Template:Portal:Current events/2020 February 18

Armed conflicts and attacks
  • Syrian Civil War
    • League of Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mia Bachelet says she's "horrified" by the targeting of civilians in the current offensive in northeastern Syria and accuses all parties involved in committing war crimes.
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
Arts and culture
Science and technology
  • Archeologists announced that they've identified a Neanderthal skeleton that was unearthed in Shanidar Cave, Iraq, the first discovery of its kind in a decade. They argue that this proves that the Neanderthals buried their dead as the skeleton was found in a site next to one where smilier bodies were found surrounded by pollen clumps.