Current events: 2024-01-28

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present)
    • Tower 22 drone attack
      • Three American soldiers are killed and 34 others are injured in a drone attack against a U.S. base in Rukban, Jordan, near the border with Syria, by Islamic Resistance in Iraq militants. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

• Six hundred hectares of forest are destroyed by fire in Los Alerces National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Patagonia, Argentina. (NOS)

Law and crime

• One person is killed and others are injured during a shooting by two men at an Italian church in Istanbul, Turkey. (Al Arabiya)
• Protesters throw soup at the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, France. The painting is not damaged because it is protected by bulletproof glass. (BBC News)

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