Portal:Current events/2023 January 15

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
    • Kasindi church bombing
      • Ten people are killed and 39 others are injured when a bomb explodes at a Pentecostal church in Kasindi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • Former lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and one of her bodyguards are shot and killed in Kabul inside her home, while her brother and a second security guard are injured. Taliban police spokesman Khalid Zadran condemns the killing and says that a "serious investigation has been launched". (AFP via Arab News)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • Jihadists kidnap dozens of women in Arbinda, Sahel Region, Burkina Faso, according to local officials. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Yeti Airlines Flight 691
  • A plane which had departed from Kathmandu crashes in Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal, killing all 72 people on board. (BBC News) (Reuters)
• 2022–2023 California floods
  • President of the United States Joe Biden issues a major disaster declaration for the state of California following major flooding. (The Guardian)
• A light aircraft crashes in Nasrec, Johannesburg, South Africa, killing all three people on board. (UrduPoint)

Law and crime

• Two suspected drug traffickers are killed in a shootout with United States Customs and Border Protection officials off the coast of Puerto Rico. (AP)
• The Jamaica Constabulary Force seizes $80 million worth of cocaine from a cargo ship at the port of Kingston. (Reuters)