Portal:Current events/2024 January 24

January 24, 2024 (2024-01-24) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 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, has caught fire after being hit by Israel, causing mass casualties. Also, at least 214 people were killed in the city during the past 24 hours by Israeli airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)
• 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 left four American soldiers injured. (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Korochansky Il-76 crash
  • A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying – according to Russia – 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards –crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everybody on board. (Reuters)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Nauru, One China
  • Nauru formally re-establishes diplomatic ties with China after withdrawing recognition of Taiwan. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• The Constitutional Court of Thailand acquits former Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat in the owning of shares in the defunct media company iTV, paving the way for his resumption as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives. (Associated Press)

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