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- In darts, Luke Humphries (pictured) wins the PDC World Championship.
- In Kerman, Iran, at least 84 people are killed by an Islamic State bombing during a ceremony commemorating the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.
- Japan Airlines Flight 516 collides with a Japan Coast Guard airplane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, killing five aboard the latter aircraft.
- Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the South Korean opposition, is hospitalized following a stabbing attack in Busan.
January 5, 2024
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Korean conflict
- North Korea fires 200 artillery shells at South Korea's Yeonpyeongdo island, prompting evacuations. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Two passenger trains collide near Cicalengka railway station in Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia, killing at least four people and injuring others. (AP)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Nepal
- Nepal stops issuing permits to its citizens to work in Russia and Ukraine after 10 Nepalis were killed while serving in the Russian Army. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Former South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius is released on parole after serving eight and a half years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (France 24)
January 4, 2024
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
- A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, kills four Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militants, including senior leader Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi. (Reuters)
- Kerman bombings
- Islamic State claim responsibility for yesterday's double bombing in Kerman, Iran, which killed 84 people. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 1,000 cars are stranded on the E22 highway in Sweden between Hörby and Kristianstad due to heavy snow with people spending the night in their vehicles. The Swedish Army helped drivers get out of their vehicles and supplied them with basic amenities. (NOS)
- A private plane enroute from J.F. Mitchell Airport in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia crashes shortly after takeoff, killing four people including the pilot. (Loop News)
Law and crime
- Perry High School shooting
- A person is killed and four others are injured during a mass school shooting in Perry, Iowa, United States. The perpetrator kills himself after the shooting. (ABC News)
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- A spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry of the Taliban in Afghanistan announces the arrest of an unspecified number of women for wearing "bad hijab", in the first known crackdown on the dress code since the Taliban's return to power in August 2021. (AP)
- Myanmar announces the pardon of 9,652 prisoners, including 114 foreigners, to mark the country's independence day. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a decree granting Russian citizenship to foreigners who fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine, and for their families. (Reuters)
January 3, 2024
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Colombian conflict
- The Clan del Golfo detonate explosives at an army encampment in Turbo, Antioquia Department, Colombia, killing a soldier and injuring 12 others. (ABC News)
- Kerman bombings
- At least 84 people are killed and 284 more injured in a double bombing in Kerman, Iran, during a ceremony marking the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani. (AP)
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Ukraine and Russia complete their first prisoner exchange in nearly five months, releasing over 200 people on each side, facilitated by mediation from the United Arab Emirates. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt
- A court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, charges former president Ernest Bai Koroma with four offences, including treason for his alleged role during the coup attempt in November. (France 24)
- Capital punishment in India
- A court in India sentences two men to death over a train bombing in 2005 which killed 14 people. (Deccan Herald)
- A court in the US state of New York releases unsealed documents containing the associates list of Jeffrey Epstein to the public. (The Independent)
- Three men are stabbed and injured on a train at Akihabara Station in Tokyo, Japan. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Hilda Heine is sworn in as President of the Marshall Islands. (RNZ)
January 2, 2024
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Spillover of the Afghan conflict
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Unidentified gunmen kill six people in Mir Ali, North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (ABC News)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Arts and culture
- 2023 United States Congress hearing on antisemitism
- Claudine Gay resigns as president of Harvard University following controversial remarks she made during a congressional hearing on antisemitism and accusations of plagiarism. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision
- A Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 aircraft collides with a Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 aircraft and bursts into flames at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. All 379 occupants aboard the Japan Airlines flight are evacuated, while five of the six occupants aboard the Coast Guard aircraft are killed. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- A Ugandan People's Defence Force helicopter crashes in the village of Nyamisigiri, Kabarole District, Uganda, killing two people on board the helicopter and one person on the ground. (KFM) (Aviation Safety Network)
