February 19, 2026 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

At least three aid workers are killed and four others are injured in a drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North on an aid convoy in South Kordofan, Sudan.

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Sixteen people are killed and several others are injured after a gas explosion which then caused the building to collapse in Karachi, Pakistan.

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At least four people are killed and 17 others are injured when a truck transporting liquid gas crashes and explodes in Santiago, Chile.

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Eighteen people are killed and three others are injured when two trucks collide head-on near Port Said, Egypt.

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Five miners are trapped underground and presumed dead in a diamond mine after a mudslide in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.

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A person is killed and five others are injured in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, when a high-voltage power line breaks and falls into a public market.

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Six firefighters are killed and another is injured when a fire engine plunges off a cliff in Xinhua County, Hunan, China.

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Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol is sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of leading an insurrection when he declared martial law on December 3, 2024.

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Acting Venezuelan president Delcy Rodríguez signs a general amnesty bill into law, enabling the release of hundreds of political prisoners, including former National Assembly vice president Juan Pablo Guanipa.

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In the United Kingdom, police arrest royal Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on charges of misconduct in public office related to his links to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He is later released from police custody.

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