Editing 2024 (section)

=== January ===
[[File:R6 noto earthquake wajima burned-out-asaichi-area 2024-02-17 10.jpg|thumb|Damage caused by the [[2024 Noto earthquake|7.5 magnitude earthquake]] and subsequent fires in the city of Wajima, Japan]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[Egypt]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Iran]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]] become [[BRICS]] members.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |date=August 24, 2023 |last=Sharma |first=Shweta |title=Brics countries agree major expansion as 6 countries invited to join |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/brics-2023-summit-new-members-saudi-uae-iran-b2398553.html |access-date=August 24, 2023 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825032330/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/brics-2023-summit-new-members-saudi-uae-iran-b2398553.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The [[Republic of Artsakh]] is formally dissolved following the [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh|recapture]] of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] region by [[Azerbaijan]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ebel|first1=Francesca|title=Defeated by force, Nagorno-Karabakh government declares it will dissolve|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/28/nagorno-karabakh-dissolved-azerbaijan-armenia/|access-date=28 September 2023|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=28 September 2023}}</ref>
** A 7.5 [[Seismic magnitude scales#Mww|M<small>ww</small>]] [[2024 Noto earthquake|earthquake strikes]] the western coast of [[Japan]] ([[Noto Peninsula]]), killing at least 504 people and injuring 1,389 others.<ref name="CMO">{{cite report|title=Reiwa 6-nen Notohantō jishin ni yoru higai-tō no jōkyō ni tsuite (kiki kanri kansatsu-shitsu)|script-title=ja:令和６年能登半島地震による被害等の状況について(危機管理監室)|trans-title=Regarding the status of damage caused by the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Crisis Management Office)|url=https://www.pref.ishikawa.lg.jp/saigai/documents/higaihou_182_0107_1400.pdf|access-date=7 January 2025|lang=ja|publisher=Crisis Management Office, [[Ishikawa Prefecture]]|date=7 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="ANSS1">{{cite web |title=M 7.5 – 42&nbsp;km NE of Anamizu, Japan |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m0xl/executive |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |access-date=1 January 2024 |date=1 January 2024 |archive-date=January 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101074051/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m0xl/executive |url-status=live }}</ref> A further 5 are killed the next day when a [[Japan Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] aircraft carrying [[humanitarian aid]] was [[2024 Haneda Airport runway collision|involved in a collision]] with a [[Japan Airlines]] [[Airbus A350-900]] aircraft, destroying both aircraft. All 379 people aboard the passenger jet are evacuated safely.<ref>{{cite web |title=JAL plane on fire at Haneda Airport after colliding with Japan Coast Guard plane |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240102_303/ |website=NHK WORLD |language=en |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103154820/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240102_303/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Ethiopia]] announces an [[2024 Ethiopia–Somaliland memorandum of understanding|agreement]] with [[Somaliland]] to use the port of [[Berbera]]. Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's [[Somaliland Declaration of Independence|independence]], becoming the first country to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/landlocked-ethiopia-signs-pact-use-somalilands-red-sea-port-2024-01-01/|date=January 1, 2024|title=Landlocked Ethiopia signs Pact to Use Somaliland's Red Sea Port|website=Reuters}}</ref>
* [[January 2]] – [[2023 Marshallese general election]]: The [[Legislature of the Marshall Islands]] elects [[Hilda Heine]] as [[President of the Marshall Islands|President]] for a second non-consecutive term during its first session following the general election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03 |title=Hilda Heine sworn in as President of the Marshall Islands |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/505980/hilda-heine-sworn-in-as-president-of-the-marshall-islands |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104002558/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/505980/hilda-heine-sworn-in-as-president-of-the-marshall-islands |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – [[2024 Kerman bombings]]: An Islamic State double bombing kills 94 people during a memorial event commemorating the [[assassination of Qasem Soleimani]] in [[Kerman]], Iran.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-06 |title=Death toll in Islamic State-claimed suicide blasts rises to 91 |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-islamic-state-soleimani-attack-killed-b6f1fee20401e0520fc0c1b7a042a7b2 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106093100/https://apnews.com/article/iran-islamic-state-soleimani-attack-killed-b6f1fee20401e0520fc0c1b7a042a7b2 |url-status=live }}</ref> The bombing was carried out using two [[briefcase bomb]]s placed at the entrance that were detonated remotely.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dozens killed in blasts near Iran general's tomb |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/3/blasts-reported-as-iran-commemorates |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103152113/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/3/blasts-reported-as-iran-commemorates |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 7]] – [[2024 Bangladeshi general election]]: The [[Awami League]], led by incumbent [[Sheikh Hasina]], wins a 4th consecutive term amid protests by opposition parties and a large drop in voter turnout.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bangladesh Election Commission schedules parliamentary polls for Jan 7 |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/5ps4txfm44 |access-date=2023-11-16 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116050840/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/5ps4txfm44 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-07 |title=Bangladesh election: PM Sheikh Hasina wins fourth term in controversial vote |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67889387 |access-date=2024-01-08 |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=January 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107212214/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67889387 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 8]]
