Sunday

January 31, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Boko Haram insurgency

2016 Dalori attack

At least 100 people are killed and hundreds others injured in an attack by Boko Haram militants on Dalori Village 4 kilometers from Maiduguri, Nigeria. (Sahara Reporters)

Syrian Civil War

2016 Sayyidah Zaynab bombings

At least 60 people are killed and 110 wounded in a twin-suicide bomb attack in the town of Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq Governorate, near Syria's holiest Shi'ite shrine, the Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility for the attack. (NBC News) (The Jerusalem Post)

Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)

Yemen's top salafist cleric, Samahan Abdel-Aziz, is found dead, with signs of torture, in Sheikh Othman, Aden Governorate, after being abducted by gunmen outside his mosque after delivering a sermon against Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

Seven people are killed after a truck collides with a train near Cairo, Egypt. (Business Standard)

At least 21 people are killed and 16 injured in a multi-car pile-up on a road near the city of Beni Suef, Egypt. (Omaha)

A huge fire at a factory in Moscow's eastern Sokolniki District, kills at least 12 people. Police suspect arson may be involved. (RT)

2015–16 Australian region cyclone season

Tropical Cyclone Stan makes landfall on the Western Australian coast east of Pardoo. (ABC News Australia)