Portal:Current events/January 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • The IDF withdraws five brigades, consisting of thousands of soldiers, from the Gaza Strip and says the war will enter a "different mode of operations". (Al Jazeera)
  • At least 27 rockets are fired by Hamas shortly after midnight at cities and towns in central and southern Israel. (Times of Israel) (Ynet)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • The Republic of Artsakh officially ceases to exist, in accordance with a decree signed by former president Samvel Shahramanyan. (Interfax)
• Six people are killed during an ambush in the Abyei region, an area disputed between Sudan and South Sudan. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• Public Domain Day
  • 2024 in American public domain
    • The animated short film Steamboat Willie, the German-language version of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, and other works published in 1928 enter the public domain in the United States. (Mashable)
• The Sheikh Zayed Festival at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates breaks four Guinness World Records for a hour-long fireworks display and drone show during the New Year celebration. (Gulf News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Noto earthquake
  • A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, killing 55 people. A tsunami warning is issued for multiple prefectures along the Sea of Japan. (Reuters)
• One person is killed and 21 others are injured in a fire at a bar in Graz, Austria, that was hosting a New Year's party. (AP).

• BART Subway Train derails at Orinda sending at least 5 riders to Hospital

International relations

• Foreign relations of Ethiopia, Foreign relations of Somaliland
  • Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use 20 km of coastline, including the port of Berbera, in exchange for eventual recognition of the Somaliland Declaration of Independence, which would make it the first country to do so. (Reuters)
• Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates formally join the BRICS group as new members. (Tehran Times)
• War in Sudan (2023–present)
  • Former Prime Minister of Sudan Abdallah Hamdok, leader of the pro-civillian Sudanese Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces, meets the leader of the Rapid Support Forces Hemedti in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for peace talks. (All Africa)

Law and crime

• 2023 Israeli judicial reform
  • Movement for Quality Government in Israel v. Knesset
    • The Supreme Court of Israel votes 8–7 to strike down the "reasonableness" bill passed by the Knesset in July. (BBC News) (Times of Israel)
• LGBT rights in Estonia
  • Same-sex marriage in Estonia
    • Estonia becomes the 36th country in the world where same-sex couples can marry. (Postimees)
• Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and three people that worked at his company Grameen Telecom are sentenced to six months in prison for violating Bangladesh's labor laws. (Al Jazeera)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
    • Assassination of Saleh al-Arouri
      • An Israeli airstrike in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, kills seven people, including Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chairman of Hamas' political bureau, and two other senior Hamas military officials. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against infrastructure
    • 2 January 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
      • Four civilians are killed and nearly 100 others are injured by a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv and at least 27 civilians are injured by a Russian missile attack in Kyiv. (AP)
• Spillover of the Afghan conflict
  • Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • Unidentified gunmen kill six people in Mir Ali, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (ABC News)
• War in Sudan (2023–present)
  • The RSF attacked the town of Bara, North Kordofan and plundered the University of Gezira in Wad Madani. The SAF launched airstrikes on RSF positions in Wad Madani, Sennar, and the Khartoum area. (Dabanga Sudan)

Arts and culture

• 2023 United States Congress hearing on antisemitism
  • Claudine Gay resigns as president of Harvard University following controversial remarks she made during a congressional hearing on antisemitism and accusations of plagiarism. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision
  • A Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft collides with a Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 aircraft and bursts into flames at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. All 379 occupants aboard the Japan Airlines flight are evacuated, while five of the six occupants aboard the Coast Guard aircraft are killed. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• A Ugandan People's Defence Force helicopter crashes in the village of Nyamisigiri, Kabarole District, Uganda, killing two people on board the helicopter and one person on the ground. (KFM) (Aviation Safety Network)

Law and crime

• Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung
  • South Korean opposition politician Lee Jae-myung is stabbed in the neck in Gadeokdo, Busan. (The New York Times)
• A man breaks into the Colorado Supreme Court building in Denver, Colorado, United States. He holds a security guard at gunpoint and later voluntarily surrenders to police. (Colorado Public Radio)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Turkey–Ukraine relations
      • Turkey denies access to the Black Sea for two Royal Navy minehunters saying their transit of the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits would be in violation of the Montreux Convention of 1936. (The Independent)
    • Ukraine and Russia complete their first prisoner exchange in nearly five months, releasing over 200 people on each side, facilitated by mediation from the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Ta'ang National Liberation Army claimed to have taken control of the town of Mongngaw in Kyaukme Township in Shan State. (Irrawaddy)
• Colombian conflict
  • The Clan del Golfo detonate explosives at an army encampment in Turbo, Antioquia Department, Colombia, killing a soldier and injuring 12 others. (ABC News)
• Kerman bombings
  • Eighty nine people are killed and 284 others injured in a double bombing in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt
  • A court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, charges former president Ernest Bai Koroma with four offences, including treason for his alleged role during the November coup attempt. (France 24)
• Capital punishment in India
  • A court in India sentences two men to death over a train bombing in 2005 which killed 14 people. (Deccan Herald)
• A court in the U.S. state of New York releases unsealed documents containing the associates list of Jeffrey Epstein to the public. (The Independent)
• Three men are stabbed and injured on a train at Akihabara Station in Tokyo, Japan. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Hilda Heine is sworn in as President of the Marshall Islands. (RNZ)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iraqi conflict
  • U.S. drone strikes in Iraq and Syria
    • A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, kills four Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militants, including senior leader Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi. (Reuters)
• 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  • Battle of Khan Yunis
    • IDF claimed to have significantly degraded the command and control of Hamas Khan Younis Brigade's northern and eastern battalions with the destruction of tunnel systems, infrastructure and deaths of company commanders. (Understanding War)
• Kerman bombings
  • Islamic State's Khorasan Province claims responsibility for yesterday's double bombing in Kerman, Iran, which killed 89 people. (BBC News) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 New York City Subway derailment
• Five people are killed and 22 others are injured in a fire at a hospital in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany. (AP)
• At least 1,000 cars are stranded on the E22 highway in Sweden between Hörby and Kristianstad due to heavy snow with people spending the night in their vehicles. The Swedish Army helped drivers get out of their vehicles and supplied them with basic amenities. (NOS)
• A private plane en route from J. F. Mitchell Airport in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia crashes shortly after takeoff, killing four people including German actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters. (Loop News) (AFP via Hindustan Times)

