Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian conflict
  • SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes
    • January 2026 Aleppo clashes
      • The Syrian Democratic Forces withdraw from Aleppo following negotiations with the Syrian transitional government. (Al Jazeera)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • A woman is killed and around a dozen residential buildings are damaged in an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Voronezh, Russia. (Reuters)

• Egypt signs renewable energy agreements worth US$1.8 billion with China and Norway. (Al Arabiya)

• Four people are killed and five injured after two cars collide head-on in Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. (MSN)

• 2025–26 Myanmar general election
  • Citizens of Myanmar vote in the second phase to elect the nation's bicameral legislature. One more phase of voting is expected in late January. (AP)
• 2026 Beninese parliamentary election
  • Citizens in Benin head to the polls to elect the 109 members of the National Assembly more than one month after a thwarted coup attempt. (RFI)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian conflict (2024–present)
  • SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes
    • January 2026 Aleppo clashes
      • A kamikaze drone of unknown origin strikes a governate building in Aleppo while government officials were holding a conference inside, a day after the government declared a ceasefire in the city. (Al Jazeera)
  • Operation Hawkeye Strike
    • The U.S. military launches airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria. (Sky News) (Fox News)
• 2026 United States intervention in Venezuela
  • United States–Venezuela relations
    • The U.S. State Department urges Americans to leave Venezuela immediately, following reports that Colectivos were targeting individuals holding American citizenship. (The Guardian)

• 2026 Paipa Piper PA-31 Navajo crash
  • Six people are killed, including Colombian musician Yeison Jiménez, when a Piper PA-31 Navajo crashes in Paipa, Boyacá Department, Colombia. (BNO News)
• The death toll from a garbage landslide in Cebu City, Philippines, rises to at least four, with authorities rescuing 12 of about 50 buried sanitation workers. (AFP via Arab News)

• 2025 Honduran general election
  • The Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Honduran Armed Forces Héctor Valerio informs that the already confirmed election results and the transfer of power would be guaranteed despite President Xiomara Castro's decree demanding a recount of the results. (Tiempo)

• Pornography Act
  • Indonesia suspends access to the Grok chatbot over concerns about the generation of pornographic content and summons representatives of its developer, xAI, for investigation. (Reuters)

• 2025–26 FA Cup
  • Macclesfield 2–1 Crystal Palace
    • In association football, National League North side Macclesfield beat the FA Cup defending champions Crystal Palace 2–1, in statistically the biggest upset in the competition's 155-year history. (BBC Sport)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian conflict
  • SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes
    • January 2026 Aleppo clashes
      • The Syrian defense ministry declares a ceasefire in the Ashrafiyah, Bani Zeid, and Sheikh Maqsood districts of Aleppo after several days of armed conflict, between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, that killed at least 21 people. (AFP via Arab News)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Kyiv strikes, Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine, kill four people and wound 28 others after several high-rise apartment buildings are targeted. The Qatari embassy is also damaged in the strikes. (Euronews)
    • Russia strikes Lviv in western Ukraine with its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, reportedly targeting a critical infrastructure site. (BBC News)
• Operation Southern Spear
  • United States oil blockade during Operation Southern Spear, Timor-Leste–United States relations
    • The United States military seizes a Timor-Leste-flagged oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, marking the fifth tanker seized as part of the blockade. (The Guardian) (The Patriot-News)
• Yemeni civil war
  • 2025 Southern Yemen offensive, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
    • A Southern Transitional Council (STC) delegation in Riyadh announces the group's dissolution following widespread territorial losses to the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. The STC rejects the announcement, saying the announcement was made under duress. (The New Arab)

• EU–Mercosur Association Agreement
  • Twenty-one of the 27 countries of the European Union approve a trade deal with Mercosur, which will create "the world's largest free trade area" after 25 years of talks. The deal is expected to be formally signed in Paraguay in the near future. (POLITICO)

• Fourteen people are killed and over 30 others are injured after a bus plunges into a gorge near Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, India. (Hindustan Times)

• 2026 Cedarbluff shootings
  • At least six people are in killed in spree shootings at three locations in Cedarbluff, Mississippi, United States. A 24-year-old man is taken into custody and charged with murder. (CTV News)

• 2025 Honduran general election
  • The National Congress of Honduras approves by majority vote a recount of the votes cast in the November 2025 general election, which is subsequently approved by a President Xiomara Castro's decree. (CNN in Spanish)