In central Thailand, a soldier opened fire on groups of people in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima on Feb. 9, killing 29, with his commanding officer and that officer’s mother-in-law the first to be killed. The soldier next fired on a Buddhist temple before moving on to a shopping center, where he remained for hours until police killed him in a shootout. It was the first recorded mass-shooting event in the country.

The shooter had been involved in a land-development business with...

A gunman opened fire on two hookah bars in the city of Hanau, western Germany, on the evening of Feb. 19, killing eight people and injuring five others. Each of the people shot was of Middle Eastern or Turkish origin.

The gunman was later found dead of suicide in his home along with the body of his mother, whom it is believed he also murdered. He was identified as a German citizen who had expressed far-right and anti-immigrant beliefs on the internet. He was licensed to own the gun he...

Three people, two from China and one from Australia, were stabbed and injured in a knife attack on the island of Hulhumale, Maldives, on Feb. 4. A local group with ties to the Islamist militant group Daesh claimed responsibility. Three men, described by police as “Jihadists,” were arrested for the attack.

Though the Maldives is a Muslim country, Islamic terrorism is rare. A citizen was arrested in 2019 after being identified as a Daesh recruiter by US intelligence. He was...