The edition of
Monday 17 February 2025
15 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
In a coordinated operation, the United States and United Arab Emirates launch joint airstrikes targeting IS–Somalia militants in Bari Region, Puntland, Somalia.
An attack with an explosive drone in the locality of El Capire, Apatzingán left one National Guard and a police wounded, while they were on reconnaissance rounds in the area. Hours later, two agents of the Attorney General of Mexico were kidnapped and found dead in the town in Cenobio Moreno, located on the outskirts of Apatzingán.
Russia says its forces have captured the village of Fyholivka in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Mohammad Shahin, a senior Hamas commander, is assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Sidon, Lebanon.
European leaders gather in France for a summit on Ukraine after the U.S. administration announced the opening of peace talks with Russia on ending the Ukrainian war without European participation.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says that Europe has no role in any peace negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine.
Politics
Demonstrations take place at state capitols around the United States, including at Union Square in Washington, D.C., as part of the 50501 movement to protest against the second administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, and Project 2025.
Student groups and the Civil Social Coalition party launched a protest in several cities in Indonesia against the government.
Business
American airline company Southwest Airlines announces it will lay off 1,750 jobs, 15% of its corporate workforce, for cost reduction. This is the company's first mass layoff since operating in 1971.
The Law
Syrian security forces arrest three former Assad regime officers responsible for the Tadamon massacre, which occurred in south Damascus in 2013.
Singaporean Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh is convicted of two counts of perjury to the Committee of Privileges and is fined S$7,000 per count, but is not disqualified as a member of parliament.
Environment
Twenty-one people are injured, including three critically when a Delta Airlines Bombardier CRJ900LR, crashes after catching fire and flipping over at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Ten people are killed and eight others are injured when a three-story residential building collapses in Cairo, Egypt.
Eight adults and one child are killed in flooding caused by heavy rains in the eastern United States.
A bus crashes and falls 800 m (2,600 ft) down a cliff in Yocalla Municipality, Bolivia, killing 31 people and injuring fourteen others.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 17 February 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.