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Frederik X
- Margrethe II abdicates and is succeeded by Frederik X (pictured) as King of Denmark.
- Lai Ching-te is elected President of Taiwan.
- A US-led coalition launches a series of airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, amid ongoing attacks on ships in the Red Sea.
- Archaeologists announce the discovery of a cluster of ancient cities in the Amazon rainforest, which predates known complex Amazonian societies by more than a millennium.
January 16, 2024 (Tuesday)
Law and crime
- The Iranian government extends Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi's jail term of 12 years for "spreading propaganda". (BBC News)
January 15, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war
- 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
- An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank missile penetrating their home in Yuval, Northern Israel. (BBC News)
- Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Ra'anana attack
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
- 2024 Erbil attack
- 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)
- 2024 Erbil attack
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 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)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 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)
- Battle of Khartoum
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- Arakan Army captured the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023. (Irrawaddy)
- Operation 1027
- 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. (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)
- 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)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Nauru, Foreign relations of Taiwan, One China
- North Korea–South Korea relations
- North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un says that Korean reunification is "no longer possible" and asks the Supreme People's Assembly to amend the constitution to formally recognize South Korea as a separate state. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 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
- The 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses are held. (CNN)
- Former U.S. President Donald Trump wins the Iowa caucus. (The Guardian)
- Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of the race and endorses Donald Trump. (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 is currently appealing a 10-point deduction from a previous charge. (BBC Sport)
January 14, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- 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 hostages were kidnapped into Gaza during the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7. (The Times of Israel)
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- All 178 prison employees who were held hostage in at least seven prisons are released. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023–2024 Sundhnúkur eruptions
- English Channel migrant crossings
- Five migrants die after their small boat overturns while attempting to cross the English Channel. 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
- Abdication of Margrethe II
- Frederik X is proclaimed King of Denmark following his mother's abdication. (AP)
January 13, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
- 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)
- 2024 Taiwanese legislative election
January 12, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Operation Prosperity Guardian, Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war, United States–Houthi conflict
- 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)
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
- 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)
January 11, 2024 (Thursday)
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)
- Operation Prosperity Guardian
- 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
- 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
- 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)
January 10, 2024 (Wednesday)
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)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722
- 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)
- Chris Christie 2024 presidential campaign
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)
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