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Revision as of 11:54, 22 February 2024 by Gianluigi02 (talk | contribs) (Only major accidents are added here. Deaths due to climbing are common around the world every week.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) February 21, 2024 (2024-02-21) (Wednesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi conflict
- 2023–24 Iraq clashes
- Reports emerge that clashes between rival Shia militias, primarily Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq and Saraya al-Salam, have killed at least 200 fighters across Iraq in the past two months. (The Medialine)
- 2023–24 Iraq clashes
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Lochem bridge collapse
- Fifteen people are killed and two survive when a truck falls off a cliff in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Philippines. (AFP via Hindustan Times)
Law and crime
- Espionage in the United States
- United States Navy chief petty officer Bryce Pedicini, assigned to the USS Higgins, is charged with four counts of espionage. (BBC News)
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko calls for armed security patrols on streets and in workplaces, claiming the possibility of "extremist" crimes. (Reuters)
- The Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Alabama rules that frozen embryos in test tubes are legally considered children. (The New York Times) (BBC News)