January 5, 2024 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

North Korea fires 200 artillery shells near South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, prompting evacuations.

(CNBC)

Korean conflict

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Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani announces that the Iraqi government is beginning the process to remove the U.S.-led international military coalition from the country after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad yesterday killed a militia leader.

(Reuters)

Iraqi conflict

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The MNDAA gain full control of Laukkai, capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone, following the mass surrender of the last junta forces and officials within the city.

(Myanmar-Now)

Battle of LaukkaiOperation 1027Myanmar civil war

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Disasters and accidents

Two passenger trains collide near Cicalengka railway station in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia, killing at least four people and injuring several others.

(AP)

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The death toll from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, increases to 94 people. At least 222 others still missing.

(AP)

2024 Sea of Japan earthquake

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft loses a door section of its fuselage mid-air and makes an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, United States, with no major injuries reported. The Federal Aviation Administration subsequently orders a temporary grounding of all 737 Max 9 aircraft in response to the incident.

(The Guardian), (BBC News), (CNN)

Alaska Airlines Flight 1282

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International relations

Nepal suspends the issuance of permits to its citizens to work in Russia and Ukraine after 10 Nepalis are killed while serving in the Russian Army.

(Reuters)

Foreign relations of Nepal, Russo-Ukrainian War

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Law and crime

South African former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is released on parole after serving eight and a half years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

(France 24)

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Politics and elections

The U.S. Supreme Court grants a writ of certiorari for former president Donald Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling in Anderson v. Griswold regarding his presidential eligibility and schedules oral arguments for February 8.

(AP)

2024 United States presidential election

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