Sunday, January 14th, 2024 

All 178 prison employees who were held hostage in at least seven prisons are released. (Al Jazeera) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

The Comoros hold the first round of presidential elections. (Reuters) 

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

Saturday, January 13th, 2024 

The U.S. Navy conducts additional strikes targeting Houthi-held territory in Yemen. (Reuters) 

Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, a day after nine Turkish soldiers were killed in a shooting in Iraq. (AP) 

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) 

The opposition Nationalist Party of China wins the most seats in the Legislative Yuan but no party receives an absolute majority. (Taiwan News) 

Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is elected president of Taiwan. (The Guardian) 

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Saturday, January 13th, 2024 

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

Saturday, January 13th, 2024 

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

The Comoros holds the first round of presidential elections. (Reuters) 

The U.S. Navy conducts additional strikes targeting Houthi-held territory in Yemen. (Reuters) 

Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, a day after nine Turkish soldiers were killed in a shooting in Iraq. (AP) 

A landslide in El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó, Colombia, kills 33 people and injures at least 35 others. (AP) 

At least 21 miners are killed and others are trapped following a collapse at a gold mine in Simiyu Region, Tanzania. (Xinhua) 

Voters in Taiwan elect a new president and members of the Legislative Yuan. (Reuters) 

Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is elected president. (The Guardian) 

Friday,  January 12th, 2024 

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)

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) 

British prime minister Rishi Sunak visits Kyiv to reiterate his support for Ukraine. (The Washington Post) (GOV.UK) 

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) 

On the second day of proceedings, Israel defends itself in The Hague, Netherlands, regarding violations of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and other international law in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (AP) 

The death toll from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, increases to 215 people. Thirty-eight others are still missing. (NHK) 

The End