Portal:Current events/2024 February 8
February 8, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Valerii Zaluzhnyi from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, following months of rumors about a disagreement between Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyi. Ground Forces commander Oleksandr Syrskyi is appointed Commander-in-Chief to replace Zaluzhnyi. (BBC News)
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Abbas al-Dabs, regional Hezbollah commander, suspected by Israeli intelligence of collaborating with IRGC officers on building Iranian-funded air defenses in Syria, is assassinated in an IDF drone strike in Nabatieh, Lebanon. (New Arab) (JPost)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
- Icelandic officials declare a state of emergency after a new volcanic eruption cuts off hot water for approximately 20,000 people south of Reykjavík. (NU)
- The death toll from a landslide in Baghdati, Imereti, Georgia, increases to nine, following the conclusion of search operations. (RFE/RL) (Agenda.ge)
- Five U.S. Marines are confirmed dead after a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, which crashed yesterday in San Diego County, California, United States, is located. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Pakistani general election
- Pakistanis elect members of the 16th National Assembly. (Reuters)
- Mobile phone services are temporarily suspended and thousands of troops are deployed to protect polling stations during the 2024 Pakistani general election as five policemen are killed in a bombing targeting a patrol in Kulachi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and two children are killed in a bombing at a polling station in Balochistan. (Reuters)
- Trump v. Anderson
- The US Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Colorado Supreme Court had the authority to exclude former US President Donald Trump from the Colorado presidential primary ballot, for allegedly violating Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (CBS News)
Science and technology
- Meta suspends the Instagram accounts of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for violating its "Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy". (Middle East Eye)
- NASA's PACE mission is launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, to study Earth's ocean and atmosphere. (Ars Technica)