At least 41 people are killed and two others are injured when a bus falls off a bridge and catches fire in Lasbela District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters) 

At least 24 people are killed when a bus plunges off a cliff in the El Alto District, Talara Province, Peru. (Reuters) 

At least 22 people are killed and nearly two dozen are injured after a bus crashes near Dassa-Zoumé, Collines Department, Benin. (AP) 

At least nine people are killed when a container falls from a truck onto a commercial bus in Lagos, Nigeria. (The Guardian Nigeria) 

Six people are killed and three others are injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in Louisville, New York United States. (NBC News)

Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 

Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 

The Philippines permits the United States Armed Forces access to an additional four military bases, expediting the full implementation of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement. (AFP via France 24) 

A Russian Iskander-K ballistic missile destroys an apartment complex in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, killing at least three people and injuring 20 others, according to local officials. (Reuters) 

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that his government is willing to send troops to Haiti as part of a “multinational security assistance deployment”. (Reuters) 

U.S. payment service provider PayPal announces that it will cut around 2,000 jobs, about 7% of its workforce, citing the “challenging macro-economic environment”. (BBC News)

A search team from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and WA Fire and Emergency Services announces that they have found the missing caesium-137 capsule around 74 km (46 mi) south of Newman. (ABC News Australia) 

The East Epi submarine volcano in Vanuatu erupts for the first time since 2004, sending ash 90 meters into the air, with a 10 kilometer radius danger zone. (The Washington Post) (RNZ) 

Two years after Myanmar’s military overthrew the country’s democratically-elected government, the State Administration Council extends the country’s state of emergency for another six months, thereby postponing the general election initially scheduled for August 1. (AFP via France 24) 

Long-period comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) makes its closest approach to Earth after reaching its perihelion on January 12. (ABC News) 

Four years after it originally folded, the Arena Football League announces plans to re-launch in time for a 2024 season. (CBS Sports) 

More than 500,000 workers across multiple public sectors go on strike in the United Kingdom, forcing thousands of schools to close and services to be delayed or cancelled, amid disputes over pay and working conditions. It is the largest industrial action in the UK since 2010. (CNBC) 

M23 insurgents capture the town of Kitshanga in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after days of heavy fighting. The DRC’s army confirm the withdrawal of its troops from the town, saying it was a “tactical move to protect civilians”. (Al Jazeera) 

Eight soldiers are killed near Kafr Rumah by Tahrir al-Sham militants. (AFP via Barron’s) 

The central bank of Lebanon devalues the Lebanese pound by 90% amid an ongoing financial crisis. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  January 31st, 2023 

French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu announces that France will send 12 additional CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, and could also train Ukrainian Air Force pilots to operate French fighter jets as part of their latest military support package. (Reuters) 

Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker announces that the state will end its COVID-19 emergency proclamation after three years beginning on May 11. (The State Journal-Register) 

Pope Francis begins his first papal visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He will also visit South Sudan on the same trip. (AFP via RTHK) 

Chelsea F.C. sign Argentinian central midfielder Enzo Fernández from Primeira Liga club Benfica in a £106.8m deal to break the British football transfer fee record. (The Guardian) 

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Tuesday,  January 31st, 2023 

The Namibian environment ministry announces that 61 black rhinoceros and 26 white rhinoceros were killed in the country in 2022 as a result of poaching, forty-six of whom were in Etosha National Park. (Al Jazeera) 

A second day of strikes and demonstrations occurs throughout France against the government’s pension reform project, which proposes to raise the retirement age to 64. (BFMTV) 

About 25% of teachers are on strike according to the Ministry of National Education. This figure is 55% according to the teachers’ union SNES-fu. (TF1 Info) 

At least 100 people are killed and 225 others are injured when a suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt at a mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The mosque is located inside a compound that includes the headquarters of the provincial police force and a counter-terrorism department. (Al Jazeera) 

British sports-fashion retailer JD Sports says that the stored data of 10 million customers “may have been accessed” in a cyberattack, including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, order details, and the final four digits of debit card numbers. (BBC News) 

The Organization of American States passes a resolution asking the government of Dina Boluarte to convene elections soon in an attempt to reduce the level of violence in Peru, which has already killed 65 people. (La Prensa Latina) 

