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Yokozuna Kisenosato Yutaka

In sumo, Kisenosato Yutaka (pictured) is promoted as the 72nd yokozuna, becoming the first Japanese wrestler to earn the title in 19 years.
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom issues a ruling that an Act of Parliament is needed before the government can trigger Article 50 to leave the European Union.
Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms kill at least twenty people across the Southeastern United States.
A train derailment in Andhra Pradesh, India, kills forty-one people and injures sixty-eight others.

January 26, 2017 (Thursday)

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January 25, 2017 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Somali Civil War
- 28 people are killed in a coordinated attack on the Dayah Hotel in central Mogadishu. The terrorist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. (Yahoo) (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 20,000 for the first time ever. (CNBC)

Disasters and accidents

Over 800 homes are destroyed or flooded in Tahiti, French Polynesia, following severe storms over the weekend, with at least 4,000 people affected. (Radio New Zealand)

Human rights

Domestic violence
- The Russian Duma backs a law decriminalizing a first instance of domestic violence that does "not seriously injure" the person, making it an administrative offense. The bill also includes violence against children. (CNN)
Women's rights
- Belgium supports a plan by Dutch minister Lilianne Ploumen to launch a fund compensating worldwide for the United States' newly-reinstated Mexico City policy. (De Standaard) (Reuters)

International relations

Mexico–United States relations
- In a presidential address in response to US President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order to start the building of a border wall, Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto reinstates his policy that Mexico will not be paying for its construction. (The Telegraph)

Law and crime

The German government decides it will abolish the crime of lèse-majesté, almost one year after the Böhmermann affair. (AFP by Digital Journal)

Politics and elections

The Vatican City State announces that Pope Francis will name a Pontifical Delegate to head the Sovereign Military Order of Malta after Prince and Grand Master Matthew Festing's unexpected forced resignation in a spat over condoms. (Reuters)
Presidency of Donald Trump
- United States President Donald Trump announces that he intends to seek an investigation into possible voter fraud from last year's election. (Reuters) (FOX News)
- President Trump signs two executive orders related to immigration. One to take federal grant funding away from sanctuary cities, and another to build a wall along the US–Mexico border. (CNN)

Sports

The International Olympic Committee says that sprinter Nesta Carter took the banned substance methylhexaneamine while competing in the 2008 Olympic 4 × 100 metres relay. As a result, the Jamaican team is disqualified and Usain Bolt loses his ninth Olympic gold medal. (ESPN)
With a victory in the second stage of the Vuelta a San Juan, Tom Boonen becomes the first professional road cyclist to win a race on a bike equipped with disc brakes. (RoadCyclingUK)
In sumo wrestling, Kisenosato Yutaka becomes the 72^nd yokozuna. He is the first Japanese national to effect the promotion to the highest rank in 19 years. (Time)

January 24, 2017 (Tuesday)

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Arts and culture

89th Academy Awards
- Nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards are announced, with La La Land, Moonlight and Hidden Figures among the favorites. (Los Angeles Times)
Mashhad in northeastern Iran was officially named the capital of the Islamic culture in 2017 by the ISESCO. (Tasnim)

Disasters and accidents

California Governor Jerry Brown declares a state of emergency in 50 counties, as winter storms kill four and cause millions of dollars in damage. (The Weather Channel)
Rigopiano avalanche
- The death toll from the avalanche which buried the four-star luxury resort Hotel Rigopiano on 18 January rises to seventeen, with twelve others still missing. (ABC News)
An Italian rescue helicopter, carrying an injured skier from Gran Sasso d'Italia, crashes amid thick fog, killing six people. (BBC)
Fire destroys a kennel in Wasilla, Alaska, killing 46 Labrador Retrievers. Thirty-two other dogs survive the fire in the licensed shelter. (KTUU-TV)

Law and crime

Police discover US$20 million in a bed frame under a mattress at a Massachusetts home. The cash is believed to be linked to Telexfree, a pyramid scheme disguised as a company that claimed to provide internet phone services. A Brazilian man that police were following was charged in connection to the money. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Ken Wyatt is sworn in as the first Indigenous Australian ever to serve as a Federal minister, becoming the Minister for Indigenous Health and Aged Care. (ABC News)
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rules that the Government of the United Kingdom may not begin the formal Brexit process until Parliament votes in approval of the move. (BBC)
Israel approves the construction of 2,500 more new settlement homes in the West Bank, the most in years and the second time new homes were approved since Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States. (The Guardian)
Syrian peace process
- The second day of peace negotiations in Astana, Kazakhstan, end with the sponsors of the talks, Russia, Turkey and Iran, agreeing to set up commission between the three to monitor and enforce the fragile ceasefire to the Syrian Civil War. (The Guardian)
Gambian President Adama Barrow names Fatoumata Tambajang as Vice-President of the Gambia. (Al Jazeera)
Presidency of Donald Trump
- U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents approving the construction of both the Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines. (BBC)

January 23, 2017 (Monday)

