Portal:Current events/2024 January 10

January 10, 2024 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Red Sea crisis
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2722
  - The United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution condemning Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea. (The Washington Post)
Somali Civil War
- Al-Shabaab insurgents capture a United Nations helicopter carrying seven people, killing one person and abducting five others, while the seventh person is missing. The helicopter landed in al-Shabaab-controlled territory after encountering "a defect" shortly after takeoff from Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. (AP)

Business and economy

Law and crime

2024 Papua New Guinean unrest
- Riots occur in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, following a strike by police over a reduction in their pay. Ten people are killed and 13 others are seriously injured as a result of the riots. (RNZ) (The National)
Capital punishment in Pakistan
- The Supreme Court of Pakistan upholds the 2019 death sentence upon former leader Pervez Musharraf, who lived in exile in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, until his death in February 2023. (Dawn)

Politics and elections

Sports