Portal:Current events/2017 February 27

February 27, 2017 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Moro conflict
- The Abu Sayyaf militant group beheads their German hostage Jurgen Kantner in Indanan, Philippines. (The Straits Times)
Communist rebellion in the Philippines
- A total of 21 combatants die in a three-week offensive by the government against the Communist Party of the Philippines. (Rappler)
Syrian Civil War
- The Syrian Government's Tiger Forces reaches the front lines with the Syrian Democratic Forces south of Manbij after capturing territory from ISIL, east of al-Bab. (Syrian Live Map)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- According to the Afghan Interior Ministry, Mullah Abdul Salam Akhund, a senior Taliban commander, is killed in a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz Province. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
- A car bomb explodes near a checkpoint outside Mogadishu, wounding at least four Somali soldiers. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

Armenia–European Union relations
- Armenia and the European Union agree on a new pact to boost ties between the two. It is expected to be signed later this year. This comes after Armenia rejected an Association Agreement in 2013. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Politics and elections

The Liberal Party of the Philippines, the party of vice president Leni Robredo and detained senator Leila de Lima, formally becomes the opposition after its members and its ally from the Akbayan party are ousted from key positions in the Senate. (Rappler)

Science and technology

SpaceX announces that it will take two space tourists on an orbit of the Moon in 2018. (CNBC)