Armed conflicts and attacks
Operation Southern Spear
United States strikes on alleged drug traffickers during Operation Southern Spear
Two people are killed and a survivor is later captured following an American airstrike on a boat in the Pacific Ocean, according to the U.S. Southern Command. (CNN)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seven people are killed and 25 more injured in a suicide bombing at a wedding in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
Nine people are killed in an avalanche in Chitral District, Pakistan, while eleven people are killed in a snowstorm in six provinces of Afghanistan. (AP)
Six people are killed, 12 others are injured and dozens are reported missing when a gold mine collapses in Abu Jubaiha, South Kordofan, Sudan. (News.Az)
The Singapore-flagged cargo ship MV Devon Bay crewed by 21 Filipinos capsizes in the South China Sea, leaving two dead and two others missing. The China Coast Guard rescues 17 crew members, while search and rescue operations for the remaining crew are ongoing. (AP via ABC News) (RTHK)
2026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash
Indonesian search and rescue teams discover the remaining bodies from the January 17 crash of a Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries ATR 42-500 aircraft on a mountain near Maros Regency, South Sulawesi. (ABC News Australia)