Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States Coast Guard boards and seizes a Guyanese-flagged tanker in the Caribbean Sea that had been sanctioned. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/venezuela-oil-tanker-trump-us-seized

International relations

French president Emmanuel Macron announces the deployment of additional military forces to Greenland after a Defense Council meeting. (France 24)

• https://www.france24.com/fr/europe/20260115-groenland-en-direct-macron-conseil-d%C3%A9fense-menaces-trump-danemark

Politics and elections

Singaporean prime minister Lawrence Wong rescinds Workers' Party MP Pritam Singh's position as the de jure Leader of the Opposition. (CNA)

• https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/wp-chief-pritam-singh-removed-leader-opposition-5858676

Science and technology

The members of NASA commercial Crew-11, who were docked at the International Space Station since August 2025, land on Earth one month early following the first ever medical evacuation from space. (Space) (NPR)

• https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/spacex-crew-11-astronauts-return-to-earth-after-1st-ever-medical-evacuation-of-iss
• https://www.npr.org/2026/01/15/nx-s1-5677647/nasa-spacex-crew-11-splashdown-return