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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Nov 22 The International Court of Justice finds Ratko Mladić guilty of genocide committed in Srebrenica during the 1990s Bosnian War, the worst massacre in Europe since World War II. He is sentenced to life in prison 
Nov 22 Uber admits hackers stole personal information affecting 57 million people worldwide and paid $10000 to keep quiet
Nov 22 Vanellope Wilkins, born with her heart outside her body, is inaugural UK baby to survive birth and operations to reinsert her heart
Nov 23 Brazilian footballer Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for rape in Italy.
Nov 23 Papua New Guinea Police storm Manus Island refugee camp, forcibly removing asylum seekers.
Nov 24 A mosque attack in Sinai, Egypt results in the deaths of 305 worshippers and leaves hundreds more wounded
Nov 24 Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as President of Zimbabwe, replacing Robert Mugabe.
Nov 24 Militant gunmen attack a Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 305 people, government retaliates bombing the area.
Nov 25 Actress Naya Rivera arrested on a domestic battery charge in West Virginia
Nov 25 Longest known frozen embryo to be successfully born is delivered in Tennessee - Emma Wren Gibson, frozen 24 years ago
Nov 26 Factory explosion in Chinese port city Ningbo results in the deaths of at least 2, injuries 30, flattens buildings.
Nov 26 Presidential elections held in Honduras with allegations of electoral fraud and resulting violent protests
Nov 27 Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department confirm it has had 31801 call outs to deal with snakes this year
Nov 27 Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce their engagement.
Nov 27 Freight trains results in the deaths of more than 100 reindeer over three days in Norway
Nov 27 North Korean ghost ship washes up Akita prefecture beach, Japan with 8 skeletons on board, 4th boat in a month.
Nov 27 Pope Francis begins a three-day trip to Myanmar, amid the Rohingya refugee crisis
Nov 28 India's Supreme Court rejects appeal to block global release of controversial film "Padmavati".
Nov 28 Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in for a second term as president of Kenya
Nov 29 American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC's "Today" show after an allegation of sexual misconduct
Nov 29 Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak commits suicide by poison in court at The Hague after 20 year prison term read out.
Nov 30 Def Jam founder Russell Simmons steps down from his companies after allegations of sexual misconduct
Nov 30 Disney announces it has cast Chinese actress Liu Yifei to play Mulan in up-coming live action film.
Nov 30 World's longest recorded rainbow - 8 hrs 58 min in Taipei's Yangmingshan mountain range.
Dec 01 President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the F.B.I
Dec 02 Egyptian lawyer Nabih al-Wahsh sentenced to 3 years in prison for saying women wearing ripped jeans should be raped.
Dec 03 inaugural pizza party in space held by astronauts of the International Space Station
Dec 04 New York Giants fire coach Bob McAdoo and manager Jerry Reese
Dec 04 New York's Metropolitan Opera suspends conductor James Levine after allegations of sexual misconduct
Dec 04 Thomas fire begins and spreads to city of Ventura, California.
Dec 04 US President Trump scales back Utah National Parks - Bears Ears National Monument (85%), Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (50%)
Dec 04 US Supreme Court allows President Trump's travel ban to come into effect for 6 mostly Muslim countries.
Dec 05 Austrian courts rule in favour of same-sex marriage from 2019
Dec 05 Democratic representative John Conyers steps down from US Congress after allegations of sexual harrassment
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