Law and crime

• Perry High School shooting
  • Two people are killed (including the perpetrator) and seven others are injured during a mass school shooting in Perry, Iowa, United States. (KCCI-TV)
• Treatment of women by the Taliban
  • A spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry of the Taliban in Afghanistan announces the arrest of an unspecified number of women for wearing "bad hijab", in the first known crackdown on the dress code since the Taliban's return to power in August 2021. (AP)
• Myanmar announces the pardon of 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, to mark the country's independence day. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a decree granting Russian citizenship to foreigners who fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine, and for their families. (Reuters)
• Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is appointed as Prime Minister of Kuwait. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • Battle of Laukkai
      • The MNDAA gain full control of Laukkai, capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone, following the mass surrender of the last junta forces and officials within the city. (Myanmar-Now)
• Iraqi conflict
  • U.S. drone strikes in Iraq and Syria
    • Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani announces that the Iraqi government is beginning the process to remove the U.S.-led international military coalition from the country after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad yesterday killed a militia leader. (Reuters)
• Korean conflict
  • North Korea fires 200 artillery shells near South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, prompting evacuations. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Noto earthquake
  • The death toll from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, increases to 94 people. At least 222 others are still missing. (AP)
• Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
  • An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft loses a door section of its fuselage mid-air and makes an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, United States, with no major injuries reported. The Federal Aviation Administration subsequently orders a temporary grounding of all 737 Max 9 aircraft in response to the incident. (The Guardian) (BBC News) (CNN)
• 2024 Cicalengka station railway collision
  • Two passenger trains collide near Cicalengka railway station in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia, killing at least four people and injuring several others. (AP)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Nepal, Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Nepal suspends the issuance of permits to its citizens to work in Russia and Ukraine after 10 Nepalis are killed while serving in the Russian Army. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• South African former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is released on parole after serving eight and a half years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • The U.S. Supreme Court grants a writ of certiorari for former president Donald Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling in Anderson v. Griswold regarding his presidential eligibility and schedules oral arguments for February 8. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian forces attack Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, with S-300 missiles according to local authorities, killing at least 11 people, including five children, and injuring eight others. (CNN)
• Afghan conflict
  • Five people are killed and 15 more injured during the explosion of a bomb planted by Islamic State members on a bus carrying Shiites in the neighbourhood of Dashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Salvadoran general election
  • Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins. (El Mundo)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Three Brotherhood Alliance claimed that it captured the towns of Kutkai and Theinni on midnight after seizing junta military posts in the towns, including the headquarters of the 16th Military Operations Command in Theinni. (Irrawaddy)
  • Tatmadaw airstrikes kill at least 17 people, including nine children, and injure 20 others in Kanan village, Sagaing. (ABC News)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • At least ten people are killed during three separated confrontations between Palestinians and Israel's border police and army in the occupied West Bank. (AP)
• War in Sudan
  • The SPLM-N (al-Hilu) seized control of Dalang following reports of an agreement between the group and the SAF to fight the RSF. (Sudan Tribune)

Arts and culture

• 81st Golden Globe Awards
  • Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, wins five awards at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, while Poor Things wins the awards for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (CNBC)
  • Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet Nation) becomes the first Indigenous woman to win Best Actress for her performance in Killers of the Flower Moon. (ICT News) (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• A fire in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh destroys hundreds of shelters and facilities and displaces nearly 7,000 Rohingya refugees. (Dhaka Tribune) (The Washington Post)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Bangladeshi general election
  • Citizens of Bangladesh vote in a general election with opposition parties boycotting the election. (Al Jazeera)
• Philippine President Bongbong Marcos signs a law that permits electronic tax filing in the country. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 ATP Tour, 2024 WTA Tour
  • 2024 United Cup
    • In tennis, Germany wins their first United Cup after defeating Poland 2–1 in the final. (PA Media via The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches a massive missile and drone attack across Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 38 others in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. Ukraine says that it shot down all eight drones and 18 of 51 missiles. (AP) (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Israel assassinates Wissam al-Tawil, the deputy commander of Hezbollah's Redwan Force, during an airstrike against a vehicle in Majdel Selm, Lebanon. Another person is also killed in the airstrike. (Reuters)
• War in Sudan
  • The SPLM-N (al-Hilu) together with the SAF clashed with the RSF in the Nuba Mountains, while the SAF launched airstrikes on an RSF camp in Al-Dabaibat, north of Dalang. (Sudan Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty-five people are killed and six others are injured in a crash involving a truck and a tourist minibus on a highway near São José do Jacuípe, Bahia, Brazil. (ABC News) (G1)

Law and crime

• A two-year-long investigation conducted by the BBC accuses Synagogue Church of All Nations founder T. B. Joshua of rape and torture. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Farmers block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture. (BBC News)
• French prime minister Élisabeth Borne resigns at the request of French president Emmanuel Macron amid political turmoil over immigration reform. (Associated Press)

Science and technology

• Nuclear program of Iran
  • According to De Volkskrant, a Dutch engineer recruited by the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands released the malicious computer worm Stuxnet in an Iranian nuclear complex in 2007, disrupting the Iranian nuclear program for years. (NOS) (The Times)
• Peregrine Mission One, the first US lunar lander since the Apollo program, is launched at Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States. It later suffers from a fuel leak, making it unable to complete its objective. (The Guardian)

Sports

• 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season
  • 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship
    • The University of Michigan beats the University of Washington 34–13 in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship game for NCAA Division I football. (NBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • Operation Prosperity Guardian
    • U.S. Navy and Royal Navy warships in the Red Sea shoot down 21 suicide drones and missiles launched by Houthi forces in Yemen. British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps describes it as the largest attack in the area by the Houthis to date. (Reuters)
• 2024 conflict in Ecuador
  • President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of the Los Choneros drug cartel, from prison. Gangsters subsequently storm a TC Televisión newsroom in Guayaquil and launch a series of riots, kidnappings, and explosions across the country. Eight civilians are killed, including two at Centro Comercial Albán Borja, and three more injured during random shootings in Guayaquil, while two police officers are killed in Nobol. As a result, schools are closed and the military is called to stop gang activities. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Hezbollah launches a drone attack on the Northern Command headquarters in Safed, Israel, marking its deepest incursion into Israeli territory since the outbreak of hostilities. In retaliation, Israel claims the assassination of Ali Hussein Barji, the commander of Hezbollah's air force in Southern Lebanon. Hezbollah denies this claim. (The Guardian) (Reuters)

