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January 28, 2026 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Arts and culture
Sarah Mullally is confirmed as the first female archbishop of Canterbury and primate of the Church of England.
Disasters and accidents
A SATENA Beechcraft 1900 crashes near CĂşcuta in North Santander, Colombia, killing all 15 people on board.
Five people, including Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, are killed after a Learjet 45 aircraft crashes and explodes at Baramati Airport in Pune district, Maharashtra, India.
Five people are killed, including three children, in a house fire in Sakha Republic, Russia.
At least 200 people are killed and several others are injured when a landslide collapses several of the Rubaya mines in Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Health and environment
The Hague district court orders the Dutch government to create a legally binding plan to protect Bonaire from climate change, including setting enforceable emissions-reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement, after ruling that existing measures fail to safeguard residents from rising seas and extreme weather.
International relations
Law and crime
A court in Seoul, South Korea, sentences former first lady Kim Keon Hee to 20 months in prison for corruption.
The Turkish National Intelligence Organization arrest six people, including an Iranian national, who are suspected of spying for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, including at the NATO Incirlik Air Base in Adana.
Politics and elections
Ecuador's prosecutor's office raids the homes of politicians from the Citizen Revolution party, including presidential candidate Luisa González, as part of an investigation into alleged illicit Venezuelan money used to finance their 2023 campaign.
Sports
The CAF also fines the Royal Moroccan Football Federation $315,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct and interfering with referees. Moroccan captain Achraf Hakimi is banned for two games and player Ismael Saibari is banned for three.
In association football, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) fines the Senegal Football Federation US$615,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during the final match against Morocco, fines Senegalese coach Pape Thiaw $100,000, and bans him for five 2027 AFCON qualifying matches. Senegalese players Iliman Ndiaye and Ismaila Sarr are also banned from the first two qualifier matches.
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