Portal:Current events/January 2024
January 2024 is the first month of the current leap year. The month, which began on a Monday, will end on a Wednesday after 31 days. It is the current month.
Portal:Current events[edit]
January 1, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- The IDF withdraws five brigades, consisting of thousands of soldiers, from the Gaza Strip and says the war will enter a "different mode of operations". (Al Jazeera)
- At least 27 rockets are fired by Hamas shortly after midnight at cities and towns in central and southern Israel. (Times of Israel) (Ynet)
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- The Republic of Artsakh officially ceases to exist, in accordance with a decree signed by former president Samvel Shahramanyan. (Interfax)
Arts and culture
- Public Domain Day
- 2024 in American public domain
- The animated short film Steamboat Willie, the German-language version of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, and other works published in 1928 enter the public domain in the United States. (Mashable)
- 2024 in American public domain
- The Sheikh Zayed Festival at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates breaks four Guinness World Records for a hour-long fireworks display and drone show during the New Year celebration. (Gulf News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Noto earthquake
- A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, killing 55 people. A tsunami warning is issued for multiple prefectures along the Sea of Japan. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and 21 others are injured in a fire at a bar in Graz, Austria, that was hosting a New Year's party. (AP)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Ethiopia, Foreign relations of Somaliland
- Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use 20 km of coastline, including the port of Berbera, in exchange for eventual recognition of the Somaliland Declaration of Independence, which would make it the first country to do so. (Reuters)
- Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates formally join the BRICS group as new members. (Tehran Times)
Law and crime
- 2023 Israeli judicial reform
- Movement for Quality Government in Israel v. Knesset
- The Supreme Court of Israel votes 8–7 to strike down the "reasonableness" bill passed by the Knesset in July. (BBC News) (Times of Israel)
- Movement for Quality Government in Israel v. Knesset
- LGBT rights in Estonia
- Same-sex marriage in Estonia
- Estonia becomes the 36th country in the world where same-sex couples can marry. (Postimees)
- Same-sex marriage in Estonia
- Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and three people that worked at his company Grameen Telecom are sentenced to six months in prison for violating Bangladesh's labor laws. (Al Jazeera)
January 2, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Spillover of the Afghan conflict
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Unidentified gunmen kill six people in Mir Ali, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (ABC News)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- War in Sudan (2023–present)
- The RSF attacked the town of Bara, North Kordofan and plundered the University of Gezira in Wad Madani. The SAF launched airstrikes on RSF positions in Wad Madani, Sennar, and the Khartoum area. (Dabanga Sudan)
Arts and culture
- 2023 United States Congress hearing on antisemitism
- Claudine Gay resigns as president of Harvard University following controversial remarks she made during a congressional hearing on antisemitism and accusations of plagiarism. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision
- A Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft collides with a Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 aircraft and bursts into flames at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. All 379 occupants aboard the Japan Airlines flight are evacuated, while five of the six occupants aboard the Coast Guard aircraft are killed. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- A Ugandan People's Defence Force helicopter crashes in the village of Nyamisigiri, Kabarole District, Uganda, killing two people on board the helicopter and one person on the ground. (KFM) (Aviation Safety Network)
Law and crime
- Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung
- South Korean opposition politician Lee Jae-myung is stabbed in the neck in Gadeokdo, Busan. (The New York Times)
- A man breaks into the Colorado Supreme Court building in Denver, Colorado, United States. He holds a security guard at gunpoint and later voluntarily surrenders to police. (Colorado Public Radio)
January 3, 2024 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Turkey–Ukraine relations
- Turkey denies access to the Black Sea for two Royal Navy minehunters saying their transit of the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits would be in violation of the Montreux Convention of 1936. (The Independent)
- Ukraine and Russia complete their first prisoner exchange in nearly five months, releasing over 200 people on each side, facilitated by mediation from the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Turkey–Ukraine relations
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- Ta’ang National Liberation Army claimed to have taken control of the town of Mongngaw in Kyaukme Township in Shan State. (Irrawadyy)
- Operation 1027
- Colombian conflict
- The Clan del Golfo detonate explosives at an army encampment in Turbo, Antioquia Department, Colombia, killing a soldier and injuring 12 others. (ABC News)
- Kerman bombings
- Eighty nine people are killed and 284 others injured in a double bombing in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt
- A court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, charges former president Ernest Bai Koroma with four offences, including treason for his alleged role during the November coup attempt. (France 24)
- Capital punishment in India
- A court in India sentences two men to death over a train bombing in 2005 which killed 14 people. (Deccan Herald)
- A court in the U.S. state of New York releases unsealed documents containing the associates list of Jeffrey Epstein to the public. (The Independent)
- Three men are stabbed and injured on a train at Akihabara Station in Tokyo, Japan. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Hilda Heine is sworn in as President of the Marshall Islands. (RNZ)
January 4, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi conflict
- U.S. drone strikes in Iraq and Syria
- A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, kills four Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militants, including senior leader Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi. (Reuters)
- U.S. drone strikes in Iraq and Syria
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Battle of Khan Yunis
- IDF claimed to have significantly degraded the command and control of Hamas Khan Younis Brigade's northern and eastern battalions with the destruction of tunnel systems, infrastructure and deaths of company commanders. (Understanding War)
- Battle of Khan Yunis
- Kerman bombings
- Islamic State's Khorasan Province claims responsibility for yesterday's double bombing in Kerman, Iran, which killed 89 people. (BBC News) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 New York City Subway derailment
- Five people are killed and 22 others are injured in a fire at a hospital in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany. (AP)
- At least 1,000 cars are stranded on the E22 highway in Sweden between Hörby and Kristianstad due to heavy snow with people spending the night in their vehicles. The Swedish Army helped drivers get out of their vehicles and supplied them with basic amenities. (NOS)
- A private plane en route from J. F. Mitchell Airport in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia crashes shortly after takeoff, killing four people including German actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters. (Loop News) (AFP via Hindustan Times)