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Yemeni Civil War
- The Yemeni Army claims to have recaptured the port city of Mocha from Houthi rebels. (Al Jazeera)
Sinai insurgency
- At least five Egyptian Army soldiers are killed by unknown gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

John D. Bates, United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, blocks a proposed merger by health insurance companies Aetna and Humana. (The New York Times)

Law and crime

2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
- According to an advisor to Gambian President Adama Barrow, more than 500 million dalasi, equivalent to US$11.3 million, are reported missing from state coffers after former President Yahya Jammeh left the country in exile. (BBC)
Following a joint police operation by Europol and Interpol last October and November across much of Europe, dubbed "Operation Pandora", more than 3,500 stolen artwork and artifacts are recovered, with 75 people arrested and 48,588 more being investigated. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Presidency of Donald Trump
- U.S. President Donald Trump issues Presidential memorandums to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and reinstates the Mexico City Policy, a policy banning U.S. aid to foreign organizations that use funds from other sources to perform or discuss abortions, which Barack Obama scrapped in 2009. (The Independent) (The Washington Post) (CNN)
Syrian peace process
- Peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, between the Syrian opposition and the Syrian Government, meant to build on a fragile ceasefire currently in effect in the Syrian Civil War, end with no breakthrough reported. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

January 22, 2017 (Sunday)

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Disasters and accidents

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hits west of Panguna, Papua New Guinea, beneath Bougainville Island. No immediate reports of casualties or major damage. Tsunami alert for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands is rescinded. (Reuters/AP via ABC) (TVNZ) (AFP via Yahoo! News) (USGS)
Chile has declared a state of emergency and requested international help to help deal with forest fires. (BBC)
January 21–22, 2017 tornado outbreak
- Severe storms kill at least 11 people and injure 23 in the U.S. state of Georgia. (BBC)
- The death toll in the southern United States rises to 18 with the Governor of Georgia Nathan Deal declaring a state of emergency in seven counties. (Yahoo! News Canada)

Law and crime

A shootout between armed robbers and civilian bystanders at the Rolling Oaks Mall in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., leaves one dead and seven wounded. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth announces his intention to resign on Monday and hand power over to his son, Pravind Jugnauth. (BBC)
Following the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Israel approves the construction of 566 new settlement homes in East Jerusalem. (BBC)
French Socialist Party presidential primary, 2017
- Voting takes place in the first round of the French Socialist Party presidential primary to select a candidate to run in this year's presidential election. (Reuters)
- Benoît Hamon wins the first round of voting and will now face runner-up former Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls in a second round run-off on January 29. (BBC)
The Indian state government of Tamil Nadu lifts its ban on the sport of Jallikattu, following five days of protests by demonstrators against the ban. (The New Indian Express)

January 21, 2017 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

War in North-West Pakistan
- 2017 Parachinar bombing
  - At least 22 people are killed and around 90 injured after a bomb explodes at a vegetable market in Parachinar in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. (Al Jazeera), (AP), (Bernama via AstroAwan), (Radio Pakistan)
  - Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al-Alami and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan released joint statements claiming responsibility through text messages sent to journalists. (Dawn News), (Reuters)
Syrian Civil War
- A car bomb attack occurs in the Rakban refugee camp near the Jordanian border. Casualty counts are currently unknown and no one has yet taken credit for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives during a firefight with Saudi security forces in Jeddah. (Al Jazeera)
Eight people are killed in Rafah, Egypt, after a shell lands on the home in which they were staying. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Kuneru train derailment
- The Hirakhand express 18448, a scheduled passenger train from Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar, derails near Kuneru in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. At least 25 are killed and around 200 others are injured. (The Deccan Chronicle)

Law and crime

Brazilian police enter the Alcacuz prison outside the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, after a week of fighting leaves 26 inmates dead. At least 126 people have been killed in Brazil's prisons since the beginning of the year. (AP)

Politics and elections

2017 Women's March and Inauguration of Donald Trump protests
- A crowd of over 500,000 gather in Washington DC, U.S., to advocate for women's rights and address the inauguration of Donald Trump (The New York Times) (L.A. Times)
- Marches occur across the U.S. and throughout the world, with 408 reported marches in the U.S. and 168 marches reported in other countries. (The New York Times)
- The Secret Service has reportedly said it will open an investigation into Madonna after the singer told the Women's March on Washington that she had thought about 'blowing up the White House'. (Daily Mail)
2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
- Former President Yahya Jammeh leaves The Gambia on a plane reportedly bound for Guinea. (BBC)

January 20, 2017 (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- ISIL militants destroy part of Palmyra's ancient Roman theatre. (BBC)
- An airstrike kills more than 40 Jabhat Fateh al-Sham fighters at a jihadist camp west of Aleppo. It is currently unknown whether American or Russian planes carried out the attack. (Reuters), (FOX News)

Arts and culture

The Woody Harrelson biopic Lost in London makes history as the first full-length feature film to be filmed and theatrically released simultaneously. (BBC) (The Guardian) (The Telegraph)