Health and environment

• South Korea bans the breeding and slaughter of dogs for consumption, effective in 2027. (CNN)

Law and crime

• Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
  • A panel of three federal appellate judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit hears oral arguments regarding the issue of presidential immunity for former US president Donald Trump. (CNN)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Russia places exiled tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on a wanted list over comments he made regarding the ongoing war. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023–24 Bhutanese National Assembly election
  • Bhutanese people vote in the second round of the election for 47 members of the National Assembly. (Reuters)
• Gabriel Attal becomes the youngest and first openly gay Prime Minister of France. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722
    • The United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution condemning Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea. (The Washington Post)
• Somali Civil War
  • Al-Shabaab insurgents capture a United Nations helicopter carrying seven people, killing one person and abducting five others, while the seventh person is missing. The helicopter landed in al-Shabaab-controlled territory after encountering "a defect" shortly after takeoff from Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. (AP)

Business and economy

• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approves eleven spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in a landmark decision. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest
  • Riots occur in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, following a strike by police over a reduction in their pay. Ten people are killed and 13 others are seriously injured as a result of the riots. (RNZ) (The National)
• Capital punishment in Pakistan
  • The Supreme Court of Pakistan upholds the 2019 death sentence upon former leader Pervez Musharraf, who lived in exile in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, until his death in February 2023. (Dawn)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Chris Christie 2024 presidential campaign
    • Former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie withdraws from the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. (NBC News)

Sports

• The 2024 European Men's Handball Championship begins in Germany. (The Local)
• The 2024 UEC European Track Championships begins in the Netherlands. (The Irish Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • Operation Prosperity Guardian
    • The Cabinet of the United Kingdom formally authorises British military action against Houthi militants in Yemen. (Bloomberg)
• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • Two people are killed and nine more injured during an arson attack at a nightclub in El Coca, Ecuador. (AP)
• The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy seizes control of the Marshall Islands-flagged and Greek-operated civilian oil tanker St Nikolas in the Gulf of Oman. The tanker had 19 crew members onboard, including 18 Filipinos and one Greek. It was carrying crude oil from Basra, Iraq, to Turkey. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Google lays off hundreds of employees in its core engineering team, and others working on Google Assistant and Google's hardware products. (The New York Times)
• The United States Labor Department reports that auto insurance premiums experienced a remarkable rise in 2023, their highest annual increase in nearly half a century. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A chartered Air Côte d'Ivoire flight from The Gambia to the Ivory Coast, transporting the Gambia national football team to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, makes an emergency landing in Banjul, Gambia, due to a loss of cabin pressure lasting for more than nine minutes. All passengers suffer some degree of hypoxia including loss of consciousness. (Hindustan Times) (The Guardian)

Health and environment

• 2022–2024 Southern Africa cholera outbreak
  • Around 300 people are confirmed dead in an outbreak of cholera in Zambia. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest
  • Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape declares a state of emergency and suspends some officials following yesterday's riots which killed 16 people. (Reuters)
• Smoking in Latvia
  • Latvia bans the sale and use of tobacco and nicotine products for those under the age of 20 years, beginning on January 1, 2025. (ERR)
• South Africa v. Israel
  • A two-day public hearing begins at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, regarding alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and international law in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Guatemalan general election
  • Former Minister of the Interior Napoleón Barrientos is arrested for failing to comply with his duties for not using force to evict the blockades and demonstrations that occurred in October, which called for the resignation of Attorney General María Consuelo Porras. (The Washington Post)
  • The Public Ministry orders the arrest of four magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal who have been living in exile since losing their immunity in November. (Prensa Libre)
  • Vice President-elect Karin Herrera presents a legal appeal before the Constitutional Court due to the risk of a possible arrest warrant against her which would violate her immunity. (Prensa Libre)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Operation Prosperity Guardian, Red Sea crisis
  • 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
    • The United States and United Kingdom launch airstrikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen in response to attacks on international trade in the Red Sea. Explosions are reported in the capital Sanaa and port city of Al Hudaydah, with at least ten Houthi militants killed. (BBC News) (AP) (Bloomberg)
    • U.S. officials confirm that more than a dozen Houthi sites have been targeted with Tomahawk missiles launched from U.S. Navy warships and fighter jets. The military targets allegedly included logistical hubs, air defence systems, and weapons storage locations. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine–United Kingdom relations
  • British prime minister Rishi Sunak visits Kyiv to reiterate his support for Ukraine. (The Washington Post) (GOV.UK)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Noto earthquake
  • The death toll from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, increases to 215 people, with 28 others still missing. (NHK)
• Ten people are killed and six others are missing after an accident at a coal mine in Pingdingshan, Henan, China. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• South Africa v. Israel
  • On the second day of proceedings, Israel defends itself in The Hague, Netherlands, regarding alleged violations of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and other international law in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (Times of Israel)
• Law enforcement in Suriname
  • Former President of Suriname Dési Bouterse is reported missing by the authorities after failing to turn himself in to prison. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
  • The U.S. Navy conducts additional strikes targeting Houthi-held territory in Yemen. (Reuters)
• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, a day after nine Turkish soldiers were killed in a shooting in Iraq. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 El Carmen de Atrato landslide
  • A landslide in El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó, Colombia, kills 34 people and injures at least 35 others. (AP)
• At least 21 miners are killed and several others are trapped following a collapse at a gold mine in Simiyu Region, Tanzania. (Xinhua)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Taiwanese general election
  • 2024 Taiwanese legislative election
    • The opposition Nationalist Party of China wins the most seats in the Legislative Yuan but no party receives an absolute majority. (Taiwan News)
  • 2024 Taiwanese presidential election
    • Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is elected president of Taiwan. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • All 178 prison employees who were held hostage in at least seven prisons are released. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
  • Around 120,000 people attend the start of a 24-hour rally in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square to mark 100 days since 240 hostages were kidnapped into Gaza during the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7. (The Times of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
  • The Reykjanes volcano erupts near the town of Grindavík, Iceland, with one fissure forming inside the town limits. (CNN)
  • Five migrants die while attempting to cross the English Channel after their small boat overturned. Dozens more are rescued, according to the French Maritime Prefecture. (BBC News)

