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2026-01-30
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Politics and elections
2026-01-30
🇺🇸 United States president Donald Trump declares national emergency over 🇨🇺 Cuba. (Upi)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-01-29
An attack on a military base part of Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey, 🇳🇪 Niger, leaves 20 gunmen dead and four soldiers injured. Nigerien authorities accuse 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇫🇷 France, and the 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast of involvement in the attack. (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-01-29
Clashes between the 🇪🇹 Ethiopian military and the Tigray People's Liberation Front erupt in the Tigray Region. (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-01-29
In response to the violent crackdown on protests earlier this month, the 🇪🇺 European Union designates the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-01-29
🇵🇰 Pakistani forces kill three militants during an operation in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Peninsula)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-01-29
🇷🇺 Russia and 🇺🇦 Ukraine conduct a swap of bodies, with Russia receiving the remains of 38 soldiers and Ukraine receiving the remains of 1,000 soldiers, marking the first such swap since November 2025. (BBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-01-29
The World Food Program ends its operations in northern 🇾🇪 Yemen following harassment from the Houthis amid an ongoing famine. (DW)
Business and economy
2026-01-29
🇵🇦 Panama's supreme court nullifies the concession held by CK Hutchison to operate the Balboa and Cristóbal ports at the Panama Canal as unconstitutional and orders the facilities to be retendered, following a lawsuit by the comptroller after an audit alleged irregularities. (Financial Times)
Disasters and accidents
2026-01-29
Eleven people are killed and several others are critically injured when a truck collides with a minibus taxi near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 🇿🇦 South Africa. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
2026-01-29
Storm Kristin hits 🇵🇹 Portugal, killing 6 and leaving trail of destruction. (Yahoo News)
Disasters and accidents
2026-01-29
Two people are killed when a military Beechcraft AT-6TH aircraft crashes in Chiang Mai province, 🇹🇭 Thailand. (Bangkok Post)
Health and environment
2026-01-29
The Asian Development Bank and the 🇺🇳 United Nations launch a two-year, 🇺🇸 US$100 million programme in 🇦🇫 Afghanistan to support more than 151,000 families amid rising hunger linked to deportations, economic strain, and reduced foreign aid. (Reuters)
International relations
2026-01-29
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe launches an expert mission to investigate Georgia's human rights situation after 38 members invoked the Vienna Mechanism in 2024 and raised concerns over the government's compliance with international obligations. (Reuters)
Law and crime
2026-01-29
Eleven members of a Burmese crime family are executed in 🇨🇳 China after being convicted of various crimes related to operating scam centers in 🇲🇲 Myanmar. (BBC News) (DW)
Law and crime
2026-01-29
The Cree Nation of Mistissini, Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada, enters lockdown after a shooting yesterday killed two men, prompting the closure of schools and public buildings while provincial police investigate a case linked to organized crime and drug activity. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
2026-01-29
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso's ruling military junta dissolves all political parties, accusing them of "causing divisions" in the country. (AP)
Politics and elections
2026-01-29
🇪🇺 EU has blacklisted 🇷🇺 Russia for risk of money laundering. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-01-28
Three people are killed and three others are injured in overnight 🇷🇺 Russian strikes on the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa oblasts of 🇺🇦 Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-01-28
Two militants are killed in a shootout with police in Karabudakhkentsky District, Dagestan, 🇷🇺 Russia. (News.Az)
Arts and culture
2026-01-28
Sarah Mullally is confirmed as the first female archbishop of Canterbury and primate of the Church of 🏴 England. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
2026-01-28
A SATENA Beechcraft 1900 crashes near Cúcuta in North Santander, 🇨🇴 Colombia, killing all 15 people on board. (BNO News) (El Heraldo)
Disasters and accidents
2026-01-28
Five people are killed and severe damage is caused by Storm Kristin in 🇵🇹 Portugal. (AA)
Disasters and accidents
2026-01-28
Five people are killed, including three children, in a house fire in Sakha Republic, 🇷🇺 Russia. (Xinhua)
Disasters and accidents
2026-01-28
Five people, including Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, are killed after a Learjet 45 aircraft crashes and explodes at Baramati Airport in Pune district, Maharashtra, 🇮🇳 India. (CNN-News18 via YouTube) (Hindustan Times)
Health and environment
2026-01-28
The Hague district court orders the 🇳🇱 Dutch government to create a legally binding plan to protect Bonaire from climate change, including setting enforceable emissions-reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement, after ruling that existing measures fail to safeguard residents from rising seas and extreme weather. (AP)
Law and crime
2026-01-28
A court in Seoul, 🇰🇷 South Korea, sentences former first lady Kim Keon Hee to 20 months in prison for corruption. (AP)
Law and crime
2026-01-28
The 🇹🇷 Turkish National Intelligence Organization arrest six people, including an 🇮🇷 Iranian national, who are suspected of spying for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, including at the NATO Incirlik Air Base in Adana. (AP)
Politics and elections
2026-01-28
🇪🇨 Ecuador's prosecutor's office raids the homes of politicians from the Citizen Revolution party, including presidential candidate Luisa González, as part of an investigation into alleged illicit 🇻🇪 Venezuelan money used to finance their 2023 campaign. (Reuters)
Sports
2026-01-28
In association football, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) fines the 🇸🇳 Senegal Football Federation 🇺🇸 US$615,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during the final match against 🇲🇦 Morocco, fines Senegalese coach Pape Thiaw $100,000, and bans him for five 2027 AFCON qualifying matches. Senegalese players Iliman Ndiaye and Ismaila Sarr are also banned from the first two qualifier matches. (DW)
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