Law and crime
- Attempted assassination of Lee Jae-myung
- South Korean opposition politician Lee Jae-myung is stabbed in the neck in Gadeokdo, Busan. (The New York Times)
- A man breaks into the Colorado Supreme Court building in Denver, Colorado, United States. He holds a security guard at gunpoint and later voluntarily surrenders to police. (Colorado Public Radio)
January 1, 2024
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- At least 27 rockets are fired by Hamas shortly after midnight at cities and towns in central and southern Israel. (Times of Israel) (Ynet)
- The IDF withdraws five brigades, consisting of thousands of soldiers, from the Gaza Strip and says the war will enter a "different mode of operations". (Al Jazeera)
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- The Republic of Artsakh officially ceases to exist, in accordance with a decree signed by former president Samvel Shahramanyan. (Interfax)
Arts and culture
- Public Domain Day
- 2024 in American public domain
- The animated short film Steamboat Willie, the German-language version of the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, and other works published in 1928 enter the public domain in the United States. (Mashable)
- 2024 in American public domain
- The Sheikh Zayed Festival at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates breaks four Guinness World Records for a hour-long fireworks display and drone show during the New Year celebration. (Gulf News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Sea of Japan earthquake
- A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, killing 73 people. A tsunami warning is issued for multiple prefectures along the Sea of Japan. (Reuters) (NHK)
- One person is killed and 21 others are injured in a fire at a bar in Graz, Austria, that was hosting a New Year's party. (AP)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Ethiopia, Foreign relations of Somaliland
- Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use 20 km of coastline, including the port of Berbera, in exchange for eventual recognition of the Somaliland Declaration of Independence, which would make it the first country to do so. (Reuters)
- Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates formally join the BRICS group as new members. (Tehran Times)
Law and crime
- 2023 Israeli judicial reform
- Movement for Quality Government in Israel v. Knesset
- The Supreme Court of Israel votes 8–7 to strike down the "reasonableness" bill passed by the Knesset in July. (BBC News) (Times of Israel)
- Movement for Quality Government in Israel v. Knesset
- LGBT rights in Estonia
- Same-sex marriage in Estonia
- Estonia becomes the 36th country in the world where same-sex couples can marry. (Postimees)
- Same-sex marriage in Estonia
- Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and three people that worked at his company Grameen Telecom are sentenced to six months in prison for violating Bangladesh's labor laws. (Al Jazeera)
December 31, 2023
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war
- Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
- Ten Houthi militants are killed during an engagement between four Houthi boats and United States Navy helicopters defending the cargo ship Maersk Hangzhou in the Red Sea. (Al Jazeera)
- Attacks on the MV Maersk Hangzhou
- Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Bombing of Kharkiv
- Russian forces bombard Kharkiv. Ukrainian authorities say that 26 people were injured and many residential buildings in the city center were destroyed. The Ukrainian Air Force reports shooting down 21 of 49 attacking drones. (tagesschau.de) (tagesschau.de 2)
- Bombing of Kharkiv
- Afghan conflict
- Taliban defense minister Mullah Yaqoob says that security forces have killed or arrested several militants from Tajikistan and Pakistan who are accused of multiple attacks in Afghanistan. (AP)
Law and crime
- Cologne Cathedral bomb plot
- In Bochum, NRW, Germany, police arrest a fifth suspect in relation to a car bombing at Cologne Cathedral which Islamic State – Khorasan Province had planned for today. (DW)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
- President Félix Tshisekedi is declared the winner of the general election. (BBC News)
- Abdication of Margrethe II
- 83-year-old Margrethe II of Denmark announces her abdication during her televised New Year's Eve address, effective January 14. (BBC News)
December 30, 2023
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
- Ukraine launches drone and missile strikes against the city of Belgorod, Russia, killing 21 people, and injuring 110 others, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. (AP) (BBC News)
- 30 December 2023 Belgorod shelling
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Bombing of Kharkiv
- Russian forces attack Kharkiv with missiles, injuring at least 16 people, including a foreign journalist, and damaging civilian infrastructure. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Bombing of Kharkiv
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- The Israel Defense Forces says that dozens of militants have been killed in Gaza amid continued tank and aerial assaults on Khan Yunis. (Times of Israel)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 South Africa floods
- Flash flooding kills 21 people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. (ABC News)
- Three people are killed and three are injured in a house explosion in Northfield Township, Michigan, United States. (NBC News)
Law and crime
- Corruption in Albania
- A court in Albania orders that former president and prime minister Sali Berisha be placed under house arrest following accusations of corruption. (Reuters)
Science and technology
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