Portal:Current events/2026 February 16

February 16, 2026 (Monday)

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)
Islamic terrorism in Europe
- 2024 Vienna terrorism plot
  - A 21-year-old Islamic State member is charged with terrorism and other offences for plotting an attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austria, in 2024. (BBC News)

Business and economy

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