International relations

• India–Maldives relations
  • The Maldives calls for the complete withdrawal of the Indian Armed Forces from its territory by March 15 amid a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. India currently has around 80 troops stationed on the archipelago. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo
  • In Guatemala, the Constitutional Court aligns itself with the outgoing ruling party and denies legal recourse to Semilla, affirming that Semilla's elected members of Congress must assume office as "independents", thereby disqualifying them from running for the presidency of the Congress. The legislature of the outgoing Congress subsequently announces a delay in the investiture of the incoming legislature, as well as in the presidential investiture of Bernardo Arévalo. (Prensa Libre)
  • Despite the Constitutional Court's ruling, Samuel Pérez Álvarez, a member of Semilla, is elected President of the Congress with 92 votes. (Prensa Libre)
• 2024 Comorian presidential election
  • The Comoros hold the first round of presidential elections. (Reuters)
• Abdication of Margrethe II
  • Frederik X is proclaimed King of Denmark following his mother's abdication. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • Red Sea crisis
      • Houthi militants launch a missile at the Marshall Islands-flagged, United States-owned and operated bulk carrier Gibraltar Eagle in the Gulf of Aden. (AP)
    • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
      • An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank missile which penetrated their home in Yuval in the Galilee near the Israel-Lebanon border. (BBC News)
  • 2024 Ra'anana attack
    • • A woman is killed and 18 are severely injured in a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack by two Palestinian illegal workers from Hebron in Ra'anana, Israel. (Haaretz)
• Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria (2023–present)
  • 2024 Erbil attack
    • 4 were killed and 5 wounded in a missile and drone attack attributed to Iran on Erbil. This also leads to an assassination of a CEO of a real estate developer. (Reuters) (Rudaw)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Operation 1027
    • The Arakan Army captured the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023. (Irrawaddy)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne control center over the Sea of Azov. (CNN)
• War in Sudan
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • Clashes in Khartoum State kill thirteen civilians as the Sudanese Armed Forces continue their offensive in Omdurman. (Radio Dabanga)
• Central African Republic Civil War
  • A Cameroonian peacekeeper in MINUSCA is killed and five others are injured in an explosion in Mbindale, Lim-Pendé, Central African Republic. (AA)(Atlas News)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • Bandits attack Nigerian forces at a military base in Nahuta, Katsina State, Nigeria. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–24 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
  • Cyclone Belal hits the Indian Ocean with flooding reported in Réunion and Mauritius. (BBC News)
• Heavy rains kill 11 people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Al Jazeera)
• Four people are killed and another person is injured in a hot air balloon crash in Eloy, Arizona, United States. (Reuters)
• A firefighting plane crashes into a highway near Talca, Chile, killing the pilot and injuring four people in the ground. (Newsweek)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Nauru, Foreign relations of Taiwan, One China
  • Nauru withdraws diplomatic recognition of Taiwan and establishes formal diplomatic relations with China. (Reuters)
• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un says that Korean reunification is "no longer possible" and dissolves three organizations involved in reunification efforts and inter-Korean tourism. He also asks the Supreme People's Assembly to amend the constitution to recognize South Korea as a "primary foe and invariable principal enemy" and distinguish between North Korean and South Korean territory. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• In Belarus a fourth political prisoner died in prison since 2022 according to Viasna Human Rights Centre. (NOS), ("A Country to Live in" foundation)
• Ecuadorian security crisis
  • Forty-three prisoners are at large after escaping a prison in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses
    • Former U.S. President Donald Trump wins the Iowa caucus. Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of the race and endorses Trump. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)

Sports

• 2023–24 Premier League
  • English association football clubs Everton and Nottingham Forest are both charged by the Premier League with breaking financial fairplay rules. Everton are currently appealing a 10-point deduction from a previous charge. (BBC Sport)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
    • A Greek-owned bulk carrier is hit by a missile launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen with minor damage reported. Separately, the United States launches more airstrikes on Houthi positions, destroying four anti-ship missiles that were being prepared for launch. (BBC News)
    • British multinational oil and gas company Shell suspends all Red Sea shipments indefinitely amid Houthi attacks on commerical vessels. (Fox Business)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Bombing of Kharkiv
    • Seventeen people are injured in a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • 2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan
    • Iran launches ballistic missiles at Balochistan, Pakistan, targeting what it claims are Jaish ul-Adl terrorist sites, killing two children and injuring three other people. Pakistan calls the action an "unprovoked violation" of its airspace. (AP)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions
  • A Congolese soldier is killed and two others are arrested by the Rwandan Army in a cross-border incident in Rubavu District, Rwanda. (AP)
• Somali Civil War
  • An al-Shabaab suicide bomber kills three people and wounds two others outside of the Mayor of Mogadishu's office in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Anadolu Agency)

International relations

• War in Sudan
  • Sudan suspends its membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) after accusing it of inviting Rapid Support Forces official Hemedti to an upcoming summit in Kampala, Uganda. (AP)

