Portal:Current events/2024 January 30
January 30, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Ukrainian forces say that they shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter jet over Luhansk Oblast. (Kyiv Post)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Four people are killed and six more injured during an explosion caused by a bomb at a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's rally in Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Dawn)
- Balochistan Liberation Army separatists launch rockets against security forces in Machh, Balochistan, Pakistan, killing a police officer and injuring 15 others, in response to Pakistan's Operation Marg Bar Sarmachar. Six militants are killed in the ensuing shootout. (AP)
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Twelve people are killed during an attack by Allied Democratic Forces militants against three villages in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
Arts and culture
- Decommunization in Ukraine
- Monuments and memorials removed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Lviv Oblast becomes the first oblast in Ukraine to remove all Soviet Union-era monuments. (Reuters)
- Monuments and memorials removed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- A bus collides with a truck on a highway in Elota, Sinaloa, Mexico, killing 19 people and injuring 18 others. (AP)
- Four people are killed and 15 others are rescued after a boat capsizes while travelling between Cancún and Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (AP)
Law and crime
- Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal
- One former and four current National Hockey League players who took part in the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships are charged with sexual assault in London, Ontario, Canada in connection with the 2018 investigation. (CBC)
- Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan is sentenced to ten years in prison for leaking state secrets. (BBC News)