Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 

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 left four American soldiers injured. (ABC News) 

A building complex sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, has caught fire after being hit by Israel, causing mass casualties. Also, at least 214 civilians were killed in the city during the past 24 hours by Israeli airstrikes. (Al Jazeera) 

A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying – according to Russia – 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards –crashes in Russia’s Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everybody on board. (Reuters) 

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

The Constitutional Court of Thailand acquits former Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat in the owning of shares in the defunct media company iTV paving the way for his resumption as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives. (Associated Press) 

Tuesday,  Jan 23rd, 2024 

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.  (NBC News) 

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) 

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) 

At least 18 civilians are killed and at least 130 others are injured by Russian missile strikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv. Ukraine says that it shot down 21 of 41 missiles. (BBC News) 

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) 

Turkey’s Grand National Assembly approves Sweden’s NATO membership bid. (CNN) 

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) 

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

Six people are killed and 11 are injured when a gas truck collides with a car in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. (ABC) 

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court rules that the National Democratic Party of Germany will be prohibited from receiving funding as an extremist organization, the first time the constitutional provision has been enforced since its establishment in 2017. (Politico) 

Nikki Haley wins the small community of Dixville Notch, which holds its primary at midnight, by a count of 6 votes to zero of Donald Trump. (CNN) 

Five civilians are killed and 40 more are injured in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv and Kharkiv. (The Guardian) 

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes the 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 the capital Almaty. Forty-seven buildings in China collapsed, while a further 78 are damaged. (AP) (Nur.kz) 

A woman is killed while her husband and their daughter are injured after a car crashes into a roadblock in Pamiers, France, at a FNSEA protest for better pay and against excessive regulation. The three victims were members of the union. (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) 

Monday,  January 22nd, 2024 

The United States and United Kingdom launch fresh airstrikes on Houthi military infrastructure in Yemen, including an underground storage site, anti-ship missiles and radars. The UK confirms four RAF Typhoons took part in the strikes. (BBC News) 

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) 

Joseph Boakai is inaugurated President of Liberia, succeeding outgoing President George Weah, whom he defeated in the 2023 runoff election. (BBC News) 

The controversial Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, is inaugurated by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi. (CNN) 

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) 

Sunday, January 21st, 2024 

Florida governor Ron DeSantis ends his presidential campaign and endorses former President Donald Trump. (Fox News) 

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. (Reuters)

At least 27 people are killed by 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 to the strikes. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

A soldier opens fire upon fellow soldiers at a barracks in Kerman, Iran, killing five. The suspect is at large. (AP) 

Organising groups Campact and Fridays for Future announce 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) 

At least 25 people are killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes on Donetsk.  (Reuters) 

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 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) 

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) 

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) 

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Sunday, January 21st, 2024 

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

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) 

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) 

A terminal of Russian gas producer Novatek catches fire in Ust-Luga, in the Gulf of Finland, due to a suspected Ukrainian drone attack. (NOS) 

At least 25 people are killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes on Donetsk. (Reuters) 

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 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) 

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) 

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) 

Saturday, January 20th, 2024 

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) 

Jordan launches airstrikes against alleged drug traffickers in Arman, Syria, hitting several buildings and killing ten civilians. (Al Jazeera) 

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) 

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) 

Thirteen third grade children are killed and another is injured in a massive boarding school dormitory fire in Yanshanpu Village, Henan Province, China. The school’s director has been arrested. (CNA) 

José Alberto García Vilano, a leader within the Gulf Cartel, is arrested in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (BBC News) 

North Korea announces that it has tested a nuclear weapon delivered by an unmanned underwater drone system in the Sea of Japan. (Reuters) 

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) 

Friday,  January 19th, 2024 

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) 

The Pakistan Air Force launches “precision airstrikes” on Baloch separatist targets inside Iran a day after Iranian airstrikes against Baloch separatist militants in Balochistan, Pakistan, killed at least two civilians. Camps belonging to the Baluch Liberation Front and Balochistan Liberation Army are reportedly hit. Explosions are also reported in the city of Saravan. Nine foreign nationals are killed in the strikes. (Al Jazeera) 

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) 

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) 

Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians, including relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, who were arrested yesterday amid the ongoing conflict in Ecuador. (Reuters) 

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. He is sentenced to 8 to 9 years for direct bribery, 2 to 3 years for indirect bribery and ordered to pay a fine of almost US$54,000. (Rappler) 

Four people are found dead at a residential property in Costessey, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Norfolk Constabulary confirms they receieved an emergency call from the property, which they ignored, and has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. (BBC News) 

