• 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.

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in the final, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2026 Australian Open.

Japan successfully retrieved “rare earth mud” from the deep seabed during a test mission on 2 February 2026 — a world‑first effort to lift rare‑earth‑rich sediment from about 19,700 feet (6,000 metres) below the ocean surface near Minamitorishima Island in the Pacific.