• On February 11 and 12, 2026, huge crowds gathered across Iran for government-run rallies.
• These events were held to celebrate 47 years since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

• India won the 2026 ICC Under‑19 Cricket World Cup.
• They defeated England in the final.
• The victory margin was 100 runs.
• This was India’s sixth U19 World Cup title, a record.

• The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) was signed April 8, 2010, in Prague by the United States and Russia and entered into force on Feb. 5, 2011.
• The United States and Russian Federation agreed on a five-year extension of New START to keep it in force through February 4, 2026

• On February 6, 2026, South Africa's Department of Agriculture announced the release of its first locally produced vaccine for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in nearly 20 years. 
• The vaccine was developed by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Research campus.

In early February 2026, a new flowering plant species named Dicliptera pakhalica was discovered in the Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary, located in the Mahabubabad district of Telangana, India

• According to the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026 report released by the United Nations, Pakistan's economy is expected to expand by 3.5 percent in 2026.
• This growth projection is supported by the continued implementation of reform programs under the IMF and a steady economic recovery. 

• As of February 2026, the primary commercial space station being discussed as a near-term, private competitor to the International Space Station (ISS) is Haven-1.
• Haven-1 developed by Vast Space, with a scheduled launch in May 2026.
• It is designed to be the first commercial station, featuring a large dome window, Starlink internet, and capacity for four crew members. 

• Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the prominent son of deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in an attack at his residence in western Libya.
• He was killed by masked gunmen in Zintan. 

• Ali Zaman, a 54-year-old former Iraqi goldsmith, completed the world’s largest handwritten Quran in October 2025 after six years of work in Istanbul.
• The manuscript features 302 double-sided scrolls, with individual pages measuring 4 meters long and 1.5 meters wide.
• It was crafted using traditional reed pens and the classical thuluth script on specialized handmade parchment.
• The project was entirely self-funded and performed without modern tools at the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque complex.