Law and crime

• Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases
  • A lawsuit is filed against Madison Square Garden Entertainment chairman James L. Dolan, accusing him of pressuring a woman into having unwanted sex in 2014. The woman also files a lawsuit against film producer Harvey Weinstein, accusing him of sexually assaulting her. (The New York Times)
• A drive-by shooting kills five people in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Authorities say the killings are likely connected to drug trafficking. (ABC News)
• The Iranian government extends Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's jail term of 12 years for "spreading propaganda". (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Asa Hutchinson 2024 presidential campaign
    • Former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson withdraws from the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. (AP)
• Rwanda asylum plan
  • UK Conservative Party deputy chairmen Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith resign to join 60 other Conservative MPs in voting to back an amendment to the Asylum and Immigration Bill, making it more strict. The amendment later fails to pass. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
    • The United States Central Command says another round of U.S. strikes has destroyed 14 anti-ship missiles in Yemen that were being prepared to launch at merchant vessels and U.S. Navy ships in the region. (Reuters)
  • Operation Prosperity Guardian
    • The United States redesignates the Yemen-based Houthis as a terrorist organization in response to continuing attacks in the Red Sea. (Reuters) (Archive)
• 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • 2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan
    • Pakistan recalls its ambassador to Iran in response to the missile attack on its territory that killed two civilians. (The Washington Post)
• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • Public prosecutor César Suárez, who was investigating the takeover of the TC Televisión newsroom by armed men, is killed in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 19 people are killed and three others are missing in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Suphan Buri, Thailand. (AP)
• Three people are killed and 77 others are injured in an explosion caused by explosives stored for use in illegal mining operations at several buildings in Ibadan, Nigeria. (AP)
• Three people are killed when a power line falls on a car during a major winter storm in Portland, Oregon, United States. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2024 Bashkortostan protests
  • Thousands of people protest the trial of Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov in Baymak, Bashkortostan, Russia. Clashes with police are reported. (RFE/RL)
• Lèse-majesté in Thailand
  • Thai activist Arnon Nampa is sentenced to four years in prison for posting a royal insult on social media in 2021. (CNA)
• Three people are killed and five others injured during a mass shooting against a group of men outdoors in Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago. (AP)
• Former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei is barred from entering the U.S. after the State Department accuses him of "significant corruption". (Reuters)
• UK Home Secretary James Cleverly announces a ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir, an Islamic fundamentalist movement, for its support of Hamas and "violently antisemitic rhetoric". (The Algemeiner)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • 2024 Iranian missile strikes in Pakistan, Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar, 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes
    • The Pakistan Air Force launches "precision airstrikes" on militant targets inside Iran a day after Iranian missile strikes in Balochistan, Pakistan, killed two at least two civilians. Camps belonging to the Baluch Liberation Front and Balochistan Liberation Army are reportedly hit. (India Today) (First Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine says that it struck an oil terminal in Saint Petersburg, Russia, with a domestic-produced long-range drone, as part of a new campaign against strategic targets inside Russian territory. However, Russia reports that the attack failed. (Reuters)
• Jordanian intervention in the Syrian civil war
  • Jordan launches airstrikes against alleged drug traffickers in Arman, Syria, hitting several buildings and killing ten civilians. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2022–2024 United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes
  • The largest general strike in more than 50 years occurs in Northern Ireland. (BBC News)
• Indian multinational company Tata Steel announces the closure of both its blast furnaces in Port Talbot, Wales, with the loss of around 3,000 jobs across the United Kingdom, in what trade unions are calling a "worst-case scenario" for workers. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Ten people are killed, two are injured and one person is missing due to landslides caused by heavy rains in Davao de Oro, Philippines. (AP)
• Twelve children and two teachers are killed after a boat on a school trip capsized into a lake near Vadodara, Gujarat, India. (BBC)

International relations

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war
  • Mexico and Chile announce that they have filed a request for the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations of war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip. (Hindustan Times)

Law and crime

• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • Two people are arrested for killing public prosecutor César Suárez. (NBC News)
• Corruption in Singapore
  • Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran resigns both as cabinet minister, member of parliament of West Coast GRC and as a member of the PAP after being charged with 27 counts of corruption and receiving gratification as a public servant by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). It is considered as the highest-profile graft involving a cabinet minister in 38 years. (CNA)
• Shakahola Forest incident
  • Ninety-five people are charged in Kenya over the deaths by 429 followers of a religious cult in 2023. (Al Jazeera)
• Protests and riots erupts across Comoros after incumbent president Azali Assoumani was declared winner following an election earlier this month. A government minister’s house is set on fire and roads are barricated in the capital Moroni, while protestors are tear gassed by police. A person is killed and six more injured. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Government shutdowns in the United States
  • The United States Congress approves a stopgap bill to extend the deadline for government funding to March 2024, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, which would have begun at midnight, January 19. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Commercial Lunar Payload Services
  • Astrobotic's and NASA's Peregrine Mission One lunar lander is destroyed as it reenters Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean following the failure of its propulsion system. (BBC News)
• Water on Mars
  • The European Space Agency probe Mars Express finds huge deposits of dusty ice beneath the equator of Mars, with the discovery being the largest amount of water ice ever found near the planet's equator. (Space.com)

Business and economy

• American sports publication Sports Illustrated lays off the majority of its staff after its publishing license is revoked by the Authentic Brands Group, the owner of the SI brand. (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• More than 70 people are killed during the collapse of a gold mine in Kangaba, Mali. (Al Jazeera)
• Six people are killed and many more injured after traffic collisions across Guinea during celebrations over the national football team's victory against Gambia during a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations match. (AP)

International relations

• Korean conflict, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon delivered by an unmanned underwater drone system in the Sea of Japan. (Reuters)
• The European Court of Human Rights announces that the Republic of Ireland has launched legal action against the United Kingdom over a law that gives amnesty to soldiers and militants involved in decades of violence in Northern Ireland. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2023–2024 Japanese slush fund scandal
  • Several Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers are indicted in a scandal involving misuse of campaign funds, including incumbent lawmakers Yasutada Ōno and Yaichi Tanigawa, both of whom resign from the party following their indictments. (Kyodo News)
  • The Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai, Kōchikai, and Shisuikai factions of the Liberal Democratic Party all announce their intention to dissolve as a result of the scandal. (Nikkei Asia)
• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians, including relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, who were arrested yesterday amid the ongoing conflict in Ecuador. (Reuters)
• Mexican drug war
  • José Alberto García Vilano, a leader within the Gulf Cartel, is arrested in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (BBC News)
• Pork barrel scam
  • Philippine Senator Jinggoy Estrada is found guilty on charges of bribery, but acquitted on charges of plunder, over the use of the Priority Development Assistance Fund. Estrada is sentenced to eight to nine years for direct bribery and two to three years for indirect bribery, and is also ordered to pay a fine of more than US$50,000. (Rappler)
• Four people are found dead at a residential property in Costessey, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Norfolk Constabulary confirms they received an emergency call from the property, which they ignored, and has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• The JAXA lunar probe SLIM achieves the first-ever lunar soft landing of a Japanese spacecraft. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iraqi conflict
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
    • The United States Central Command says that a ballistic missile attack by Iranian-backed militias on Al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, has injured several U.S. troops and at least one Iraqi soldier. (BBC News)
• United States–Houthi conflict
  • 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
    • United States Navy F/A-18s operating from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier carry out another wave of airstrikes on Houthi missile launchers in Yemen, with explosions reported in Al Hudaydah. (The Times of Israel)
• Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
  • An Israeli airstrike targeting a building in Damascus, Syria, kills five members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including general Sadegh Omidzadeh. (Al Jazeera) (SOHR)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Israel launches an airstrike against a vehicle in Tyre, Lebanon, killing two Hezbollah members, including commander Ali Hudruj, and two other people in a nearby orchard. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and Accidents