Law and crime
- Perry High School shooting
- Two people are killed (including the perpetrator) and seven others are injured during a mass school shooting in Perry, Iowa, United States. (KCCI-TV)
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- A spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry of the Taliban in Afghanistan announces the arrest of an unspecified number of women for wearing "bad hijab", in the first known crackdown on the dress code since the Taliban's return to power in August 2021. (AP)
- Myanmar announces the pardon of 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, to mark the country's independence day. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a decree granting Russian citizenship to foreigners who fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine, and for their families. (Reuters)
- Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is appointed as Prime Minister of Kuwait. (Reuters)
January 5, 2024 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- Battle of Laukkai
- The MNDAA gain full control of Laukkai, capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone following the mass surrender of the last junta forces and officials within the city. (Myanmar-Now)
- Battle of Laukkai
- Operation 1027
- Iraqi conflict
- U.S. drone strikes in Iraq and Syria
- Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani announces that the Iraqi government is beginning the process to remove the U.S.-led international military coalition from the country after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad yesterday killed a militia leader. (Reuters)
- U.S. drone strikes in Iraq and Syria
- Korean conflict
- North Korea fires 200 artillery shells near South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, prompting evacuations. (CNBC)
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 94 people. At least 222 others still missing. (AP)
- Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
- An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft loses a door section of its fuselage mid-air and makes an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, United States, with no major injuries reported. The Federal Aviation Administration subsequently orders a temporary grounding of all 737 Max 9 aircraft in response to the incident. (The Guardian) (BBC News) (CNN)
- 2024 Cicalengka station railway collision
- Two passenger trains collide near Cicalengka railway station in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia, killing at least four people and injuring several others. (AP)
International relations
Law and crime
- South African former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is released on parole after serving eight and a half years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (France 24)
January 6, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces attack Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, with S-300 missiles according to local authorities, killing at least 11 people, including five children, and injuring eight others. (CNN)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Politics and elections
- 2024 Salvadoran general election
- Electronic voting for Salvadoran expatriates in the presidential and legislative elections begins. (El Mundo)
January 7, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Myanmar civil war
- Operation 1027
- The Three Brotherhood Alliance claimed that it captured the towns of Kutkai and Theinni on midnight after seizing junta military posts in the towns, including the headquarters of the 16th Military Operations Command in Theinni. (Irrawaddy)
- Tatmadaw airstrikes kill at least 17 people, including nine children, and injure 20 others in Kanan village, Sagaing. (ABC News)
- Operation 1027
Arts and culture
- 81st Golden Globe Awards
- Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, wins five awards at the 81st Golden Globe Awards, while Poor Things wins the awards for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (CNBC)
- Lily Gladstone (Blackfeet Nation) becomes the first Indigenous woman to win Best Actress for her performance in Killers of the Flower Moon (ICT News) (AP News)
Disasters and accidents
- A fire in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh destroys hundreds of shelters and facilities and displaces nearly 7,000 Rohingya refugees. (Dhaka Tribune) (The Washington Post)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Bangladeshi general election
- Citizens of Bangladesh vote in a general election with opposition parties boycotting the election. (Al Jazeera)
- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos signs a law that permits electronic tax filing in the country. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2024 ATP Tour, 2024 WTA Tour
- 2024 United Cup
- In tennis, Germany wins their second United Cup after defeating Poland 2–1 in the final. (PA Media via The Guardian)
- 2024 United Cup
January 8, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches a massive missile and drone attack across Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 38 others in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. Ukraine says that it shot down all eight drones and 18 of 51 missiles. (AP) (Reuters)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Israel assassinates Wissam al-Tawil, the deputy commander of Hezbollah's Redwan Force, during an airstrike against a vehicle in Majdel Selm, Lebanon. Another person is also killed in the airstrike. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty-five people are killed and six others are injured in a crash involving a truck and a tourist minibus on a highway near São José do Jacuípe, Bahia, Brazil. (ABC News) (G1)
Law and crime
- A two-year long investigation conducted by the BBC accuses Synagogue Church of All Nations founder T. B. Joshua of rape and torture. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Farmers block highway access roads in parts of Germany, launching a week of protests against a government plan to remove tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- Nuclear program of Iran
- According to De Volkskrant, a Dutch engineer recruited by the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands released the malicious computer worm Stuxnet in an Iranian nuclear complex in 2007, disrupting the Iranian nuclear program for years. (NOS) (The Times)
- Peregrine Mission One, the first US lunar lander since the Apollo program, is launched at Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States, failing to achieve its objective. (The Guardian)
Sports
January 9, 2024 (Tuesday)
Politics and elections
- 2023–24 Bhutanese National Assembly election
- Bhutanese people vote in the second round of the election for 47 members of the National Assembly. (Reuters)
January 10, 2024 (Wednesday)
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2024 events and developments by topic
Arts
Animation (Anime) · Architecture · Comics · Film (Horror, Science fiction) · Literature (Poetry) · Music (Classical, Country, Hip hop, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US, Korea) · Radio · Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US) · Video games
Politics and government
Elections · International leaders · Sovereign states · Sovereign state leaders · Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology · Biotechnology · Computing · Palaeontology · Quantum computing and communication · Senescence research · Space/Astronomy · Spaceflight · Sustainable energy research
Environment
Climate change · Weather (Heat waves · Tornadoes · Wildfires)
Transportation
Aviation · Rail transport · Transportation technology
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments · Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works · Introductions · Works entering the public domain
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