January 13, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2024 missile strikes in Yemen
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria, a day after nine Turkish soldiers were killed in a shooting in Iraq. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 El Carmen de Atrato landslide
- A landslide in El Carmen de Atrato, Chocó, Colombia, kills 37 people and injures at least 35 others. (AP)
- At least 21 miners are killed and several others are trapped following a collapse at a gold mine in Simiyu Region, Tanzania. (Xinhua)
Law and Crime
- A familicide in Richmond, Texas, United States kills five people including the gunman, 46-year-old Alrick Alphanso Barrett. (GVA)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Taiwanese general election
- 2024 Taiwanese legislative election
- The opposition Nationalist Party of China wins the most seats in the Legislative Yuan but no party receives an absolute majority. (Taiwan News)
- 2024 Taiwanese presidential election
- Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is elected president of Taiwan. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Taiwanese legislative election