Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 993 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 Jan 15, 2024 #1 Armed conflicts and attacks Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria 2024 Erbil attack Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) kills four people and wounds five others in a ballistic missile and drone attack on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. This leads to an assassination of a CEO of a real estate developer. The IRGC says they also launched a missile at a target in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (Reuters) (Rudaw) Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2024 Ra'anana attack A woman is killed and 18 are severely injured in a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack by two Palestinian illegal workers from Hebron in Ra'anana, Central Israel. (Haaretz) Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war The Houthis launch a missile against the Marshall Islands-flagged, United States-owned and operated bulk carrier Gibraltar Eagle in the Gulf of Aden. (AP) Israel–Hezbollah conflict An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank missile penetrating their home in Yuval in Galilee near the Israel-Lebanon border in Northern Israel. (BBC News) Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign Ukraine claims 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. (CNN) Disasters and accidents 2023–24 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season Cyclone Belal hits the Indian Ocean with flooding affecting Réunion and Mauritius. (BBC News) Heavy rains cause flooding, killing 11 people, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Al Jazeera) International relations Foreign relations of Taiwan, One-China policy Nauru withdraws recognition of Taiwan and establishes formal relations with China. (Reuters) Law and crime Ecuadorian security crisis Forty-three prisoners are at large after escaping a prison in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. (Reuters) In Belarus a fourth political prisoner died in prison since 2022 according to Viasna Human Rights Centre. (NOS), ("A Country to Live in" foundation) Politics and elections 2024 United States presidential election The 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses are held. (CNN) Sports 2023–24 Premier League Everton and Nottingham Forest are both charged with breaking financial fairplay-rules by the Premier League. Everton are already appealing against a 10-point deduction from a previous charge. (BBC Sport) Continue reading...
Armed conflicts and attacks Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria 2024 Erbil attack Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) kills four people and wounds five others in a ballistic missile and drone attack on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. This leads to an assassination of a CEO of a real estate developer. The IRGC says they also launched a missile at a target in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (Reuters) (Rudaw) Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2023 Israel–Hamas war 2024 Ra'anana attack A woman is killed and 18 are severely injured in a stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack by two Palestinian illegal workers from Hebron in Ra'anana, Central Israel. (Haaretz) Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war The Houthis launch a missile against the Marshall Islands-flagged, United States-owned and operated bulk carrier Gibraltar Eagle in the Gulf of Aden. (AP) Israel–Hezbollah conflict An Israeli woman and her son are killed by an anti-tank missile penetrating their home in Yuval in Galilee near the Israel-Lebanon border in Northern Israel. (BBC News) Russian invasion of Ukraine Southern Ukraine campaign Ukraine claims 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. (CNN) Disasters and accidents 2023–24 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season Cyclone Belal hits the Indian Ocean with flooding affecting Réunion and Mauritius. (BBC News) Heavy rains cause flooding, killing 11 people, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Al Jazeera) International relations Foreign relations of Taiwan, One-China policy Nauru withdraws recognition of Taiwan and establishes formal relations with China. (Reuters) Law and crime Ecuadorian security crisis Forty-three prisoners are at large after escaping a prison in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. (Reuters) In Belarus a fourth political prisoner died in prison since 2022 according to Viasna Human Rights Centre. (NOS), ("A Country to Live in" foundation) Politics and elections 2024 United States presidential election The 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses are held. (CNN) Sports 2023–24 Premier League Everton and Nottingham Forest are both charged with breaking financial fairplay-rules by the Premier League. Everton are already appealing against a 10-point deduction from a previous charge. (BBC Sport) Continue reading...