2022

Events

January 6 - Kazakh Security Council Chairman Nursultan Nazarbayev declares a state of emergency after riots break out across Kazakhstan. He is subsequently forced to resign from his post.
January 7 - Gregory and Travis McMichael and William Bryan are sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery.
January 15 - Malik Akram takes four congregants hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, triggering an eleven hour standoff until an FBI team storms the synagogue and kills him.
January 20 - A car bombing at a prison in al-Hasakah, Syria, triggers a riot and mass escape involving hundreds of Islamic State detainees. Fighting begins as they attempt to gain control of the city and take 23 hostages.
January 22 - The "Freedom Convoy" sparks massive anti-vaxxer protests in Canada that quickly spread to the rest of the world.
January 26 - Syrian and American forces suppress the Islamic State uprising in al-Hasakah.
February 3 - ISIL Caliph Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi is killed during a U.S. counterterrorism operation in Atme near the Syrian-Turkish border.
February 9 - Ian Stewart is convicted of the murder of Diane Stewart. He later receives a sentence of life without parole.
February 13 - Paul Robson escapes from HMP North Sea Camp and stays on the run for four days before being recaptured.
February 18 - Kimberly Potter is sentenced to two years imprisonment for the manslaughter of Daunte Wright the previous year.