• Yingcai Boarding School fire
  • Thirteen third grade children are killed and another child is injured in a fire at a boarding school dormitory in Dushu, Henan Province, China. The school's director has been arrested. (CNA)
• Badakhshan Dassault Falcon 10 crash
  • A Dassault Falcon 10 jet carrying six people and flying between Thailand and Russia crashes in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan. Two people are killed and four more are rescued. (AP)
• At least 60 people have been killed across the United States after two weeks of storms caused dangerous road conditions and significant power outages. (NBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Ust-Luga Multimodal Complex in Leningrad Oblast is hit by a drone attack, causing a large fire. Russian gas producer Novatek subsequently suspends all operations at the complex in response to the attack. Ukraine claims responsibility. (NOS) (Reuters) (Kyiv Post)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • At least 27 people are killed by alleged Ukrainian artillery strikes on Donetsk, according to Russian-appointed local officials. Donetsk People's Republic leader Denis Pushilin declares a day of mourning in response. Ukraine denies responsibility.(AP) (Reuters)
• Somali civil war
  • American military intervention in Somalia
    • The United States Africa Command says a U.S. drone strike has killed three al-Shabaab militants near Kismayo, Somalia. The strike was carried out at the request of the Somali government. (Africa News)
• Mexican drug war
  • At least 12 gunmen are killed by security forces on a highway in Sonora, Mexico, during a failed attempt to rescue the son of a prominent Sinaloa Cartel hitman from police custody. Two officers are also injured in the shootout. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023–24 North American winter
  • The death toll from the ongoing winter storms in the United States increases to 89, with most of the deaths reported in Oregon and Tennessee. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• A soldier opens fire upon fellow soldiers at a barracks in Kerman, Iran, killing five. The suspect is arrested. (AP) (RFE/RL)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican presidential primaries
    • Florida governor Ron DeSantis ends his presidential campaign and endorses former President Donald Trump. (Fox News)
• 2024 German anti-extremism protests
  • Organising groups Campact and Fridays for Future say that 1.4 million people protested against the Alternative for Germany party in 100 cities across Germany following the meeting of right-wing extremists at Potsdam in 2023. (Agence France-Presse)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Red Sea crisis
  • 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
    • The United States and United Kingdom launch new airstrikes on Houthi military infrastructure in Yemen, including an underground storage site, anti-ship missiles, and radars. The UK confirms that four RAF Typhoons took part in the strikes. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a decree recognizing some Russian territories, including parts of Bryansk Oblast and Krasnodar Krai, as historically inhabited by Ukrainians. (The Kyiv Independent)

Arts and culture

• Ayodhya dispute
  • Ram Mandir Prana Pratishtha
    • The Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, is inaugurated by India's prime minister, Narendra Modi. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 18 people are killed after a truck plunged into a ravine in Kasangulu, Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• A landslide in Zhaotong, Yunnan, China, kills at least eight people and buries 47 others. Over 200 people are evacuated. (CNA)
• A helicopter carrying seven people crashes in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, leaving 3 dead and 4 others injured. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Seven people are killed in two separate shootings at two homes in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Later the same day, the suspect fatally shoots himself in Texas. An eighth person was also killed by the same gunman a day before. (BBC News)
• Standoff at Eagle Pass
  • Governor of Texas Greg Abbott refuses to follow a court order allowing Border Patrol agents to enter Shelby Park, an area in the town of Eagle Pass which the Texas National Guard had seized control over earlier this month. (The Independent)

Politics and elections

• Joseph Boakai is inaugurated as President of Liberia, succeeding outgoing president George Weah. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Six civilians are killed and at least 77 others are injured by Russian missile strikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukraine says that it shot down 21 of 41 missiles. (AP) (BBC News)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Germany announces that it will donate six SH-3 Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force to help it patrol the Black Sea. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Battle of Khan Yunis
    • Twenty-one Israeli soldiers are killed in an explosion and subsequent building collapse in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, making it the deadliest day for the Israel Defense Forces since the ground invasion began. (Sky News)
• M23 rebellion
  • Nineteen people are killed and 26 more injured during the explosions of mortar bombs in the town of Mweso in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The March 23 Movement is blamed for the attack. (AP)

Arts and culture

• North Korea demolishes the Arch of Reunification in Pyongyang after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ruled out peaceful reunification with South Korea. (NDTV)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Uqturpan earthquake
  • A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Uqturpan County, China, killing three people and injuring five more. Tremors are felt in the nearby Kazakhstan, in which 67 people have been injured in Almaty. Forty-seven buildings in China collapsed, while a further 78 are damaged. (AP) (Nur.kz)
• A small passenger plane carrying workers to Rio Tinto Alcan's Diavik Diamond Mine, in Canada's Northwest Territories, crashes in the town of Fort Smith, killing six people and wounding another. (CBS News)
• Three people are killed and 11 are injured when a gas truck collides with a car in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. (ABC)

International relations

• Enlargement of NATO
  • Sweden–NATO relations
    • Turkey's Grand National Assembly approves Sweden's NATO membership bid. (CNN)

