Portal:Current events/2024 January 24

January 24, 2024 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi conflict
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
  - The U.S. military launches airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kata'ib Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for Sunday's ballistic missile attack on Al-Asad Airbase, which injured four American soldiers. (ABC News)
Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - A building complex sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, catches fire after being hit by Israeli airstrikes, causing mass casualties. At least 214 civilians have been killed in the city in the past 24 hours by airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)(Al Jazeera)
Nigerian bandit conflict
- At least 30 people are killed during an attack by armed men in the village of Kwahaslalek, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Punch)

Arts and culture

Saudi Arabia, where alcohol has been banned since 1952, opens its first alcohol store in the diplomatic quarter of its capital Riyadh. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
- Allegedly, a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards, crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everyone on board. However, these claims have not been independently verified. (Reuters)
At least 39 people are killed and nine others are injured in a fire at a commercial building in Xinyu, Jiangxi, China. (AP)
A train collides with a truck in Bohumín, Czech Republic, killing one person and injuring 19 others. (AP)

International relations

Nauru–Taiwan relations
- Nauru formally re-establishes diplomatic relations with China after withdrawing diplomatic recognition of Taiwan. (Reuters)

Law and crime

The Constitutional Court of Thailand acquits former Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat for owning shares in the defunct media company iTV, thereby allowing Limjaroenrat to resume serving as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives. (AP)

Politics and elections

The chair of the Arizona Republican Party Jeff DeWit resigns after a tape recording of DeWit attempting to bribe Kari Lake into stepping down from the United States Senate race is leaked. (AP)
Tens of thousands of Argentine workers go on a 12-hour strike led by Argentina's largest union, in protest of Javier Milei's policies. (Reuters)

Sports

Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal
- Five players who took part in the 2018 World Junior Championship have reportedly been told to surrender to the police in London, Ontario, Canada to face sexual assault charges. (TSN)