A suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 6, 2026, resulted in the deaths of 31 people and injured over 170 others, according to NPR Politics. This attack marks the deadliest incident in Islamabad in over a decade.
The bombing occurred at a mosque in Pakistan's capital, as reported by NPR. The attack follows a previous blast in November outside a courthouse that claimed 12 lives.
In other news, former President Donald Trump's Board of Peace is scheduled to hold its first meeting on February 19, according to Time. The board will discuss the next phase of a ceasefire in Gaza and fundraising for the reconstruction of the destroyed territory. The board's initial members include the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Pakistan, Turkey, Hungary, Morocco, Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, Argentina, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia and Vietnam. However, many U.S. allies hesitated to join the board, fearing it would undermine the United Nations.
Meanwhile, an immigrant, Alberto Castañeda Mondragón, whose skull was broken in eight places during an ICE arrest, stated that the beating was unprovoked, as reported by NPR News. Mondragón says he struggled to remember basic details after the incident.
In medical news, an "external, artificial-lung system" kept a man alive for 48 hours until a transplant, according to Nature News.
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