JD Vance became the first sitting U.S. vice president or president to visit Armenia, where he and Nikol Pashinyan framed the trip around peace talks, nuclear cooperation and economic ties.
An Israeli drone strike on a car in the village of Yanouh killed three people, including a 3-year-old child, in the latest deadly attack in southern Lebanon.
Security forces detained four people, including an alleged mastermind, after a suicide attack at a Shiite mosque killed 31 and wounded 169 in the capital.
Doctors in Sudan say a Rapid Support Forces drone strike on a vehicle carrying displaced families near Er Rahad killed at least 24 people, including eight children.
Church officials in northwest Nigeria say gunmen killed three villagers and abducted 11 people, including a Catholic priest, during a predawn raid in Kaduna state.
The military said the Allied Democratic Forces attacked Mambimbi-Isigo in North Kivu province, leaving at least 20 people dead and forcing residents to flee.
Canada and France opened consulates in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, in a coordinated show of support for Denmark and Greenland as US rhetoric over the Arctic island intensified.
Iraq's Joint Operations Command said two hideouts, a concealed vehicle and stores of weapons and supplies were destroyed in the western Nineveh desert.
BBC News reported on February 6, 2026, that Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseyev was shot several times in a residential block in Moscow and taken to hospital in serious condition.
An Iraqi security official said a man wearing an explosive belt blew himself up as forces tried to arrest him near the Syrian border, killing himself and injuring two security members.
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to take back some people removed from the UK after the government threatened visa penalties.
Washington and Moscow agreed in Abu Dhabi to restore high-level military contact, a channel that had been dormant since late 2021 as negotiations over Ukraine continued.
Palestinian health officials reported two babies among the dead, while Israel said it targeted armed-group leaders and responded to an attack on its troops.
A small number of sick and wounded Palestinians began crossing into Egypt after Israel permitted a restricted reopening of Rafah, with movement limited to joint security screening.
Regional authorities said the drone hit a house in Stary Oskol and started a fire during an overnight wave that Russia said included 22 drones over Belgorod.