Portal:Current events/2024 January 27
January 27, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Balochistan insurgency
- Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency; Aftermath of the 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Killing of Pakistanis in Iran
- Three gunmen kill nine Pakistani labourers in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchistan province, near the Iran–Pakistan border. (Reuters)
- Killing of Pakistanis in Iran
- Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency; Aftermath of the 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Red Sea crisis
- Marlin Luanda missile strike
- Houthi missiles hit the British Trafigura oil tanker Marlin Luanda in the Gulf of Aden. (CNN)
- The USS Carney shoots down a Houthi missile which had been fired at the warship in the Gulf of Aden. (CBS News)
- Marlin Luanda missile strike
- Israel–Hamas war
- UNRWA October 7 controversy
- The United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Italy, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany suspend humanitarian aid to UNRWA over allegations that UNRWA staff members were involved in the Hamas-led attack on Israel. (BBC News) (CBS News)
- UNRWA October 7 controversy
- Kivu conflict
- M23 offensive
- Fighting between FARDC and aligned Wazalendo groups against Rwandan-backed M23 fighters continue in Mweso and Karuba, North Kivu. (Actualite)
- M23 offensive
Business and economy
- Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, makes its maiden voyage at the PortMiami in Miami, Florida, U.S. (Sky News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Tuvaluan general election
- Incumbent prime minister Kausea Natano loses his seat in parliament. (Reuters)