Law and crime

• 2024 German anti-extremism protests
  • Germany's Federal Constitutional Court rules that the National Democratic Party of Germany will be prohibited from receiving funding as an extremist organisation, the first time the constitutional provision has been enforced since its establishment in 2017. (Politico)
• A woman is killed while her husband and their daughter, all FNSEA members, are injured after a car crashes into a roadblock in Pamiers, France, at a protest for better pay and against excessive regulation. (AP)
• The National Telecommunications Commission of the Philippines orders the indefinite suspension of the broadcast operations of Sonshine Media Network International citing the network's failure to comply with an earlier suspension order. (Rappler)
• The Senate of the Philippines' committee on women conducts a public hearing regarding the alleged abuses within the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Three women, two Ukrainian nationals and one Filipino, accuse church leader Apollo Quiboloy of sexually abusing them. (CNN Philippines)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
    • The 2024 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary is held. Joe Biden's name does not appear on the ballot due to a scheduling dispute between the Democratic National Committee and the state government. (CBS News)
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • The 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary is held. Donald Trump is projected to win the primary by the Associated Press, NBC News, and The New York Times. (CNN) (Fox News) (AP) (NBC News) (The New York Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iraqi conflict
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
    • The U.S. military launches airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kata'ib Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for Sunday's ballistic missile attack on Al-Asad Airbase, which injured four American soldiers. (ABC News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • A building complex sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, catches fire after being hit by Israeli airstrikes, causing mass casualties. At least 214 civilians have been killed in the city in the past 24 hours by airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)(Al Jazeera)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Punch)

Arts and culture

• Saudi Arabia, where alcohol has been banned since 1952, opens its first alcohol store in the diplomatic quarter of its capital Riyadh. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
  • Allegedly, a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards, crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everyone on board. However, these claims have not been independently verified. (Reuters)
• At least 39 people are killed and nine others are injured in a fire at a commercial building in Xinyu, Jiangxi, China. (AP)
• A train collides with a truck in Bohumín, Czech Republic, killing one person and injuring 19 others. (AP)

International relations

• Nauru–Taiwan relations
  • Nauru formally re-establishes diplomatic relations with China after withdrawing diplomatic recognition of Taiwan. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• The Constitutional Court of Thailand acquits former Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat for owning shares in the defunct media company iTV, thereby allowing Limjaroenrat to resume serving as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives. (AP)

Politics and elections

• The chair of the Arizona Republican Party Jeff DeWit resigns after a tape recording of DeWit attempting to bribe Kari Lake into stepping down from the United States Senate race is leaked. (AP)
• Tens of thousands of Argentine workers go on a 12-hour strike led by Argentina's largest union, in protest of Javier Milei's policies. (Reuters)

Sports

• Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal
  • Five players who took part in the 2018 World Junior Championship have reportedly been told to surrender to the police in London, Ontario, Canada to face sexual assault charges. (TSN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iran and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The United States Department of Commerce issues a $15 million bounty for information on Hossein Hatefi Ardakani, an Iranian businessman accused of procuring parts for drones assembled by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that were later sold to Russia. (The Wall Street Journal)
• Moro conflict
  • Nine Dawlah Islamiyah militants are killed while four soldiers are injured during a shootout in the village of Taporug near Piagapo town in Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Two of the killed were suspected of being involved in the December 2023 Mindanao bombing; six other militants are on the run. (AP)
• Mexican drug war
  • Four police officers are killed in an ambush on a highway near Celaya, Guanajuato. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Greater São Paulo Piper PA-24 Comanche crash
  • A Piper PA-24 Comanche crashes in the forest region between Rio Grande da Serra and Ribeirão Pires, in Greater São Paulo, Brazil. Two people were killed. (O Globo)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in the United States
  • Capital punishment in Alabama
    • The state of Alabama executes convicted murderer Kenneth Smith using nitrogen hypoxia, the first time the technique is used. (The New York Times)
• Assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky
  • A court in Russia sentences Darya Trepova to 27 years in prison for the assassination of Vladlen Tatarsky in April 2023. (AP)
• Kyoto Animation arson attack
  • A court in Japan sentences Shinji Aoba to death for a 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, which killed 36 people. (CNA)
• Taiwan officially begins extending its compulsory military service from four months to one year amid increased tensions with China. (Reuters)
• South Korean politician Bae Hyun-jin is attacked and hospitalized in Seoul. (Korea JoongAng Daily)

Science and technology

• NASA announces the retirement of Mars Helicopter Ingenuity after the vehicle sustained damage to one of its rotors. (The New York Times)

International relations

• South Africa v. Israel, Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza
  • The International Court of Justice rules that some allegations of Israel committing genocide in the Gaza Strip are "plausible" and orders Israel to take measures to prevent and punish acts of genocide, to protect Palestinians, and to allow in humanitarian aid. However, Israel is not required to end its military operation. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) (The New York Times) (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing
  • Police in Japan announce they have arrested who they believe to be Satoshi Kirishima, a member of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front who has been a fugitive from justice for 50 years for his role in a series of bombings of companies. (The Japan Times)
• Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations
  • The U.S. Justice Department finds former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo liable for sexual harassment. (The New York Times)
• E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump
  • A jury in New York awards E. Jean Carroll an $83.3 million defamation judgment against former President of the United States Donald Trump. (The Washington Post)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Tuvaluan general election
  • Tuvaluans vote in the general election for the 16 members of parliament. (RNZ)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency, 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes
    • 2024 Saravan killings
      • Three gunmen kill nine Pakistani labourers in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchistan province, near the Iran–Pakistan border. (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Marlin Luanda missile strike
  • Houthis missiles hit a British Trafigura oil tanker missing CENTCOM USS Carney near Aden. (CNN)
  • The USS Carney shoots down a Houthi missile which had been fired at the warship in the Gulf of Aden. (CBS News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • UNRWA October 7 controversy
    • The United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Italy, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany suspend humanitarian aid to UNRWA over allegations that some UNRWA staff members were involved in the Hamas-led attack on Israel. (BBC News) (CBS News)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • Fighting between FARDC and aligned Wazalendo groups against Rwandan-backed M23 fighters continue in Mweso and Karuba, North Kivu, DRC. (Actualite)
• Abyei border conflict
  • Gunmen open fire against villagers over a suspected land dispute in the disputed area of Abyei, between South Sudan and Sudan, killing 52 people and injuring 64 others. (AP)