Monday,  January 30th, 2023 

At least 47 people are killed and 150 others are injured when a Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt at a mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The mosque is located inside a compound that includes the headquarters of the provincial police force and a counter-terrorism department. (Reuters) 

The province of Sichuan announces the abolition of its three-child policy and the restrictions on birth registration for single parents, citing the country’s population decline. The policy changes will take effect on February 15. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) 

Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka confirms that Kiribati will rejoin the Pacific Islands Forum after leaving it last year over a dispute. Rabuka met Kiribati president Taneti Mamau to discuss the issue. (The Guardian) 

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Sunday, January 29th, 2023 

Forces of the Wagner Group say that they have captured the village of Blahodatne, north of Bakhmut. However, Ukraine rejects the claim and says that it repelled the attack. (AFP via The Moscow Times) 

The city of Kherson is shelled, killing three people, injuring six others, and damaging a hospital, school, and bus station. (Reuters via U.S. News & World Report) 

Unidentified warplanes, suspected to be Israeli, strike a convoy of Iranian trucks that entered Syria from Iraq through the Al-Qa’im border crossing. At least six trucks are believed to have been destroyed. There are no immediate reports of casualties. (Times of Israel) 

An 18-year-old Palestinian man is shot and killed by a group of Israeli civilians near the settlement of Kedumim, in the occupied West Bank. In a separate incident, a Palestinian civilian home is set on fire by settlers. The occupants were not there at the time of the attack. (Al Jazeera) 

At least 41 people are killed and two others are injured when a bus falls off a bridge and catches fire in Lasbela District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters) 

At least 22 people are killed and nearly two dozen are injured after a bus crashes near Dassa-Zoumé, Collines Department, Benin. (AP) 

At least nine people are killed when a container falls from a truck onto a commercial bus in Lagos, Nigeria. (The Guardian Nigeria) 

Azerbaijan suspends diplomatic activities at its embassy in Tehran after accusing Iran of failing to ensure the security of its embassy staff. (TASS) 

Voters in Liechtenstein reject a proposed ban on casinos. The proposal, which Prince Hans-Adam II opposed, was rejected by around 73 percent of voters. (Euronews) 

Tunisians head to the polls to elect the members of the third Assembly of the Representatives of the People in a run-off. The electoral board reports a voter turnout of 11.3 percent as most opposition parties boycott the election. (AFP via RFI) 

United Kingdom prime minister Rishi Sunak dismisses Nadhim Zahawi as chairman of the Conservative Party and minister without portfolio after Sunak’s ethics adviser, Laurie Magnus, found that Zahawi had breached the Ministerial Code for failing to disclose a £5 million tax penalty payment to HM Revenue and Customs while serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer under former prime minister Boris Johnson. (BBC News) 

Novak Djokovic defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5), to win the men’s singles tennis title at the 2023 Australian Open in Melbourne, tying him with Rafael Nadal for the most Grand Slams in men’s tennis history with 22. (BBC Sport) 

Saturday, January 28th, 2023 

Russia claims that a Ukrainian HIMARS missile strike on a hospital in Novoaidar, Luhansk Oblast, has killed 14 people and injured 24 others, including patients and medical staff. (Reuters) 

The Russian Air Force launches an airstrike on the city of Seredyna-Buda in Sumy Oblast, destroying a kindergarten and damaging nearby residential buildings. No casualties have been reported. The towns of Esman and Shalyhyne are also damaged by cross-border shelling. (Ukrinform) 

The Iranian Defence Ministry says that a drone attack on a military plant in Isfahan, Iran, was “unsuccessful” with at least three drones shot down by air defenses. No casualties have been reported. (Reuters) (AP) 

Explosions are reported at military sites and factories across Iran, including near the capital Tehran. Videos on social media appear to show explosions and large fires in the cities of Karaj, Dezful, and Tabriz. (Iran International) 

An explosion occurs at an oil refinery in Azarshahr, East Azerbaijan province, according to Iranian media. (Urdu Point) 

Two Israelis are shot and critically injured by a 13-year-old Palestinian in East Jerusalem, in the West Bank and the attacker is shot and injured by one of his victims before being arrested. (Al Jazeera) 

British regional airline Flybe collapses into administration with 277 job losses, while 75,000 customers are affected by flight cancellations. (BBC News) 

Three people are killed and 816 others are injured by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Khoy, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. (Al Jazeera) 

