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The people of 13 February
5 people in 5 stories, 25 deaths recorded, 2026
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Emirati businessman (born 1955)
UAE-based DP World CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigns and leaves the company with immediate effect amid controversy over his connection to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom he exchanged hundreds of emails with over a decade.
Business · 13 Feb · with Jeffrey Epstein
Sheikh Hasina
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001; 2009–2024)
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections, winning 209 seats in the first election since the July Revolution that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Politics · 13 Feb
Angus Taylor
Australian politician (born 1966)
Angus Taylor replaces Sussan Ley as Leader of the Opposition following a leadership spill in the Liberal Party. Ley subsequently resigns from politics, triggering a by-election in her Farrer seat.
Politics · 13 Feb · with Sussan Ley
Ebrahim Asgharzadeh
Iranian activist and politician, hostage-taker during the Iran Hostage Crisis
Iran releases on bail three reformist political figures, including former legislator Ebrahim Asgharzadeh and Union of Islamic Iran People Party secretary-general Azar Mansouri, who were arrested during a recent crackdown on dissent.
Crime & Justice · 13 Feb · with Azar Mansouri
Milagro Navas
Salvadoran politician
Milagro Navas, the mayor of La Libertad Este and El Salvador's only opposition-aligned mayor, announces that she will run for re-election in 2027.
Politics · 13 Feb
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