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Armed conflicts and attacks Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenia submits a peace treaty to Azerbaijan in an effort to end the decades-long conflict between the two countries. (Daily Sabah) Business and economy YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down and will be succeeded by chief product...

Business and economics World Bank President David Malpass resigns. He is expected to step down by June. (AFP via RFI) Disasters and accidents Gualaca bus crash At least 39 migrants are killed in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, Panama, when their bus, intended to be driven to the United...

Armed conflicts and attacks High-altitude object events in 2023 2023 Romania and Moldova high-altitude objects The Romanian Air Force unsuccessfully attempted to intercept an unidentified object detected roughly {{convert|11,000|m|mi}} above Southeast Romania. (Reuters) Moldova temporarily...

Disasters and accidents 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake The death toll of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria increases to over 36,000. (Al Jazeera) Law and crime Blasphemy in Pakistan Lynching of Waris Police in Punjab, Pakistan, arrest 50 men for the lynching two days earlier of a...

Armed conflits and attacks High-altitude object events in 2023 2023 Lake Huron high-altitude object A United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon shoots down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron near the Canada–United States border. The Department of Defense describe it as octagonal...

Armed conflicts and attacks Internal conflict in Peru Seven police officers are killed and one other is injured when their vehicle is ambushed in Valle de los Ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro in a suspected attack by remnants of Shining Path. (Infobae) 2023 Yukon high-altitude object Canadian...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Moldova–Russia relations Moldova says Russia has fired missiles over the country at targets inside Ukraine, condemning the missile flyover as a violation of its...

Armed conflicts and attacks Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) suspends its operations in north-west Burkina Faso following the killings of two of its aid workers near Dédougou. Both those killed were Burkinabe citizens, according to MSF. (Africa News)...

Business and economy Proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft The UK Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally concluded that the proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft will likely lead to substantial loss of competition in the console market and...

Law and crime 2023 Brazilian Congress attack The Federal Police arrest the military police officer in charge of security during the January 8 attack against the Brazilian Congress. (Reuters) Crime in Japan Two of four Japanese gang leaders based in the Philippines are deported on suspicion...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict Five Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades members are killed, three more injured and eight arrested during a raid by Israeli soldiers and subsequent gunbattle at a refugee camp near Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. (BBC News) Somali Civil...

Disasters and accidents Eight people in Austria and two others in Switzerland are killed by a series of avalanches. (BBC News) At least eight people are killed and 42 others are injured when a bus crashes and overturns in Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey. (ABC News) Nine people are missing after...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 China balloon incident China–United States relations The Federal Aviation Administration closes the airspace off the east coast of the United States, and stops arrivals at Myrtle Beach International Airport, Charleston International Airport, and Wilmington...

Armed conflicts and attacks Tigray War Tigrayan peace process Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed meets with officials of the Tigray People's Liberation Front for the first time since the signing of a peace treaty in November 2022. (AFP via RFI) Business and economy The FTSE 100 Index...

Disasters and accidents Eight construction workers are killed near Sevastopol, Crimea, in an overnight fire at a barracks. (Reuters) Health and environment 2020–2023 H5N8 outbreak The UK Health Security Agency confirms that avian influenza has crossed over to several wild mammals, including...

Armed conflicts and attacks Kivu conflict M23 offensive M23 insurgents capture the town of Kitshanga in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after days of heavy fighting. The DRC's army confirm the withdrawal of its troops from the town, saying it was a "tactical move to protect...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu announces that France will send 12 additional CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, and could also train Ukrainian Air Force pilots to operate French fighter...

Armed conflicts and attacks Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing At least 59 people are killed and 170 others are injured when a suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt at a mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The mosque is located inside a compound...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine campaign Forces of the Wagner Group say they have captured the village of Blahodatne, north of Bakhmut. Ukraine rejects that and says it repelled the attack. (The Moscow Times) Southern Ukraine...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Donbas Russia says a Ukrainian HIMARS missile strike on a hospital in Novoaidar, Luhansk Oblast, has killed 14 people and injured 24 others, including patients and medical staff. (Reuters) Attacks on...