Portal:Current events/2026 February 16

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan Campaign
    • At least 90 people are killed and dozens of others are injured in drone strikes on two crowded markets in North Kordofan, Sudan. (AA)
• Operation Southern Spear
  • United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
    • Eleven people are killed after U.S. forces launch strikes on three alleged drug smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. (Sky News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Two people are killed, including a child, and 12 others are injured in a motorcycle bombing near a police station in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Sky News)
  • Twenty-four people are killed, including 12 attackers and a child, and seven civilians are injured in an attack on a security post in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP via CTV News)
• Colombian conflict
  • Colombia's search unit for missing persons identifies and returns the remains of Camilo Torres Restrepo, a Catholic priest and leader of the National Liberation Army who was killed in combat in 1966. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• A Pikachu Illustrator Card, a Pokémon trading card, sells at auction by Logan Paul for US$16,492,000, breaking the record for the most expensive collectible card ever sold. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Seven people are killed, 10 others are trapped and some escape in a fire at a chemical factory in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, India. (NDTV)
• Six people are killed and 46 others are injured when a bus overturns on the BR-153 highway near Marília, São Paulo, Brazil. (Al Jazeera)
• Five people are killed and five others are injured in a fire at a five-story apartment building in Manlleu, Catalonia, Spain. (Sky News)
• Four people are killed and 37 others are injured in a fire at an industrial unit in Faridabad, Haryana, India. (Hindustan Times)
• Five people are injured when a passenger train derails near Goppenstein, Ferden, Valais, Switzerland. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2026 Pawtucket shooting
  • Three people, including the suspect, are killed, and three others are injured in a mass shooting at an indoor ice rink in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. (WPRI-TV)

Sports

• 2026 Winter Olympics
  • Georgia at the 2026 Winter Olympics
    • Georgia wins its first medal at the Winter Olympic Games after figure skaters Luka Berulava and Anastasiia Metelkina win the silver medal in the pair skating event. (South Asian Herald)