In early February Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian dictator filed his papers to run in the presidential election in March 2018. The submission came as potential rival Khalid Ali withdrew from the race, after being threatened for standing against Sisi.

The BBC reported on the 13th of February 2018 that: “the UK government has unveiled a tool it says can accurately detect jihadist content and block it from being viewed,” which the government paid £600,000, to a London-based company, to develop.

February 6th this year marked 100 years since the passing of the Representation of the People Act in Britain which granted the vote to women over the age of 30 who met a certain property qualification.

In a major move president Ashraf Ghani signed on Sunday the retirement orders of 164 Generals. “Putting Afghanistan new military officers inherent law to practice,” he wrote on his official Twitter account. The president also noted, "We want reforms to win the war and peace. We don’t want reforms just for the sake of reforms. This process will continue for our brighter future”.