** [[Said Abdullahi Deni]] is elected [[President of Puntland]] by the [[6th Parliament of Puntland|Puntland Parliament]] after three rounds in the [[2024 Puntland presidential election|2024 Punttland presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-08/oil-rich-somali-region-s-parliament-meets-to-elect-new-president Lawmakers Reelect President of Oil-Rich Somali Puntland Region]</ref>
** [[2024 Ecuadorian conflict]]: [[President of Ecuador|Ecuadorian President]] [[Daniel Noboa]] declares a [[state of emergency]] following the escape of Los Choneros drug cartel leader [[José Adolfo Macías Villamar]] from prison. The [[Armed Forces of Ecuador|military]] was deployed onto the streets and into prisons, while setting a national nighttime [[curfew]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-09 |title=Ecuador declares state of emergency amid prison chaos |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-declares-state-emergency-amid-prison-chaos-2024-01-08/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 9]] – Two Polish MPs: former Interior Minister [[Mariusz Kaminski]] and his then-deputy [[Maciej Wasik]], are arrested by police inside the [[Presidential Palace, Warsaw|Presidential Palace]] in [[Warsaw]] following a legal dispute over their conviction and [[pardon]] for {{ill|Land affair|lt=abuse of power|pl|Afera gruntowa}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-10 |title=Poland's president vetoes law on free access to morning-after pill for ages 15 and above |url=https://apnews.com/article/poland-government-tusk-duda-kaminski-wasik-arrest-b7d0e4643caffae3dc4689b399533abc |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Associated Press |language=en-GB |archive-date=2024-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227144952/https://apnews.com/article/poland-government-tusk-duda-kaminski-wasik-arrest-b7d0e4643caffae3dc4689b399533abc |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Maciej Wąsik i Mariusz Kamiński zatrzymani. Trafili do aresztu śledczego |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art39675591-maciej-wasik-i-mariusz-kaminski-zatrzymani-trafili-do-aresztu-sledczego |publisher=Rzeczpospolita |access-date=4 March 2025 |language=pl}}</ref> On 23 January, President [[Andrzej Duda]] pardoned them for the second time, and the police released them from prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-23 |title=Poland's president pardons 2 imprisoned politicians from previous conservative government — again |url=https://apnews.com/article/poland-opposition-imprisoned-exministers-president-5797bd393872d836d55462372249ea5d |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Associated Press |language=en-GB |archive-date=2024-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304181403/https://apnews.com/article/poland-opposition-imprisoned-exministers-president-5797bd393872d836d55462372249ea5d |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 11]] – [[2024 Papua New Guinean unrest|Riots]] break out throughout [[Papua New Guinea]] after an alleged rounding error causes pay cuts for police officers and soldiers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-11 |title=At least 10 dead after looting, fires on Port Moresby's 'darkest day' |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/506478/at-least-10-dead-after-looting-fires-on-port-moresby-s-darkest-day |access-date=2024-01-11 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111190907/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/506478/at-least-10-dead-after-looting-fires-on-port-moresby-s-darkest-day |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 12]] – [[Operation Prosperity Guardian]]: A U.S.-led coalition [[2024 missile strikes in Yemen|launches airstrikes]] at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthis' [[Red Sea crisis|attacks on ships in the Red Sea]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/11/us-strike-yemen-houthis-red-sea/ |title=U.S.-led coalition strikes Iran-aligned Houthi militants in Yemen |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112225133/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/11/us-strike-yemen-houthis-red-sea/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 13]] – [[2024 Taiwanese presidential election]]: [[Lai Ching-te]] of the ruling [[Democratic Progressive Party]] wins with 40% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-13 |title=Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te, from incumbent pro-sovereignty party, as president |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/taiwan-ruling-partys-lai-ching-te-wins-presidential-election |access-date=2024-01-13 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |archive-date=January 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113122925/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/13/taiwan-ruling-partys-lai-ching-te-wins-presidential-election |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 14]]
** [[Margrethe II]] formally [[Abdication of Margrethe II|abdicates]] as [[Monarchy of Denmark|Queen of Denmark]] on the 52nd anniversary of her accession, with her eldest son Frederik succeeding her as King [[Frederik X]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-31 |title=Queen Margrethe II: Danish monarch announces abdication live on TV |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67854395 |access-date=2023-12-31 |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231173513/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67854395 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2024 Comorian presidential election]]: Amid an opposition boycott, incumbent president [[Azali Assoumani]] wins re-election with 62.9% of the vote and only 16.3% voter turnout.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Unrest grips Comoros as opposition rejects president's re-election |url=https://www.france24.com/en/afrique/20240117-unrest-grips-comoros-opposition-rejects-president-re-election |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=France 24 |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117211240/https://www.france24.com/en/afrique/20240117-unrest-grips-comoros-opposition-rejects-president-re-election |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Comoros To Hold Presidential Vote On January 14 |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/comoros-to-hold-presidential-vote-on-January-14-671cffbe |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Barrons |language=en-US |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020223730/https://www.barrons.com/news/comoros-to-hold-presidential-vote-on-January-14-671cffbe |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – Following a brief [[2023 Guatemalan general election#Political crisis|political crisis]] in the aftermath of the [[2023 Guatemalan general election|2023 elections]], [[Bernardo Arévalo]] is [[Inauguration of Bernardo Arévalo|inaugurated]] as the 52nd [[President of Guatemala]].