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- A suicide bombing in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills 100 people and injures more than 220 others.
- Petr Pavel (pictured) is elected as president of the Czech Republic.
- Cyclone Cheneso leaves at least 30 people dead in Madagascar.
- An armed attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran leaves one person dead and two others injured.
- Chris Hipkins succeeds Jacinda Ardern as prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party after her resignation.
- Brahim Ghali is re-elected as secretary general of the Polisario Front and president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
February 1, 2023 (Wednesday)
Business and economy
- Lebanese liquidity crisis
- The central bank of Lebanon devalues the Lebanese pound by 90% amid an ongoing financial crisis. (Reuters)
January 31, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu announces that France will send 12 additional CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, and could also train Ukrainian Air Force pilots to operate French fighter jets as part of their latest military support package. (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- Tanda Dam incident
- The death toll from a boat capsize at the Tanda Dam in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on January 29 increases to 51. (AFP via The Peninsula)
Health and environment
- The Namibian environment ministry announces that 61 black rhinoceros and 26 white rhinoceros were killed in the country in 2022 as a result of poaching, including 46 in Etosha National Park. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Protests against Emmanuel Macron
- 2023 French pension reform strikes
- A second day of strikes and demonstrations occurs throughout France against the government's pension reform project, which proposes to increase the retirement age to 64. (BFMTV)
- 2023 French pension reform strikes
Sports
- 2022–23 Premier League
- Chelsea F.C. sign Argentinian central midfielder Enzo Fernández from Benfica in a £106.8m deal to break the British football transfer fee record. (The Guardian)
January 30, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing
- At least 100 people are killed and 225 others are injured when a suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt at a mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The mosque is located inside a compound that includes the headquarters of the provincial police force and a counter-terrorism department. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Peshawar mosque bombing
- Syrian civil war
- Fifteen people are injured after a bomb explodes near a bus carrying police officers near Khirbet Ghazaleh, Daraa Governorate, Syria. (AP)
Business and economy
- British sports-fashion retailer JD Sports says that the stored data of 10 million customers "may have been accessed" in a cyberattack, including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, order details, and the final four digits of debit card numbers. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- Aging of China
- The Chinese province of Sichuan announces the abolition of its three-child policy and the restrictions on birth registration for single parents on February 15, citing the country's population decline. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Kiribati
- Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka confirms that Kiribati will rejoin the Pacific Islands Forum after leaving the organization last year due to a dispute. (The Guardian)
- 2022–2023 Peruvian protests
- The Organization of American States passes a resolution asking the government of Dina Boluarte to convene elections soon in an attempt to reduce the level of violence in Peru, which has already killed 65 people. (La Prensa Latina) (Infobae)
January 29, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Forces of the Wagner Group say that they have captured the village of Blahodatne, north of Bakhmut. However, Ukraine rejects the claim and says that it repelled the attack. (AFP via The Moscow Times)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Russian forces shell the city of Kherson, killing three people, injuring six others, and damaging a hospital, school, and bus station. (Reuters via U.S. News & World Report)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Unidentified warplanes, suspected to be Israeli, strike a convoy of Iranian trucks that entered Syria from Iraq through the Al-Qa'im border crossing. At least six trucks are believed to have been destroyed. There are no immediate reports of casualties. (Times of Israel)
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An 18-year-old Palestinian man is shot dead by a group of Israeli civilians near the settlement of Kedumim, in the occupied West Bank. In a separate incident, a Palestinian civilian home is set on fire by settlers. The occupants were not there at the time of the attack. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Lasbela bus crash
- At least 41 people are killed and two others are injured when a bus falls off a bridge and catches fire in Lasbela District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters)
- 2022–23 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
- The death toll from Cyclone Cheneso's landfall in Madagascar has increased to 25, with 21 others still missing. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
- Tanda Dam incident
