Cuban variant of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (the virus that causes A.I.D.S.) which is an aggressive strain that can rapidly progress to AIDS. (FOX News) Law and crime A Federal District Court judge in Brownsville, Texas, temporarily halts President Barack Obama's November 2014 executive orders on immigration , allowing Texas and 25 other states to file a law suit opposing the orders. The Department of Justice indicated it will appeal. (The New York Times) (Reuters) (WhiteHouse.gov) Politics and elections Elections in Saint Kitts and Nevis Voters in Saint Kitts and Nevis go to the polls for a national election with the governing Labour Party led by Prime Minister Denzil Douglas seeking a fifth term. (St Kitts and Nevis Observer) Current events of February 15, 2015 (2015-02-15) (Sunday) Armed conflicts and attacks 2015 Copenhagen attacks Danish Police seek a gunman who fired on three people near a Copenhagen synagogue a day after the shootings at the Free Speech Gathering. One person dies. (PA via The Independent), (The Australian) Danish police kill a man at the Nørrebro station after an exchange of gunfire. The police believe he was the man responsible for the two previous attacks. (Reuters/AFP via ABC News Australia), (BBC) Internal conflict in Burma The Myanmar Army kills around a dozen Kokang rebels and capture another eight in Kokang offensive. (AFP via Bangkok Post) Boko Haram insurgency A suicide bomber kills seven and wounds 30 in Nigerian city of Damaturu. (BBC) Libyan Civil War (2014–present) The Islamic State releases a video purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who had been previously kidnapped in Sirte. (BBC) (Press TV) Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announces a seven-day mourning period and calls for a security meeting with the country's top security body. (Reuters) (AFP via Yahoo! News) Disasters and accidents A house under construction collapses in the Indian city of Mughalsarai in the state of Uttar Pradesh killing twelve people and injuring two. (NDTV) Law and crime A Turkish court remands seventeen police officers into custody for allegedly being part of an illegal wiretapping program targeting politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen. (LBC) Politics and elections Hamburg state election, 2015 Voters in the German city state of Hamburg go to the polls with the governing Social Democratic Party of Germany led by Olaf Scholz retaining power. (Guardian Liberty Voice) Sports In ski jumping, Anders Fannemel of Norway sets a new world record with a leap of 251.5 m (825 ft) at Vikersund. (BBC) Current events of February 14, 2015 (2015-02-14) (Saturday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Donbass Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warns of a threat to a planned ceasefire tonight from heavy fighting today and accuses Russia of "significantly increasing" its offensive. In a live interview he ordered all Ukrainian forces to cease fire after midnight. (BBC) Internal conflict in Burma Myanmar launches air strikes against rebels in the Kokang area as dozens of soldiers have been killed and dozens more wounded in fightings in recent weeks. (AFP via France 24) 2015 Copenhagen attacks Danish Police seek a gunmen who fired an automatic weapon at a free speech seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark, killing documentary maker Finn Nørgaard and injuring Swedish artist Lars Vilks known for controversial drawings of the prophet Mohammed. Among the injured are also three police officers who had been guarding the seminar. (BBC News), (The Guardian),(CBC) Arts and culture Pope Francis appoints twenty new cardinals resulting in a majority of members of the College of Cardinals being from outside Europe for the first time ever. (BBC) At the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, the film Taxi by Iranian director Jafar Panahi wins the Golden Bear. (BBC) French film and television actor Louis Jourdan (Gigi) dies at the age of 93. (People) Disasters and accidents There is a blizzard warning in place for eastern Massachusetts in the northeastern United States. (Boston.com) Health Twelve people die of swine flu in the Indian state of Gujarat taking the death toll to 136 since January with 130 new cases reported. (IBN live) International relations Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) The United Arab Emirates suspends its embassy operations in Yemen due to security concerns surrounding the recent Shiite Houthi rebel take over of the country. (AFP via France 24) Law and crime The Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott issues a last-minute plea for Bali Nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran facing the death penalty in Indonesia. (The Australian) Former President of Chad Hissène Habré will stand trial in Senegal for alleged war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity. (BBC) A motorcycle gunman shoots and kills a journalist in the Philippines who had been critical of local officials' alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade. The murder of the journalist is the 34th since the regime of Benigno Aquino III began in 2010. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Canadian Police foil a planned Valentines Day massacre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Reuters via News24), (CBC) Sport The 2015 Cricket World Cup begins with New Zealand playing Sri Lanka at Christchurch's Hagley Oval and Australia playing England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. (The Guardian) (ABC News Australia) The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces the first five members of its 2015 induction class. Louie Dampier and John Isaacs will be inducted as players, Lindsay Gaze and Tom Heinsohn as coaches, and George Raveling as a contributor. Heinsohn, already a member as a player, will become the fourth person enshrined as both a player and a coach. Other members of the induction class will be announced on April 6. (ESPN) Current events of February 13, 2015 (2015-02-13) (Friday) 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) Police and gunmen exchange gunfire in Peshawar after an explosion is