January 15, 2023 (Sunday)

Two suspected drug traffickers are killed in a shootout with United States Customs and Border Protection officials off the coast of Puerto Rico.

Ten people are killed and 39 others are injured when a bomb explodes at a Pentecostal church in Kasindi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jihadists kidnap dozens of women in Arbinda, Sahel Region, Burkina Faso, according to local officials.

Former lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and one of her bodyguards are shot and killed in Kabul inside her home, while her brother and a second security guard are injured. Taliban police spokesman Khalid Zadran condemns the killing and says that a "serious investigation has been launched".

A light aircraft crashes in Nasrec, Johannesburg, South Africa, killing all three people on board.

President of the United States Joe Biden issues a major disaster declaration for the state of California following major flooding.

A plane which had departed from Kathmandu crashes in Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal, killing all 72 people on board.

The Jamaica Constabulary Force seizes $80 million worth of cocaine from a cargo ship at the port of Kingston.