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January 15, 2024 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Houthi militants launch a missile at the Marshall Islands-flagged, United States-owned and operated bulk carrier Gibraltar Eagle in the Gulf of Aden.
An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank missile penetrating their home in Yuval, Northern Israel.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) kills four people and injures five others in a ballistic missile and drone attack on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The IRGC also says that they launched a missile at a target in Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
Ukraine claims that it has shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne control center over the Sea of Azov.
Clashes in Khartoum State kill thirteen civilians as the Sudanese Armed Forces continue their offensive in Omdurman.
A Cameroonian peacekeeper in MINUSCA is killed and five others are injured in an explosion in Mbindale, Lim-Pendé, Central African Republic.
The Arakan Army captured the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since November 13, 2023.
Disasters and accidents
Four people are killed and another person is injured in a hot air balloon crash in Eloy, Arizona, United States.
International relations
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un says that Korean reunification is "no longer possible" and dissolves three organizations involved in reunification efforts and inter-Korean tourism. He also asks the Supreme People's Assembly to amend the constitution to recognize South Korea as a "primary foe and invariable principal enemy" and distinguish between North Korean and South Korean territory.
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Former U.S. President Donald Trump wins the Iowa caucus. Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of the race and endorses Trump.
Sports
English association football clubs Everton and Nottingham Forest are both charged by the Premier League with breaking financial fairplay rules. Everton are currently appealing a 10-point deduction from a previous charge.
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