Six people are killed and three others are injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in Louisville, New York United States. (NBC News) 

At least 24 people are killed when a bus plunges off a cliff in the El Alto District, Talara Province, Peru. (Reuters) 

Three people are killed inside a vehicle and four others are injured on the street during a mass shooting in the Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. (AP) 

The Czech Statistical Office reports that former NATO Military Committee chair Petr Pavel has been elected president, defeating former prime minister Andrej Babiš with 58 percent of the votes. (AFP via France 24) 

Aryna Sabalenka defeats Elena Rybakina in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, to win the women’s singles tennis title at the 2023 Australian Open in Melbourne, winning her first major singles title. (AFP via Deccan Herald) 

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Friday,  January 27th, 2023 

A radioactive capsule is missing along a 1,400-kilometre stretch of highway in Western Australia. (ABC News Australia) 

Authorities in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, release footage of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols being violently assaulted by multiple Memphis Police Department officers during a traffic stop on January 7. (AP) 

Ukraine says that “fierce fighting” is underway in the east and northeast of the country as Russian troops try to break through Ukrainian defensive lines in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. (Reuters) 

A Russian Mi-8 helicopter of the “Rossiya” special flight squad [ru], which transports members of the government and armed forces, crashes at the Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. According to some reports there are injuries, with TASS reporting that pilot error is the main cause of the helicopter crash. (RTVI) 

Israeli Air Force jets launch airstrikes on an underground rocket manufacturing site, and a military base used by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in response to rockets fired by Palestinian militants into southern Israel. (Reuters) 

Seven Israeli Jews are killed and three others are injured in a shooting at a synagogue in Jerusalem. The perpetrator is killed by police. (BBC News) 

A guard is killed and two others are injured during a shooting at the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, Iran. The perpetrator is arrested. (Al Jazeera) 

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons concludes with “reasonable grounds” that the Douma chemical attack that occurred in 2018, was carried out by the Syrian military. (Al Jazeera) 

Two people are killed and seven others are injured after a suspected gas explosion destroys half a house in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. (AP) 

South Africa agrees to send twelve cheetahs to India each year for the next eight to ten years to help secure a viable wild population. The Asiatic cheetah went extinct in India in the 1940s due to overhunting and habitat destruction. (BBC News) 

Hong Kong‘s Customs and Excise Department announces that all products containing cannabidiol will be banned as of February 1 and that the chemical will be classified in the same category as heroin and cocaine. (South China Morning Post) 

Czechs head to the polls to vote in the second round of the presidential election. (BBC News) 

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis survives a no-confidence vote called by former prime minister Alexis Tsipras over a wiretapping scandal. (AFP via The Sun) 

It is announced that at least 18 people have been killed in the past two weeks by toxic chemicals from factories in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) 

A Russian Mi-8 helicopter of the “Rossiya” special flight squad [ru], which transports members of the government and armed forces, crashes at Vnukovo airport. According to some reports there are injuries, with TASS reporting that pilot error is the main cause of the helicopter crash. (RTVI) 

Thursday, January 26th, 2023 

Russia launches a wave of cruise missile and Shahed 129 drone strikes across Ukraine, targeting major cities and critical infrastructure, killing at least 11 people and injuring 11 others. Ukrainian general Valerii Zaluzhnyi says that at least 20 missiles have been intercepted over the capital Kyiv. (The Guardian) 

A U.S. military raid in northern Somalia kills senior Islamic State member Bilal al-Sudani and ten other insurgents. No U.S. military casualties are reported in the operation, which was ordered by U.S. President Joe Biden. (NBC News) 

Four Al-Qassam militants, three Islamic Jihad members and two Palestinian civilians are killed and 20 others are injured during a raid and subsequent gunfight by Israeli soldiers in Jenin, in the West Bank. In a separate raid in Al-Ram, a Palestinian man is killed and two others are injured by Israeli soldiers. (AP) 

Ten police officers are killed, one is critically injured and another is missing during a series of attacks in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by the Gan Grif gang. (Al Jazeera) 

U.S. President Joe Biden grants a two-year extension to the Deferred Enforced Departure immigration status of Hong Kong residents, citing increasing tensions between Hong Kong and mainland China. (AFP via GMA News Online) 

Tokelauans head to the polls to elect the members of the General Fono. (RNZ) 

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