Portal:Current events/2015 February 3

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

• In the town of Chuddogram in eastern Bangladesh, anti-government protesters firebomb a bus full of sleeping passengers, leaving seven people dead. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-03/seven-burnt-to-death-after-bus-firebombed-in-bangladesh/6067508 (AFP via ABC News)]
• Egyptian Army soldiers fire warning shots at the Gaza Strip after an explosion occurs on the Gaza side of the border near a convoy. [http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL6N0VD2RU20150203 (Reuters)]
• Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
• The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant posts pictures of Jordanian Air Force pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh being burnt alive which Jordan believes are a month old. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31121160 (BBC)]

;Arts and culture

• American author Harper Lee announced plans to publish her second book, a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird, that was completed in the 1950s but misplaced. July 14, 2015 will be the release date for Go Set a Watchman. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11387478/To-Kill-A-Mockingbird-author-Harper-Lee-to-publish-second-novel.html (The Telegraph)] [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/harper-lee-published-july-28687808 (ABC News)]

;Disasters and accidents

• 2014–15 Australian bushfire season
• The Department of Fire and Emergency Services orders the evacuation of residents of the Western Australia town of Northcliffe as a bushfire approaches. [http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/live-updates-northcliffe-under-threat-from-raging-bushfire/story-fnhocxo3-1227206087626?nk=189524b3e2a960d591ca9939c129a980 (Perth Now)]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• An explosion at the Galleria 220 shopping center in the Perth suburb of Morley kills at least one person and injures nine others. [http://www.news.com.au/national/casualties-in-shopping-centre-explosion-in-perth/story-fncynjr2-1227206257487 (News Limited)]
• 2014–15 North American winter
• Ten people die in Cook County, Illinois while shoveling snow. [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-cook-county-snow-shovelling-deaths-20150203-story.html (Chicago Tribune)]
• A collision between a commuter train and a passenger vehicle kills six in Valhalla, New York. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150214222409/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/commuter-train-strikes-2-vehicles-on-tracks-people-injured/ar-AA8XhC8 (AP via MSN)] [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/02/03/metro-north-train-hits-car-in-valhalla-service-snagged-on-harlem-line/ (CBS Local)]

;International relations

• The Iranian parliament passes a new bill that requires the Rouhani administration to cancel the Geneva interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear program in case of new US sanctions, as a response to a similar action by the Congress. [http://www.icana.ir/Fa/News/271702 (Icana)]

;Law and crime

• Standard & Poor's reaches settlements totaling $1.5 billion with the U.S. Justice Department and several U.S. states for inflating ratings on subprime mortgage bonds in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-03/s-p-ends-legal-woes-with-1-5-billion-penalty-with-u-s-states (Bloomberg)]
• The investigator into the death of Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman states that Nisman had drafted a request that President Cristina Fernandez be arrested for allegedly attempting to derail his investigation of the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 people. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/03/argentina-prosecutor-warrant-idUSL1N0VD2E720150203 (Reuters)]

;Politics and elections

• John Baird resigns as the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-2938101/Canadian-foreign-minister-quits-says-time-change.html (Daily Mail)]

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