Portal:Current events/2014 February 5

• Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
  • A wave of bombings hits central Baghdad with at least 16 people dead. (AP via Los Angeles Times)
• Post-civil war violence in Libya:
  • At least 12 people are injured in a grenade attack on a school in Benghazi. (BBC News)

• Archaeologists decrypt the jötunvillur runic code found on 13th century tablets. (Sciencenordic)

• Workers on the London Underground commence a 48-hour strike, which is expected to cause disruption for millions of commuters in Greater London. (BBC News)

• Part of the South Devon Railway sea wall carrying the railway line linking London with the west of England is washed away by a powerful storm that has hit the UK overnight. Thousands of homes are also left without electricity. (BBC News)
• UK Prime Minister David Cameron announces that an extra £100 million will be spent on dealing with the aftermath of the floods that have hit the UK. (Belfast Telegraph)

• North Korea and South Korea hold meetings to discuss visitation reunions of families separated by the Korean War. (BBC News)
• Spratly Islands dispute:
  • Philippine President Benigno Aquino III compares China's territory claims in the South China Sea to Nazi Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia. (Telegraph) (The New York Times)

• 2014 Winter Olympics
  • Amidst concerns over the safety of the slopestyle course, Shaun White withdraws from the event. (CNN)