<ref name="AP News 2023">{{cite web |date=August 20, 2023 |title=Progressive Arévalo is 'virtual winner' of Guatemala election after corruption angered voters |url=https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-election-torres-arevalo-d5bffc895c90570aafa77a0b2056a640 |access-date=August 21, 2023 |website=AP News |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930165640/https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-election-torres-arevalo-d5bffc895c90570aafa77a0b2056a640 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="delay">{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-arevalo-inauguration-opposition-f968cd763fa6540a784ea9612fc33e38|title=Guatemalans angered as president-elect's inauguration delayed by wrangling in Congress|first=Sonia Pérez|last=D.|publisher=Associated Press|date=14 January 2024|access-date=14 January 2024|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114145151/https://apnews.com/article/guatemala-arevalo-inauguration-opposition-f968cd763fa6540a784ea9612fc33e38|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – Iran carries out a series of missile and drone strikes within [[Balochistan, Pakistan]], claiming that it had targeted the Iranian Baloch militant group [[Jaish ul-Adl]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67999465|title=Iran admits carrying out deadly strike on Pakistan territory|website=BBC|date=17 January 2024|access-date=8 May 2024|archive-date=January 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117180319/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67999465|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – Pakistan conducts retaliatory airstrikes on Iran's [[Sistan and Baluchestan province]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68014882|title=Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes into Iran, killing nine people|website=BBC|date=18 January 2024|access-date=8 May 2024|archive-date=January 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118050442/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68014882|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – Japan becomes [[Moon landing#Uncrewed landings|the 5th country]] to achieve a soft landing on the [[Moon]], with its [[Smart Lander for Investigating Moon|SLIM]] mission.<ref>{{cite web |title=Japan makes contact with 'Moon Sniper' on lunar surface |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/science-environment-68019846 |access-date=19 January 2024 |date=19 January 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119143351/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/science-environment-68019846 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Japan's 'Moon Sniper' made successful 'pin-point' landing, says space agency|url=https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240125-japan-s-moon-sniper-makes-successful-pin-point-landing-says-space-agency |access-date=25 January 2024 |date=25 January 2024 |work=France 24}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] – [[2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash]]: A Russian [[Ilyushin Il-76]] military transport plane carrying (according to Russia) 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, 6 crew members, and 3 guards crashes in Russia's [[Korochansky District]], near the [[Russia–Ukraine border|Ukrainian border]], killing everyone on board.<ref>{{cite web |title=No survivors on plane Russia says was carrying 65 Ukrainian PoWs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-68079336 |access-date=24 January 2024 |date=24 January 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=January 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124102422/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-68079336 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 26]]
**[[Gaza war]]: The [[UN]]'s [[International Court of Justice]] rules that [[Israel]] must take all measures to prevent [[Palestinian genocide accusation#2023 Israel–Hamas war|genocidal acts in Gaza]], but stops short of ordering an immediate halt to operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, top UN court says |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-68097640 |access-date=26 January 2024 |date=26 January 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=January 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126131421/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-68097640 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[2024 Tuvaluan general election]]: [[Kausea Natano]], the incumbent [[Prime Minister of Tuvalu]], loses reelection to [[Parliament of Tuvalu|Parliament]].<ref name=":03">{{Cite web |last=Needham |first=Kirsty |date=27 January 2024 |title=Tuvalu's pro-Taiwan leader loses seat in national election |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalus-pro-taiwan-leader-loses-seat-national-election-2024-01-26/ |website=Reuters |access-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-date=January 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127023935/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalus-pro-taiwan-leader-loses-seat-national-election-2024-01-26/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A month later, [[Feleti Teo]] was elected prime minister.<ref name="R24-2-26">{{cite web |last=Needham |first=Kirsty |date=26 February 2024 |title=Taiwan ally Tuvalu names Feleti Teo as new prime minister |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalu-name-new-prime-minister-monday-2024-02-25/ |access-date=26 February 2024 |work=Reuters |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226011430/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/tuvalu-name-new-prime-minister-monday-2024-02-25/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – [[Sultan of Johor]] [[Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor|Ibrahim Iskandar]] ascends the throne as the 17th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/01/31/sultan-ibrahim-takes-oath-as-17th-yang-di-pertuan-agong|title=Sultan Ibrahim takes oath as 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong|website=The Star|date=31 January 2024|access-date=7 February 2024|archive-date=January 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131114436/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/01/31/sultan-ibrahim-takes-oath-as-17th-yang-di-pertuan-agong|url-status=live}}</ref>