Current events: 2024-01-27

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • The United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Italy, Canada, Finland, Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany halt humanitarian aid to UNRWA over allegations they were involved in the Hamas-led attack on Israel. (BBC) (CBS)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Marlin Luanda missile strike
    • Houthi missiles hit a British Trafigura oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden. Earlier, the {{USS|Carney|DDG-64|6}} shot down a Houthi missile which had been fired at the warship. (CNN)
• 2024 Iran–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
    • Three gunmen kill nine Pakistani labourers in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchistan province, near the Iran–Pakistan border. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Tuvaluan general election
  • Incumbent prime minister Kausea Natano loses his seat in parliament. (Reuters)

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