Thursday
The people of 5 February
2 people in 2 stories, 30 deaths recorded, 2026
Shabana Mahmood
British politician (born 1980)
Angola, Namibia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo agree to take back foreign offenders and illegal migrants from the United Kingdom after Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood threatened them with visa penalties. Around 3,000 people are expected to be returned following the deal.
World · 5 Feb
Arayik Harutyunyan
President of Artsakh from 2020 to 2023
An Azerbaijani military court sentences 13 former Nagorno-Karabakh officials, including ex-leader Arayik Harutyunyan, to penalties ranging from 15 years to life imprisonment after convicting them of offences such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, terrorism, genocide, and attempting to seize power by force.
Crime & Justice · 5 Feb
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