- Ten children are killed and eleven other people are injured when a boat capsizes at the Tanda Dam in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AFP via Barron's)
- At least 22 people are killed and 21 injured when a bus crashes near Dassa-Zoumé, Collines Department, Benin. (TRT World)
- At least nine people are killed when a container falls from a truck onto a commercial bus in Lagos, Nigeria. (The Guardian Nigeria)
- An avalanche on Mount Norikura in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, kills two people, including American skier Kyle Smaine. (BBC News)
International relations
- Attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran
- Azerbaijan–Iran relations
- Azerbaijan suspends diplomatic activities at its embassy in Tehran after accusing Iran of failing to ensure the security of its embassy staff. The Azerbaijani consulate general in Tabriz continues to operate routinely. (TASS)
- Azerbaijan–Iran relations
Law and crime
- 2023 Gqeberha mass shooting
- Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a birthday party in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (AFP via Hindustan Times)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Liechtenstein constitutional referendum
- Voters in Liechtenstein reject a proposed ban on casinos. The proposal, which Prince Hans-Adam II opposed, was rejected by around 73 percent of voters. (Euronews)
- 2022–23 Tunisian parliamentary election
- Tunisians head to the polls to elect the members of the third Assembly of the Representatives of the People in a run-off. The electoral board reports a voter turnout of 11.3 percent as most opposition parties boycott the election. (AFP via RFI)
- UK prime minister Rishi Sunak dismisses Nadhim Zahawi as chairman of the Conservative Party and minister without portfolio after Sunak's ethics adviser, Laurie Magnus, found that Zahawi had breached the Ministerial Code for failing to disclose a £5 million tax penalty payment to HM Revenue and Customs while serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer under former prime minister Boris Johnson. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2023 Australian Open – Men's singles
- Novak Djokovic defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2023 Australian Open in Melbourne, tying him with Rafael Nadal for the most Grand Slams in men's tennis history with 22. (BBC Sport)
- 2023 World Men's Handball Championship
January 28, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Russian Air Force launches an airstrike on the city of Seredyna-Buda in Sumy Oblast, destroying a kindergarten and damaging nearby residential buildings. No casualties have been reported. The towns of Esman and Shalyhyne are also damaged by cross-border shelling. (Ukrinform)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Iran drone attacks
- The Iranian Defence Ministry says that a drone attack on a military plant in Isfahan, Iran, was "unsuccessful" with at least three drones shot down by air defenses. No casualties have been reported. (Reuters) (AP)
- Explosions are reported at military sites and factories across Iran, including near the capital Tehran. Videos on social media appear to show explosions and large fires in the cities of Karaj, Dezful, and Tabriz. (Iran International)
- An explosion occurs at an oil refinery in Azarshahr, East Azerbaijan province, according to Iranian media. (Urdu Point)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Israelis are shot and critically injured by a 13-year-old Palestinian in East Jerusalem, in the West Bank and the attacker is shot and injured by one of his victims before being arrested. (Al Jazeera) The Times of Israel)
Business and economy
- British regional airline Flybe collapses into administration with 277 job losses, while 75,000 customers are affected by flight cancellations. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 West Azerbaijan earthquake
- Three people are killed and 816 others are injured by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Khoy, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. (Al Jazeera)
- Louisville, New York bus-truck crash
- Six people are killed and three others are injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in Louisville, New York, United States. (NBC News)
- At least 24 people are killed when a bus plunges off a cliff in the El Alto District, Talara Province, Peru. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Three people are killed inside a vehicle and four others are injured on the street during a mass shooting in the Beverly Crest neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Czech presidential election
- The Czech Statistical Office reports that former NATO Military Committee chair Petr Pavel has been elected president, defeating former prime minister Andrej Babiš with 58 percent of the votes. (AFP via France 24)
Sports
- 2023 Australian Open – Women's singles
- Aryna Sabalenka defeats Elena Rybakina in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 Australian Open in Melbourne, winning her first major singles title. (AFP via Deccan Herald)
January 27, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Ukraine says that "fierce fighting" is underway in the east and northeast of the country as Russian troops try to break through Ukrainian defensive lines in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Israeli Air Force jets launch airstrikes on an underground rocket manufacturing site, and a military base used by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in response to rockets fired by Palestinian militants into southern Israel. (Reuters)
