Portal:Current events/2020 January 9
January 9, 2020 (Thursday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- Locals claim an Airstrike kills or wounds 60 civilians in a strike by the U.S. military while they were targeting a Taliban commander in Herat Province. Afghan officials to conduct an investigation. (Al Jazeera)
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Islamist militants gun down over 25 Niger soldiers in an attack at an army base in Niger. 63 Islamist were also killed in the assault. (The Punch) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- A bus crashes in Iran's Mazandaran Province, killing at least 20 passengers and injuring 24 others. (Al Jazeera)
- Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
- U.S., Canadian, and Iraqi officials say they believe the plane crash in which 176 were killed yesterday was likely downed accidentally by anti-aircraft weaponry by Iran, while Iran says it was due to "mechanical failure". (Newsweek), (NPR)
- The New York Times releases a verified video obtained from an Iranian citizen showing the plane being struck by what appears to be a SAM missile in the night. (New York Times)
Law and crime
- Judge Ghassan Ouiedat, a Lebanese prosecutor, imposes a travel ban on former Chairman of Nissan Carlos Ghosn after he was summoned over an Interpol warrant issued by Japan seeking his arrest on financial misconduct charges. (Reuters)
- Trial of Catalonia independence leaders
- The Spanish Supreme Court revokes the immunity of jailed Oriol Junqueras declared by the European Court of Justice in a sentence on 19 December. This happens after the board of European Parliament recognized the former Vice President of Catalonia as a MEP since 3 July and was elected president of the Greens–European Free Alliance parliamentary group. (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
- Brexit
- The United Kingdom House of Commons votes 330-231 to pass the Withdrawal Agreement Bill authorizing the country’s departure from the European Union at the end of the month. (Associated Press)