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) 

Ninety-five people are charged in Kenya over the deaths by 429 followers of a religious cult in 2023. (Al Jazeera) 

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riday,  January 19th, 2024 

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 launched legal action against the United Kingdom on January 17, over a law that gives amnesty to soldiers and militants involved in decades of violence in Northern Ireland. (Reuters) 

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. He is sentenced to 8 to 9 years for direct bribery, 2 to 3 years for indirect bribery and ordered to pay a fine of almost US$54,000. (Rappler) 

Thursday, January 18th, 2024 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

The Pakistan Air Force launches “precision airstrikes” on Baloch separatist targets inside Iran a day after Iranian airstrikes against Baloch separatist militants in Balochistan, Pakistan, killed at least two civilians. Camps belonging to the Baluch Liberation Front and Balochistan Liberation Army are reportedly hit. Explosions are also reported in the city of Saravan. Nine foreign nationals are killed in the strikes. (Al Jazeera) 

Jordan launches airstrikes against alleged drug traffickers in Arman, Syria, hitting several buildings and killing ten civilians. (Al Jazeera) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

Two people are arrested for killing public prosecutor César Suárez [es]. (NBC News) 

Ninety-five people are charged in Kenya over the deaths by 429 followers of a religious cult in 2023. (Al Jazeera) 

Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran resigns as cabinet minister, member of parliament for West Coast GRC, and member of the PAP party after being charged with 27 counts of corruption and receiving gratification as a public servant by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. (AP) 

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) 

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) 

Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 

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) 

The United States redesignates the Yemen-based Houthis as a terrorist organization in response to continuing attacks in the Red Sea. (Reuters) (Archive) 

Pakistan recalls its ambassador to Iran in response to the missile attack on its territory that killed two civilians. (The Washington Post) 

Public prosecutor César Suárez [es], who was investigating the takeover of the TC Televisión newsroom by armed men, is killed in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (Al Jazeera) 

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) 

Thousands of people protest the trial of Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov in Baymak, Bashkortostan, Russia. Clashes with police are reported. (RFE/RL) 

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) 

Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 

Pakistan recalls its ambassador to Iran in response to the missile attack on its territory that killed two civilians. (Washington Post) 

At least 23 people are killed during an explosion at a fireworks factory in Suphan Buri, Thailand. (AP) 

Three people are killed and 77 others injured during a blast caused by explosives stored for use in illegal mining operations at a dozen of buildings in Ibadan, Nigeria. (AP) 

Thousands of people protest the trial of Bashkir activist Fail Alsynov in Baymak, Bashkortostan, Russia. Clashes with police have been reported. (RFE/RL) 

Thai activist Arnon Nampa is sentenced to four years in prison for a 2021 royal insult on social media. (CNA) 

Tuesday,  Jan 16th, 2024 

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) 

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) 

17 people are injured by a Russian missile strike on a residential area in Kharkiv. (Reuters) 

A Congolese soldier is killed and two others are arrested by the Rwandan Army in a cross-border incident in Rubavu District, Rwanda. (AP) 

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) 

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

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) 

Former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson withdraws from the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. (AP) 

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. (BBC News) 

Monday,  January 15th, 2024 

The Reykjanes volcano erupts near the town of Grindavík, Iceland, with one fissure forming inside the town limits. (CNN) 

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) 

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) 

An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank missile penetrating their home in Yuval, Northern Israel. (BBC News) 

A woman is killed and 18 other people are severely injured in a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack by two Palestinian illegal workers from Hebron in Ra’anana, Central Israel. (Haaretz) 

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) kills four people and injures five others in a ballistic missile and drone attack on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The IRGC also says that they launched a missile at a target in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (Reuters) (Rudaw) 

Arakan Army captured the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023. (Irrawaddy) 

Ukraine claims that it has 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) 

Clashes in Khartoum State kill thirteen civilians as the Sudanese Armed Forces continue their offensive in Omdurman. (Radio Dabanga) 

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) 

Bandits attack Nigerian forces at a military base in Nahuta, Katsina State, Nigeria. (Reuters) 

Cyclone Belal hits the Indian Ocean with flooding reported in Réunion and Mauritius. (BBC News) 

Eleven people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rain 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) 

Nauru withdraws diplomatic recognition of Taiwan and establishes formal diplomatic relations with China. (Reuters) 

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) 

Forty-three prisoners are at large after escaping a prison in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. (Reuters) 

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) 

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) 

Sunday, January 14th, 2024 

Frederik X is proclaimed King of Denmark following his mother’s abdication. (AP)