Friday, January 23, 2026

15 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

World

  1. Scam centers in Cambodia

    South Korea repatriates 73 nationals suspected of participating in fraud operations in scam centers in Cambodia.

  2. World

    California Governor Gavin Newsom announces that California will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, becoming the first U.S. state to do so. The move comes after the United States' formal withdrawal from the World Health Organization took effect.

Politics

  1. 2026 Ugandan protests

    At least 30 people from the opposition National Unity Platform are killed and 2,000 other people are arrested in protests disputing the results of the general election in Uganda last week.

  2. Protests against mass deportation during the second Trump administration

    Thousands of workers and hundreds of businesses go on general strike in Minnesota, United States, to protest the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's deployment in the state.

  3. 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

    Vietnam's top leader, Tô Lâm, is re-elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the most powerful position in the one-party state.

  4. 2026 Japanese general election

    The Japanese House of Representatives is dissolved on the first day of the plenary session ahead of the general election.

  5. December 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election

    Kosovan prosecutors detain 109 election commissioners over alleged vote manipulation in the recent parliamentary election, prompting a nationwide recount that could delay government formation.

  6. Haitian conflict

    A majority of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council votes to remove acting prime minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, two weeks before the council is set to dissolve. Council members Edgard Leblanc Fils and Leslie Voltaire announce that a replacement will be found within 30 days.

  7. Politics

    Iliana Iotova becomes the first female president of Bulgaria following the resignation of Rumen Radev.

Disasters

  1. 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.

  2. Disasters

    Nine people are killed in an avalanche in Chitral District, Pakistan, while eleven people are killed in a snowstorm in six provinces of Afghanistan.

  3. Disasters

    Six people are killed, 12 others are injured and dozens are reported missing when a gold mine collapses in Abu Jubaiha, South Kordofan, Sudan.

  4. Disasters

    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.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for January 23, 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.