Armed conflicts and attacks

Three gunmen kill nine Pakistani labourers in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchistan province, near the Iran–Pakistan border. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gunmen-kill-nine-foreign-nationals-southeast-iran-near-pakistan-border-report-2024-01-27/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Houthi missiles hit the British Trafigura oil tanker Marlin Luanda in the Gulf of Aden. (CNN)

• https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/26/middleeast/oil-tanker-fire-houthi-missile-attack-gulf-aden-intl/index.html

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gunmen open fire against villagers over a suspected land dispute in the disputed area of Abyei, between South Sudan and Sudan, killing 52 people and injuring 64 others. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/abyei-south-sudan-violence-land-dispute-0506a1ac748d897dd9957616c79c63fd

Politics and elections

Venezuela's Supreme Court ratifies a ban from seeking any political office for 15 years on María Corina Machado, opposition leader backed by the United States. (Le Monde) (The Economist)

• https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/01/27/venezuela-s-supreme-court-disqualifies-opposition-leader-from-running-for-president_6469941_4.html
• https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/01/31/nicolas-maduro-venezuelas-dictator-thumbs-his-nose-at-joe-biden