- 2023 East Jerusalem synagogue shooting
- Seven Israeli Jews are killed and three others are injured in a shooting at a synagogue in Jerusalem. The perpetrator is killed by police. (BBC News)
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Azerbaijan–Iran relations, Terrorism in Iran
- Attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran
- A guard is killed and two others are injured during a shooting at the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, Iran. The perpetrator is arrested. (Al Jazeera)
- Attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran
- Syrian civil war
- Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war
- The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons concludes with "reasonable grounds" that the Douma chemical attack that occurred in 2018, was carried out by the Syrian military. (Al Jazeera)
- Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 North Island floods
- Three people are killed and another person is missing during severe flash flooding in New Zealand's largest city Auckland. (Stuff)
- Environmental issues in Pakistan
- At least 18 people have been killed in the past two weeks by toxic chemicals from factories in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- A Russian Mi-8 helicopter of the "Rossiya" special flight squad, which transports members of the government and armed forces, crashes at the Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. According to some reports there are injuries, with TASS reporting that pilot error is the main cause of the helicopter crash. (RTVI)
- Five people are killed as a result of landslides and floods in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. (CNN Indonesia)
- Two people are killed and seven others are injured after a suspected gas explosion destroys half a house in Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. (AP)
Health and environment
- Rewilding
- Cheetah reintroduction in India
- South Africa agrees to send twelve cheetahs to India each year for the next eight to ten years to help secure a viable wild population. The Asiatic cheetah went extinct in India in the 1940s due to overhunting and habitat destruction. (BBC News)
- Cheetah reintroduction in India
- Western Australian radioactive capsule incident
- A radioactive capsule is missing along a 1,400-kilometre stretch of highway in Western Australia. (ABC News Australia)
Law and crime
- Killing of Tyre Nichols
- Tyre Nichols protests
- Authorities in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, release footage of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols being violently assaulted by multiple Memphis Police Department officers during a traffic stop on January 7. (AP)
- Tyre Nichols protests
- Cannabis in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department announces that all products containing cannabidiol will be banned as of February 1 and that the chemical will be classified in the same category as heroin and cocaine. (South China Morning Post)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Czech presidential election
- Czechs head to the polls to vote in the second round of the presidential election. (BBC News)
- Greek wiretapping scandal of 2022
- Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis survives a no-confidence vote called by former prime minister Alexis Tsipras over a wiretapping scandal. (AFP via The Sun)
January 26, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- Russia launches a wave of cruise missile and Shahed 129 drone strikes across Ukraine, targeting major cities and critical infrastructure, killing at least 11 people and injuring 11 others. Ukrainian general Valerii Zaluzhnyi says that at least 20 missiles have been intercepted over the capital Kyiv. (The Guardian)
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- American military intervention in Somalia
- A U.S. military raid in northern Somalia kills senior Islamic State member Bilal al-Sudani and ten other insurgents. No U.S. military casualties are reported in the operation, which was ordered by U.S. President Joe Biden. (NBC News)
- American military intervention in Somalia
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2023 Jenin killings
- Four Al-Qassam terrorists, three Islamic Jihad members and two Palestinian civilians are killed and 20 others are injured during a raid and subsequent gunfight by Israeli soldiers in Jenin, in the West Bank. In a separate raid in Al-Ram, a Palestinian man is killed and two others are injured by Israeli soldiers. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Jenin killings
- Aftermath of the 2022 Haitian crisis
- Ten police officers are killed, one is critically injured and another is missing during a series of attacks in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by the Gan Grif gang. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 21 people are killed after a passenger bus en route from N'djamena to Abéché crashed into a truck near Oum Hadjer, Batha Est Department, Chad. (Reuters)
International relations
- Hong Kong–United States relations
- U.S. President Joe Biden grants a two-year extension to the Deferred Enforced Departure immigration status of Hong Kong residents, citing increasing tensions between Hong Kong and mainland China. (AFP via GMA News Online)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Tokelauan general election
- Tokelauans head to the polls to elect the members of the General Fono. (RNZ)
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