Portal:Current events/2024 February 13
February 13, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Four Armenian soldiers are killed and many others are injured by Azerbaijani troops near the Armenian village of Nerkin Hand. (Reuters)
- Myanmar civil war
- The Arakan Army claims to have sunk three junta ships travelling on the Kaladan River in Rakhine State, Myanmar, resulting in up to 900 deaths. The sinking is one of the largest losses in the navy's history. (Atlas News) (The Star)
Disasters and accidents
- Around ten people are believed to be trapped underground after a landslide near the Çöpler mine in İliç, Turkey. A rescue operation is ongoing. (NOS)
Law and crime
- Five people are killed and four others are critically injured in a drive-by shooting in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. (ABC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 New York's 3rd congressional district special election
- In the U.S., Democrat Tom Suozzi wins the special election in his former seat which was vacated following the expulsion of Republican George Santos. (AP)
- Estonia–Russia relations
- Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is reportedly placed on the Russian Interior Ministry's register of wanted people due to the country's removal of Soviet war memorials, making Kallas the first known government leader to be added to a wanted list by Russian authorities. (The Guardian)
- Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas
- The United States House of Representatives votes to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a 214–213 vote with three House Republicans voting "no" alongside all House Democrats. (ABC News)