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January 3, 2024
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2024-01-03
)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
,
Turkey–Ukraine relations
Turkey
denies access to the
Black Sea
for two
Royal Navy
minehunters
saying their transit of the
Bosporus
and
Dardanelles
straits would be in violation of the
Montreux Convention of 1936
.
(
The Independent
)
Ukraine
and
Russia
complete their first
prisoner exchange
in nearly five months, releasing over 200 people on each side, facilitated by
mediation
from the
United Arab Emirates
.
(Reuters)
Myanmar civil war
Operation 1027
The
Ta'ang National Liberation Army
claimed to have taken control of the town of Mongngaw in
Kyaukme Township
in Shan State.
(Irrawaddy)
Colombian conflict
The
Clan del Golfo
detonate
explosives
at an
army
encampment
in
Turbo
,
Antioquia Department
,
Colombia
, killing a soldier and injuring 12 others.
(ABC News)
Kerman bombings
Eighty nine people are killed and 284 others injured in a double
bombing
in
Kerman
,
Iran
, during a ceremony marking the fourth
anniversary
of the
assassination of Qasem Soleimani
.
(AP)
Law and crime
2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt
A court in
Freetown
,
Sierra Leone
,
charges
former
president
Ernest Bai Koroma
with four offences, including
treason
for his alleged role during the November
coup
attempt.
(France 24)
Capital punishment in India
A court in
India
sentences
two men
to death
over
a train bombing in 2005
which killed 14 people.
(
Deccan Herald
)
A court in the
U.S. state
of
New York
releases unsealed documents containing the associates list of
Jeffrey Epstein
to the public.
(
The Independent
)
Three men are stabbed and injured on a
train
at
Akihabara Station
in
Tokyo
,
Japan
.
(Reuters)
Politics and elections
Hilda Heine
is sworn in as
President
of the
Marshall Islands
.
(RNZ)
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