reported at a nearby Shia mosque. (BBC) Boko Haram insurgency Boko Haram militants attack Chad for the first time after 30 fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked the village of Ngouboua. Chad recently joined Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon in a military coalition against Boko Haram. (BBC) 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 France24) Disasters and accidents A bus crashes with a freight train in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, killing at least sixteen people and injuring 30. (Reuters) Health Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Sierra Leone quarantines 700 homes in the Aberdeen district of Freetown following the death of a fisherman. (AFP via West Australian) International relations United Nations negotiators produce an early draft on an agreement to be put to a conference on climate change in Paris in December. (AP) Law and crime An Egyptian court orders the release from prison of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy in Cairo. (CP via CP24) Politics and elections The Queensland Labor Party led by Annastacia Palaszczuk will be in a position to form a minority government after the polls are declared in the Queensland state election. (ABC Australia) Voters elect Wang Rong Chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference of Guangdong province, in China, replacing Zhu Mingguo, who was dismissed for corruption. (SCMP) The Governor of Oregon John Kitzhaber resigns amid allegations his fiancee used taxpayer resources to aid her green-energy consulting business. Kate Brown moves up to Governor from being the Secretary of State. (AP)(AP)(The New York Times) Current events of February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12) (Thursday) Armed conflicts and attacks War in Donbass The President of Russia Vladimir Putin announces the third peace agreement. (AP)(Euronews) Yemeni Civil War Fighters from the Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia take control of an army base in southern Yemen. (Reuters via Daily Times) Arts and culture Reporters without Borders's annual review finds "(t)here was a drastic decline in freedom of information in 2014" because of information wars and action by non-state groups. (Reporters without Borders) (The Daily Star (Lebanon)) Business and economy The National Retail Federation worries as products languish on ships and docks at western U.S. ports as negotiations continue between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association. (AP) Online travel and leisure booking website Expedia announces plans to buy rival Orbitz for $1.3 billion. (Christian Science Monitor) Law and crime Six Taiwanese prisoners commit suicide after releasing hostages captured yesterday in Kaohsiung. The prisoners were protesting their sentences and alleged poor conditions of the Taiwanese prison system. (BBC) The FBI launches a hate crime investigation into the February 11 killing of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (News Observer) Politics and elections The US Senate confirms Ashton Carter as the 25th Secretary of Defense. (USA Today) Julius Malema and members of the Economic Freedom Fighters are forcibly removed from the National Assembly of South Africa during President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address. Times Live SABC Science and technology A large meteorite falls in northern New Zealand. kelownanow.com stuff.co.nz Current events of February 11, 2015 (2015-02-11) (Wednesday) Armed conflicts and attacks Iraqi clashes and attacks kill at least 31 people. (AP) Business and economy Rite Aid, one of the largest chains of pharmacies in the United States, announces that it is purchasing EnvisionRx, a pharmacy benefits manager, from TPG Capital, for $2 billion. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents The Greek Coast Guard rescues all 22 crewmen from a Cyprus-flagged vessel Good Faith that ran aground on the Greek island of Andros during a storm in the Aegean Sea. (AP) A 106-car pileup occurs on Yeongjong Bridge in Incheon, South Korea, leaving two men dead and more than 65 people injured. (BBC) Costa Concordia disaster A court in the city of Grosseto convicts the former captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, of manslaughter for his part in the ship's January 2012 sinking, and sentences him to 16 years in jail. (BBC) International relations Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) The United States, United Kingdom, and France close their Yemeni embassies and evacuate their staff due to terrorist activities and continued unrest. (USA Today) General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States next September. (AP) War in Donbass Leaders from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine meet in the Belarusian capital Minsk for peace talks. (CNN) Law and crime Police arrest a suspected shooter Craig Stephen Hicks for killing a Muslim family of three in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Police state that the shooting was motivated by a long-standing neighbor dispute over parking. (The Independent)(AP) A shooting at a wedding in Newtownbutler, Northern Ireland kills one and injuries one while another victim was injured by a knife. (BBC) Science and technology SpaceX launches a weather observation satellite, Deep Space Climate Observatory, at 6:03 p.m. EST from Cape Canaveral, Florida (for the US Air Force/NASA/NOAA), but postpones making of a second attempt to land a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket on a floating platform called the autonomous spaceport drone ship, following the January 10 failure during the SpaceX CRS-5 mission. SpaceX instead, attempts a "mock" soft-landing into the Atlantic ocean (AP)(AP) Sports Little League Baseball strips Chicago's Little League championship team Jackie Robinson West of their 2014 Little League World Series US title after an investigation revealed the team had falsified boundaries to field ineligible players. The league names Mountain Ridge Little League of Las Vegas, Nevada, the US champion due to the vacating of Jackie Robinson West's wins. (AP)(Little League.org) More February 2015 events...

