Armed conflicts and attacks

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)

• https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-15/ty-article/at-least-19-wounded-in-ramming-and-stabbing-in-central-israeli-city-of-raanana/0000018d-0cf3-db13-affd-7df707d80000

Armed conflicts and attacks

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)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-revolutionary-guards-say-they-have-attacked-espionage-centers-iraqs-erbil-2024-01-15/
• https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/150120241

Armed conflicts and attacks

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

• https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/arakan-army-declares-victory-in-paletwa-myanmars-chin-state.html

Armed conflicts and attacks

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)

• https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/01/15/europe/ukraine-claims-destroyed-russian-aircraft-intl/index.html

Armed conflicts and attacks

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

• https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/sudan-activists-at-least-13-dead-in-khartoum-clashes

Armed conflicts and attacks

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

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/armed-gang-attack-military-camp-village-nigerias-northwest-2024-01-15/

Disasters and accidents

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

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-67982380

Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed and another person is injured in a hot air balloon crash in Eloy, Arizona, United States. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/four-dead-arizona-hot-air-balloon-crash-2024-01-16/

International relations

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

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-loses-first-ally-post-election-nauru-goes-over-china-2024-01-15/

International 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)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-koreas-kim-calls-change-status-south-warns-war-2024-01-15/

Sports

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)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67978537