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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • War in Donbass
  • Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warns of a threat to a planned ceasefire tonight from heavy fighting today and accuses Russia of "significantly increasing" its offensive. In a live interview he ordered all Ukrainian forces to cease fire after midnight. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31463007 (BBC)]
  • Internal conflict in Burma
  • Myanmar launches air strikes against rebels in the Kokang area as dozens of soldiers have been killed and dozens more wounded in fightings in recent weeks. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150215070122/http://www.france24.com/en/20150214-myanmar-fresh-airstrikes-against-northern-rebels/ (AFP via France 24)]
  • 2015 Copenhagen shootings
  • Danish Police seek a gunman who fired an automatic weapon at a free speech seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark, killing documentary maker Finn Nørgaard and injuring Swedish artist Lars Vilks known for controversial drawings of the prophet Mohammed. Among the injured are also three police officers who had been guarding the seminar. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31472423 (BBC News)] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/14/copenhagen-blasphemy-lars-vilks-prophet-muhammad-krudttonden-cafe (The Guardian)] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/copenhagen-caf%C3%A9-attack-target-was-me-says-artist-lars-vilks-1.2957802 (CBC)]

;Politics

;Arts and culture

;Disasters and accidents

;Health

  • Twelve people die of swine flu in the Indian state of Gujarat taking the death toll to 136 since January with 130 new cases reported. [http://ibnlive.in.com/news/swine-flu-claims-12-more-lives-in-gujarat-toll-rises-to-136/528507-3-238.html (IBN live)]

;International relations

  • Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
  • The United Arab Emirates suspends its embassy operations in Yemen due to security concerns surrounding the recent Shiite Houthi rebel take over of the country. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150216134125/http://www.france24.com/en/20150214-uae-evacuates-embassy-staff-yemen-capital/ (AFP via France 24)]

;Law and crime

  • The Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott issues a last-minute plea for Bali Nine drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran facing the death penalty in Indonesia. [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/tony-abbott-issues-plea-for-bali-nine-pair-andrew-chan-and-myuran-sukumaran/story-fn59nm2j-1227219525312?nk=bcb20b4490987eedeba1f6c36af1a978 (The Australian)]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Former President of Chad Hissène Habré will stand trial in Senegal for alleged war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31465670 (BBC)]
  • A motorcycle gunman shoots and kills a journalist in the Philippines who had been critical of local officials' alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade. The murder of the journalist is the 34th since the regime of Benigno Aquino III began in 2010. [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/672939/radio-broadcaster-killed-in-tagbilaran (Philippine Daily Inquirer)]
  • Canadian Police foil a planned Valentine's Day massacre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [http://www.news24.com/news24/World/News/Canadian-misfits-planned-Valentines-Day-massacre-20150214 (Reuters via News24)] [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/randall-steven-shepherd-lindsay-kantha-souvannarath-charged-in-halifax-shooting-plot-1.2957685 (CBC)]

;Sport

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