Monday 12^th January

Israeli-backed group kills a senior Hamas police officer in Gaza and threatens more attacks. (Reuters)

Roadside bomb targeting police vehicle kills 6 officers in northwest Pakistan. (AP)

Spain to tighten rental rules with room rent caps. (Reuters)

Elephant kills 20 in Indian state as rescue efforts continue. (BBC News)

Morocco declares end of seven-year drought after winter rains. (Reuters)

Sweden makes record three-ton seizure of cocaine from South America. (Reuters)

Tuesday 13^th January

Over 12,000 feared dead after Iran protests, as video shows bodies lined up at morgue. (CBS News)

Landslide in eastern Congo kills at least 13, with over 30 still missing. (AP)

Mexico arrests 6 alleged members of Tren de Argua and 4 of Jalisco New Generation Cartel. (AP)

Uganda cuts internet days before presidential election. (Al Jazeera)

Wednesday 14^th January

Community leader says armed men kill 15 people in northwestern Cameroon. (AP)

Swiss regions ban pyrotechnics after ski bar fire. (BBC News)

At least 32 people were killed after a crane fell on a train in Thailand. (Reuters)

Azerbaijan releases four Armenian prisoners in a sign of deepening peace. (Reuters)

Minneapolis ICE shot one person. (ABC News)

Thursday 15^th January

An explosion and fire in the Dutch city of Utrecht was caused by a gas leak. (BBC News)

Two people are dead after another construction crane collapsed in Thailand. (BBC News)

Japan and the Philippines sign a new defence pact amid growing Chinese aggression. (AP)

Friday 16^th January

Canada’s leader patches things up with China as rift with Trump upends old certainties. (CNN)

More than 100 dead in torrential rains and floods across southern Africa. (AP)

At least seven killed in Ugandan post-election violence, police say. (Reuters)

Uganda’s president heads for victory as his main rival cries foul. (BBC News)

A South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 years in prison on charges related to the martial law decree. (AP)

Malaysia freezes army and police procurement decisions linked to corruption, PM says. (Reuters)

Saturday 17^th January

The Syrian government forces capture many towns in Aleppo governorate, as the Syrian Democratic Forces withdraw from their positions. (Al Jazeera)

Iraq takes full control of air base after US withdrawal, defence ministry says. (Reuters)

Chile declares ‘state of catastrophe’ as wildfires leave at least 18 dead. (BBC News)

A massive fire engulfed dozens of shops at a shopping mall in southern Pakistan, killing 3 people. (AP)

Protests in Greenland and Denmark against Trump’s plans. (BBC News)

Sunday 18^th January

Tribal forces allied with the Syrian Army take control of the Mashlan neighbourhood in Raqqa from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. (Al Jazeera)

Syrian army seizes country’s largest oil field from Kurdish forces. (BBC News)

Nigerian airstrike kills scores of militants in Borno. (Reuters)

Russia strikes 6 Ukrainian regions, killing at least 2 people. (DW)

Chinese steel factory officials were detained after an explosion that left 4 dead and 6 missing. (AP)

Hard-Right populist wins a place in a two-way runoff in Portugal’s presidential election. (AP)