Business and economy

• Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, makes its maiden voyage at the PortMiami in Miami, Florida, U.S. (Sky News)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Tuvaluan general election
  • Incumbent prime minister Kausea Natano loses his seat in parliament. (Reuters)
• Venezuela's Supreme Court ratifies a ban from seeking any political office for 15 years on María Corina Machado, opposition leader backed by the United States. (Le Monde) (The Economist)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
    • Tower 22 drone attack
      • Three American soldiers are killed and 47 others are injured in a drone attack upon a U.S. base in Rukban, Mafraq Governorate, Jordan, near the border with Syria, by Islamic Resistance in Iraq militants. (CNBC)
• Turkey–Islamic State conflict
  • 2024 Istanbul church shooting
    • A Turkish man is shot dead by two masked gunmen at an Italian Roman Catholic church in Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey. The Islamic State claims responsibility. (AP)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Twenty-two people are killed during a mass shooting at the village of Motogatta in the Tillabéri Region, in Niger. (Barron's)

Disasters and accidents

• In Afghanistan, ten vehicles crash on the main highway linking Kabul and the eastern Nangarhar Province, killing 17 people and wounding ten others. Separately, 15 people are killed during four collisions in Laghman Province, near the end of the same highway. (AP)
• A Piper PA-46 crashes in the rural area of Itapeva, Minas Gerais, Brazil, killing all seven people on board. (O Globo)
• Six hundred hectares of forest are destroyed by fire in Los Alerces National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Patagonia, Argentina. (NOS)
• A local official in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, reports that an overloaded wooden boat, on board 50 people, has capsized on Lake Kivu on Sunday. Three people died, while search is ongoing for about 37 others. (AP via Africanews)

Law and crime

• Environmental protesters throw pumpkin soup at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris, France. The painting is protected by bulletproof glass and was not damaged. (BBC News)

Sports

• 2024 ATP Tour
  • 2024 Australian Open
    • In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats Daniil Medvedev in the final, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3, to win the men's singles title at the 2024 Australian Open. It is Sinner's first major singles title and the first for an Italian player at the tournament. (CNN)
• 2023 NFL season
  • In American football, the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers defeat the Detroit Lions to advance to Super Bowl LVIII. (USA Today)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Baloch Liberation Army forces launch a multipronged attack dubbed "Operation Dara-e-Bolan" on Pakistani security forces, capturing checkpoints and Pakistani bases in Machh, and attacking other areas, including Kolpur. (The Balochistan Post)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia claims control of the village of Tabaivka, but this is denied by Ukraine. (Kyiv Independent)

Business and economy

• Chinese property sector crisis
  • The High Court of Hong Kong orders Evergrande Group into liquidation after the real estate developer fails to restructure a debt amount in excess of US$300 billion. (AP)
• Amazon terminates its proposed US$1.7 billion acquisition of consumer robot manufacturer iRobot Corporation after facing antitrust scrutiny from the European Commission. (AP)
• CNN Philippines announces cessation of operations starting January 31, after broadcasting for nine years, due to financial losses by its parent company Nine Media Corporation. (Nikkei Asia)

Law and crime

• Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • Four men are executed in Iran after being convicted of planning a bomb attack ordered by Israel’s Mossad agency on a factory making military equipment. (Al Jazeera)
  • The man who claimed that he is the fugitive Satoshi Kirishima, a former member of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front who was wanted for his role in a series of bombings in the 1970s and who was arrested by Japanese police on January 25, dies of cancer in a hospital in Tokyo, Japan. However, it has not been confirmed if the man was actually Kirishima. (NHK World)
• Police arrest five people for the deaths of six people found in the desert near El Mirage, California, United States, allegedly over an illegal marijuana trade. The victims were shot dead, with the bodies of four of them being burned. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 South African general election
  • Former President Jacob Zuma is suspended from the African National Congress, the party he led from 2007 to 2017. (BBC News)

Science and technology

• American neurotechnology company Neuralink announces it has implanted its brain–computer interface in a human brain for the first time, and that the person is "recovering well" with "initial results showing promising neuron spike detection". (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Ukrainian forces say that they shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter jet over Luhansk Oblast. (Kyiv Post)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Four people are killed and six more injured during an explosion caused by a bomb at a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's rally in Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Dawn)
  • Balochistan Liberation Army separatists launch rockets against security forces in Machh, Balochistan, Pakistan, killing a police officer and injuring 15 others, in response to Pakistan's Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar. Six militants are killed in the ensuing shootout. (AP)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Twelve people are killed during an attack by Allied Democratic Forces militants against three villages in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Decommunization in Ukraine
  • Monuments and memorials removed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The Lviv Oblast becomes the first oblast in Ukraine to remove all Soviet Union-era monuments. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A bus collides with a truck on a highway in Elota, Sinaloa, Mexico, killing 19 people and injuring 18 others. (AP)
• Four people are killed and 15 others are rescued after a boat capsizes while travelling between Cancún and Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (AP)

Law and crime

• Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal
  • One former and four current National Hockey League players who took part in the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships are charged with sexual assault in London, Ontario, Canada in connection with the 2018 investigation. (CBC)
• Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan is sentenced to ten years in prison for leaking state secrets. (BBC News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Crimea attacks
    • The Ukrainian Air Force launches a wave of Storm Shadow cruise missile strikes on Russian military infrastructure in Crimea, with explosions reported near Sevastopol International Airport. Russia says it shot down 20 Ukrainian missiles over the Black Sea. (The Telegraph)
  • Russia and Ukraine conduct a prisoner exchange on the border, with 195 soldiers being returned to Russia, and 207 military personnel and civilians being returned to Ukraine, respectively. The deal was facilitated by the United Arab Emirates. (BBC News)
• Iraqi conflict
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria
    • Kata'ib Hezbollah suspends operations against the U.S. military in Iraq, in order to "prevent embarrassment of the Iraqi government". (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• A hangar currently under construction collapses in Boise, Idaho, United States, killing three people and injuring nine. (ABC News)

Health and environment

• Opioid epidemic in the United States
  • The Governor of Oregon Tina Kotek declares a 90-day state of emergency in Portland in response to record deaths from fentanyl. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor becomes the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. (Reuters)