Portal:Current events/2026 January 24

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian conflict
  • SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes
    • 2026 northeastern Syria offensive
      • The Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government extend their ceasefire by 15 days to facilitate the United States-backed transfer of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
• War in the Sahel
  • Mali War
    • The Malian government imposes a gasoline rationing policy in the country due to a fuel blockade imposed by JNIM insurgents. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• January 2026 North American winter storm
  • Four people are killed from a winter storm in New York and Tennessee, United States. (WMC-TV) (The Guardian)
• Shark attacks in Australia
  • A 12-year-old boy dies from wounds caused by a bull shark attack off the coast of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Four others have been injured in a series of attacks linked to unusually high rainfall. (The Guardian)
• 2026 West Bandung landslide
  • Eight people are killed and 82 others are missing after a landslide at West Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia. (CBC News) (ABC News Australia)
• Six people are killed in a fire at a four-story furniture building in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. (The Economic Times) (The Times of India)
• Five dead bodies, believed to be among those aboard a motor banca that was capsized on January 18, are found off Sarangani, Davao Occidental, Philippines. Search and rescue operations continue for at least ten others missing. (ABS-CBN News)
• At least one person is killed and 14 others are injured in a gas explosion and multiple-alarm fire at a 17-story apartment building in the Bronx, New York City, United States. (WCBS-TV)
• Commuter trains in Catalonia, Spain, are suspended for the second time this week. The Catalan government cites a lack of guaranteed safety on the railway network for the suspension. Rain and winds have caused landslides. (El Mundo in Spanish)

International relations

• Italy–Switzerland relations
  • Italy recalls its ambassador to Switzerland after Swiss courts released the owner of a Crans-Montana bar on bail, while he is under investigation for a New Year's Day fire that killed 40 people, including six Italians. (Firstpost)

Law and crime

• Operation Metro Surge, Shootings by U.S. immigration agents in the second Trump administration
  • Killing of Alex Pretti
    • Protests occur in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, after 37-year-old Alex Pretti was fatally shot by ICE agents in the city. The Department of Homeland Security states he attacked ICE while allegedly carrying a concealed handgun. Protesters are reportedly hit with tear gas and at least one stun grenade. (WCCO-TV) (Minnesota Star Tribune)

• Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
  • The Chinese defense ministry announces that Central Military Commission vice chairman Zhang Youxia and the commission's chief of staff Liu Zhenli have been placed under investigation over suspected violations of discipline. (CNA)
• Internet censorship in Pakistan
  • A Pakistani court sentences human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband to a combined 17 years in prison under cybercrime laws for social media posts that prosecutors say promote anti-state activity and accuse the military of terrorism. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Ugandan protests
  • Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine says soldiers have raided his Kampala residence, hospitalized his wife after assaulting her, and seized their property following Wine's rejection of election results that gave President Yoweri Museveni a new term. (Reuters)