Portal:Current events/2026 January 9

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian conflict
  • SDF–Syrian transitional government clashes
    • January 2026 Aleppo clashes
      • The Syrian defense ministry declares a ceasefire in the Ashrafiyah, Bani Zeid, and Sheikh Maqsood districts of Aleppo after several days of armed conflict between government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces that killed at least 21 people. (AFP via Arab News)
• Operation Southern Spear
  • United States oil blockade during Operation Southern Spear
    • The United States military seizes a Timor-Leste-flagged oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, marking the fifth tanker seized as part of the blockade. (The Guardian) (The Patriot-News)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Kyiv strikes, Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine kill four people and wound 28 others after several high-rise apartment buildings are targeted. The Qatari embassy is also damaged in the strikes. (Euronews)
    • Russia strikes Lviv in western Ukraine with its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, reportedly targeting a critical infrastructure site. (BBC News)
• Yemeni civil war
  • 2025 Southern Yemen offensive, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
    • A Southern Transitional Council (STC) delegation in Riyadh announces the group's dissolution following widespread territorial losses to the Saudi-backed Yemeni government. The STC rejects the announcement, saying the announcement was made under duress. (The New Arab)

Business and economy

• EU–Mercosur Association Agreement
  • Twenty-one of the 27 countries of the European Union approve a trade deal with Mercosur, which will create "the world's largest free trade area" after 25 years of talks. The deal is expected to be formally signed in Paraguay in the near future. (Politico)

Disasters and accidents

• Fourteen people are killed and over 30 others are injured after a bus plunges into a gorge near Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, India. (Hindustan Times)
• Nine people are killed and 10 are injured after a bus crashes between Kano and Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria. (Daily Post)

Law and crime

• 2026 Cedarbluff shootings
  • At least six people are killed in spree shootings at three locations across Cedarbluff, Mississippi, United States. A 24-year-old man is taken into custody and charged with murder. (AP via CTV News)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Honduran general election
  • The National Congress of Honduras approves a recount of the votes cast in the November 2025 election, which is subsequently approved by President Xiomara Castro's decree. (CNN in Spanish) (Bloomberg)