Monday

January 19, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa fire on protesters opposing efforts by President Joseph Kabila to delay presidential and parliamentary elections due in 2016 leaving at least four people dead and ten injured. (Al Jazeera)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants in the town of Kobanî, Syria on the Syria-Turkey border capture the strategic Mishtenur hill killing eleven fighters. (BBC)

Shia insurgency in Yemen

Clashes in the Yemeni capital Sana'a leave at least nine dead and 67 injured. (AP)

Houthi rebels seize the official Saba News Agency and surround the residence of the Prime Minister. (RT)

Disasters and accidents

The Anne Arundel County, Maryland Fire Department states that six people remain unaccounted for after a fire destroys a mansion in Annapolis, Maryland. The home is the residence of Don Pyle, the CEO of Reston, Virginia-based ScienceLogic. (AP via MSN)