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Thursday, 19 February 2026
2007 Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq. 
2007 Pakistan marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire.
2012 46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan.
2013 14 people are killed and 26 are injured by two roadside bombings in Baqubah, Iraq.
2017 US President Donald Trump condemns racist violence at the White House after criticism of his earlier response to Charlottesville violence
2017 Cholera has now infected more than 500000 people in Yemen and killed over 2000 according to the World Health Organisation.
2017 Parliamentary citizenship scandal deepens in Australia after Barnaby Joyce, Deputy PM revealed to be a New Zealand citizen.
2017 Mudslide and flooding in Freetown, Sierra Leone results in the deaths of over 500 with 600 missing.
2018 2.3 million estimated Venezuelans have left crisis-hit Venezuela since 2015 according to the UN.
2018 Italy's Morandi Bridge collapses in Genoa, taking 30 vehicles with it and killing 43
2018 Pennsylvania grand jury alleges 300 "predator priests" abused over 1000 children over 30 years and Catholic leaders covered it, up after 2-year investigation
2018 Part of the Morandi Bridge collapses after a violent storm in Genoa, Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and transport minister Danilo Toninelli blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia
2019 Pakistan PM Imran Khan strongly criticizes India for revoking Kashmir's special status and putting it under lockdown in address in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
2019 The Dow Jones plunges more than 500 points, due to concerns over the yield curve inversion.
2021 A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti, killing more than 2100 people
2024 The World Health Organization (WHO) declares mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in two years, following the spread of the virus in African countries
2024 The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses the Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet who had a prison sentence.Paetongtarn Shinawatra succeeds him as Prime Minister of Thailand
2025 Father and son gunmen kill least 15 and wound dozens at a Jewish “Chanukah by the Sea” celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia; police kill the elder shooter [1].
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