Monday

The Allied Democratic Forces kill at least 20 people in an attack on a village in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)

Russian forces launch a large-scale attack on Ukraine using drones and ballistic missiles, killing at least six people, including a 10-year-old boy and his mother in Kharkiv, and injuring dozens of others. (The Independent)

An Israeli airstrike destroys a residential building in Gaza City, Palestine, killing one person and injuring five others. (Al Jazeera)

An Israeli drone strikes a car in Yanouh, South Governorate, Lebanon, killing three people, including a 3-year-old child. (AP)

Air Canada suspends all flights to Cuba and deploys empty aircraft to repatriate stranded passengers after the country's fuel supply was exhausted due to the U.S. blockade and the end of fuel supplies from Venezuela. (Reuters)

United States vice president JD Vance visits Armenia, becoming the highest ranking U.S. official to have visited Armenia in its history. Vance meets with prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to discuss implementing a peace agreement to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and a civil nuclear energy deal. (AP)

The United States Armed Forces announces the transfer of two major NATO command and control centres over to European military forces in Naples, Italy, and Norfolk, Virginia, as part of a gradual shift to European countries taking a leading role in the military alliance. (Reuters)

Protests against Israeli president Isaac Herzog's state visit, following the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting, are held in cities across Australia, with police using pepper spray and arresting 27 protesters in Sydney. (ABC News Australia)

Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa is kidnapped by heavily armed men in civilian clothing just hours after being released from prison in Caracas. The Public Ministry of Venezuela says he broke his parole's terms and that a request has been made to place Guanipa under house arrest, while not specifying if the government has him in custody. (Reuters)

Hong Kong opposition figure Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in prison for violating a national security law following a two-year trial. Eight others, including six former Apple Daily executives and two pro-democracy activists, are also sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. (HKFP) (Reuters)

Three employees abducted from a mining facility in Sinaloa, Mexico, are found dead after being taken on January 23, while authorities continue searching for the remaining seven missing workers. (AFP via France 24)