Portal:Current events/2023 January 14
January 14, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike
- Russia strikes a nine-story residential building in Dnipro with a cruise missile, killing at least 40 people, injuring 73 others and leaving dozens more missing. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirms that the United Kingdom will send 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine in the coming weeks, as well as 30 self-propelled AS-90 howitzers. Ukrainian troops will also be trained by the British Armed Forces to operate the tanks. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Somali Civil War
- Eleven people are killed and more than 50 injured by an al-Shabaab suicide car bombing in Buloburde, Hiran. (VOA)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad members are killed by Israeli soldiers during a raid in Jaba, in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- Miss Universe 2022
- American R'Bonney Gabriel is crowned Miss Universe by her predecessor, Indian Harnaaz Sandhu. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Iran
- Iran announces the execution of dual British Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari, who had served as a deputy for the ministry of defense, on charges of spying for the United Kingdom. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak condemns Akbari's execution. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Peruvian political protests
- The government declares a 30-day state of emergency in Lima and three other regions in response to the violent protests. (AFP via Gulf News)
- Euston shooting
- Six people are injured by a mass drive-by shooting in London, United Kingdom. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Czech presidential election
- Retired general Petr Pavel and former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš advance to a runoff vote in the Czech presidential election, which will be held on January 27–28. (DW)