Portal:Current events/2014 January 16

January 16, 2014 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza–Israel conflict:
- Five people are injured on the Gaza Strip in an Israel Air Force raid following Palestinian militants firing a rocket towards Ashkelon. (BBC News) (The Times of Israel)
Syrian Civil War:
- A suicide bomber kills four people and injures 26 in the Lebanese town of Hermel, a Hezbollah stronghold near the Syrian border. (Reuters)
Post-Iraq War
- TMZ reveals photos of United States Marines burning bodies of Iraqis prompting an investigation from the Department of Defense. (CNN)

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

At least 13 people are dead and 40,000 are displaced in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province after severe floods. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
2014 Australian heat wave:
- Melbourne reaches 43.9 degrees Celsius (110 degrees Fahrenheit) with Australian Open matches postponed. (Reuters)
- Emergency services authorities warn of high bushfire dangers in southeastern Australia. (New Zealand Stuff)

International relations

The Guardian reports that the National Security Agency collects data from hundreds of millions of text messages each day. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych signs into law a bill aimed at curbing anti-government protests. (BBC News)
A German court in Munich rules that Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone should face bribery charges. (BBC News)
A child trafficking ring is smashed in the Philippines through the efforts of British, American, and Australian authorities. (USA Today)
Two people are arrested in Delhi after a Danish woman was gang-raped. (Voice of America)
According to a search warrant unsealed by a court in Bristol, Connecticut, former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, awaiting trial for a 2013 murder, is under investigation by Boston police as a suspect in a 2012 double homicide. (AP via ESPN)

Politics and elections

Technology

A British photographer designs and builds a drone as a low cost alternative for shooting nature documentaries. (Reuters)