Business and economics

Toilets in Japan
- Japanese toilet industries agreed to standardize the iconography of electric toilet seat controls in order to make them less confusing for users. (The Japan Times) (BBC) (The Guardian) (Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association)

Disasters and accidents

Search continues for missing firefighters in Tehran's Plasco Building site after the building's deadly fire and collapsing last day. (CNN)
2017 Rigopiano avalanche
- Italian emergency crews rescue 10 people, including four children, from 16½ feet of snow and wreckage from the luxury Hotel Rigopiano following yesterday's Gran Sasso mountain avalanche. Searchers find four bodies, while families of at least 16 people still missing wait for news. (CBS News)
2017 Verona bus crash
- A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona in northern Italy with at least 18 people dead and 50 injured. (The Telegraph), (BBC)

International relations

United Kingdom–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump nominates New York Jets owner Woody Johnson to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. (Sky News)

Law and crime

At least four people have been killed and twenty injured after a man drives a car into the Bourke Street Mall in the CBD of the Australian city Melbourne. A man has been arrested and Victoria Police say the incident is not terror related. (Nine Network) (AAP via Yahoo! Australia)
Inauguration of Donald Trump protests
- Some protesters of the inauguration smash windows, damage cars, and clash with the police. Six police officers and at least one civilian are injured. DC police say 217 protesters have been arrested. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Inauguration of Donald Trump
- Donald Trump is officially sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. (The Telegraph)
2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
- Lieutenant General Ousman Badjie, chief of the Gambian army, recognizes Adama Barrow as the new commander-and-chief of the armed forces and says that his troops will not fight ECOWAS soldiers. (Reuters)
- President Adama Barrow announces that Yahya Jammeh has agreed step down and leave the country following an intervention by ECOWAS states. (BBC)
Cabinet of Donald Trump
- The U.S. Senate confirms the first two members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet: retired Marine General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense, and retired Marine general John F. Kelly as Secretary of Homeland Security. (CNN)

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Recent deaths
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Ongoing conflicts
Africa Algeria and Tunisia Maghreb insurgency ISIL insurgency in Tunisia Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria Boko Haram insurgency Central African Republic Civil war Democratic Republic of the Congo Kivu conflict ADF insurgency Ituri conflict Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Libya Civil war Mali Northern Mali conflict Somalia Civil war South Sudan Ethnic violence (South Sudanese Civil War) Sudan War in Darfur South Kordofan conflict Sudanese nomadic conflicts Americas Mexico Mexican War on Drugs Peru Internal conflict in Peru Asia Afghanistan Afghanistan War China Xinjiang conflict India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Northeast India India and Pakistan Kashmir conflict Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Moro conflict Cross border attacks in Sabah Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua conflict Myanmar Internal conflict in Myanmar Pakistan War in North-West Pakistan Balochistan conflict Philippines CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion Thailand South Thailand insurgency Europe Armenia and Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Georgia Abkhaz–Georgian conflict Georgian–Ossetian conflict Russia Chechen–Russian conflict North Caucasus insurgency Ukraine War in Donbass Russian military intervention in Ukraine Middle East Egypt Sinai insurgency Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria Arab–Israeli conflict Iran Iran–PJAK conflict Iraq American-led intervention in Iraq Iranian intervention in Iraq Iraq and Syria (map) Military intervention against ISIL Israel and Lebanon Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israel and Palestine Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Syria American-led intervention in Syria Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War Turkish military intervention in Syria Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon Turkey Turkey–PKK conflict Turkey–ISIL conflict Yemen Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Al-Qaeda insurgency edit sidebar

Elections and Referendums
Upcoming February 5: Liechtenstein, Landtag 12: Turkmenistan, President edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara Cambodia: Sam Rainsy China: Wan Qingliang, Ling Jihua, Zhoi Bin, Guo Boxiong Iran: Babak Zanjani Netherlands: Geert Wilders Philippines: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Nur Misuari, Joel Villanueva Romania: Liviu Dragnea, Gheorghe Ștefan, Gabriel Sandu, Dorin Cocoş, Dumitru Nicolae Spain: Lionel Messi United Kingdom: Chris Denning, Adam Johnson, Ched Evans United States: Bob McDonnell, Paul Anthony Ciancia International ICTY: Radovan Karadžić Ongoing China: Bai Enpei, Pan Yiyang, Yang Weize Germany: Beate Zschäpe Indonesia: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Mary Jane Veloso Pakistan: Waseem Azeem, Mufti Abdul Qawi Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Leila de Lima, Rodrigo Duterte, Jovito Palparan Romania: Dan Șova, Elena Udrea, Radu Mazăre, Gheorghe Nichita, Marian Vanghelie Russia: Alexei Navalny South Korea: Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil Spain: Gürtel case, Spanish Royal House, Bárcenas affair United States: Etan Patz United Kingdom: Rolf Harris, Barry Bennell International ICC: Laurent Gbagbo ICTY: Ratko Mladić Upcoming China: Wu Changshun Egypt: Mohamed Morsi Estonia: Edgar Savisaar Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Rick Perry, Bill Cosby edit sidebar