Time: 23:06 UTC  |  Day: 17 February  |   << February 2015 >> S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28    More February 2015 events... About this page • Suggest a headline News about Wikipedia  Ongoing events Economic Eurozone crisis Financial crisis in Russia Health Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Political Syrian and Iraqi civil wars Military intervention against ISIL War in Afghanistan Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger More details on ongoing conflicts below  Recent deaths February 2015 16: Lesley Gore 16: Uri Orbach 16: Lorena Rojas 15: Arnaud de Borchgrave 15: Barbara Darling 15: Wendell Kim 15: Steve Montador 14: Michele Ferrero 14: Louis Jourdan 14: Philip Levine 14: Finn Nørgaard 13: John McCabe 13: Nguyễn Bá Thanh 12: Sam Andrew 12: Faith Bandler 12: David Carr 12: Movita Castaneda 12: Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat 12: Gary Owens 12: Steve Strange 11: Ray Hathaway 11: Anthony Low 11: Michael Raupach 11: Bob Simon 11: Jerry Tarkanian 10: Deng Liqun 10: Bill Enyart 10: Dane A. Miller 9: Marvin David Levy 9: Ed Sabol 8: Kenji Ekuan 8: Mario Vázquez Raña 8: Andrew Rosenfeld 7: Billy Casper 7: Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron 7: Joe B. Mauldin 7: Dean Smith 7: John C. Whitehead 6: André Brink 6: Assia Djebar 6: Kayla Mueller 6: Alan Nunnelee 5: K. N. Choksy 5: Henri Coppens 5: Stay Gold 5: Anne Moody 4: Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly 4: Sajida al-Rishawi 4: Norman Yemm 3: Frank Borghi 3: Koos Van Den Akker 3: Christophe Gbenye 3: Martin Gilbert 3: Mary Healy 3: Hay List 3: Charlie Sifford 2: Dave Bergman 2: The Jacka 2: Stewart Stern 1: Aldo Ciccolini 1: Udo Lattek 1: Ann Mara 1: Molade Okoya-Thomas 1: Monty Oum  Ongoing conflicts Africa Algeria, Tunisia and Niger Maghreb insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Katanga insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Eritrea and Ethiopia Second Afar insurgency Ethiopia Ogaden insurgency OLF insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Nigeria and Cameroon Boko Haram Conflict in the Niger Delta Somalia Civil war South Sudan South Sudanese Civil War Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Sudanese nomadic conflicts Americas Colombian conflict Internal conflict in Peru Mexican War on Drugs Asia Afghanistan War Taliban insurgency China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Internal conflict in Burma Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Europe Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Chechen-Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency War in Ingushetia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt Sinai insurgency Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraqi civil war American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Syrian Civil War American-led intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey-PKK conflict Yemeni crisis Houthi rebellion Al-Qaeda insurgency South Yemen insurgency  Elections Recent: January–February 20: Zambia, President 25: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (1st round) 25: Greece, Parliament 28: Lebanon, President (18th round) 29–31: Italy, President (1st–4th rounds) 7: Slovakia, Referendum Ongoing 16: Saint Kitts and Nevis, National Assembly Upcoming: February–March 18: Greece, President (4th round) 18: Lebanon, President (19th round) 22: Comoros, Assembly of the Union (2nd round) 28: Lesotho, National Assembly 1: Estonia, Parliament 1: Tajikistan, Assembly of Representatives  Trials Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Brazil: Mensalão scandal Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty, Luka Magnotta China: Liu Tienan, Li Daqiu, Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Egypt: Hosni Mubarak, Peter Greste Germany: Bernie Ecclestone, Uli Hoeness, Christian Wulff, Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Israel: Hussam Qawasmeh Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot South Africa: Shrien Dewani, Oscar Pistorius, Chris Mahlangu Turkey: Kenan Evren, Tahsin Şahinkaya United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos, Chris Denning, Ray Teret, Gary Glitter, Fred Talbot United States: Abu Hamza al-Masri, Michael Grimm, Bob McDonnell, Vilma Bautista, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum International ECCC: Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan ICC: Germain Katanga, Thomas Lubanga ICTY: Momčilo Perišić, Mladen Markač, Ante Gotovina SCFSL: Charles Taylor Ongoing China: Ji Jianye Egypt: Mohamed Morsi France: Dominique Strauss-Kahn Germany: Beate Zschäpe Iran: Babak Zanjani Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Jovito Palparan Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: MV Sewol crew members United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark United States: Jodi Arias International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladic Upcoming Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Andy Coulson United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo

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