Current events: 2024-01-24

Wikipedia Current Events · Jan 24, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - A building complex sheltering tens of thousands of displaced people in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, has caught fire after being hit by Israel, causing mass casualties. At least 214 civilians were killed in the city in the past 24 hours by Israeli airstrikes. (Al Jazeera)
Iraqi conflict
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
  - The U.S. military launches airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kata'ib Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for Sunday's ballistic missile attack on Al-Asad Airbase, which left four American soldiers injured. (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash
- A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane allegedly carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards, crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everybody on board. These claims could not be independently verified. (Reuters)
Xinyu shopping area fire
- At least 39 people are killed and nine others injured during a fire at a commercial building in Xinyu, Jiangxi, China. (AP)
A fast train collides with a truck in Bohumín, Czech Republic killing one person and injuring 19 others. (AP)

International relations

Foreign relations of Taiwan, Foreign relations of Nauru
- Nauru formally re-establishes diplomatic ties with China after withdrawing recognition of Taiwan. (Reuters)

Law and crime

The Constitutional Court of Thailand acquits former Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat in the owning of shares in the defunct media company iTV, paving the way for his resumption as a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives. (AP)

Politics and elections

The chair of the Arizona Republican Party Jeff DeWit resigns after a tape recording of him attempting to bribe Kari Lake into stepping down from the United States Senate race leaks. (AP)