Tens of thousands joined an economic blackout in Minneapolis and across Minnesota, with closures, arrests and a march through subzero weather after the death of Renee Good.
Vietnam’s ruling party has re-elected To Lam as general secretary, strengthening his position at the top of the state and sharpening focus on economic reform.
AP said Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council moved to oust acting prime minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé two weeks before the council was due to dissolve.
Police say a former teacher opened fire at Ntabankulu Primary School in Eastern Cape, killing two women teachers and leaving another educator critically injured.
Authorities urged residents of the small New South Wales town to stay indoors while more than 100 officers searched for a 37-year-old man described as armed and dangerous.
Authorities arrested more than 85 people and seized about 1,000 metric tons of precursor chemicals in what Europol called its largest operation against synthetic drugs.
The Nationals say their alliance with the Liberals has become untenable after a row over proposed hate speech reforms, leaving the opposition split for the second time since the election.
Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency says two former top commanders and the wife of one of them will face charges over alleged procurement irregularities, marking an escalation in a case that has reached the military’s highest ranks.
Thailand’s prime minister says a nationwide crackdown seized more than 330 million methamphetamine tablets, arrested over 88,000 suspects and froze assets worth about $140 million over four months, on the event date 2026-01-20.
Large demonstrations in German cities including Frankfurt, Dortmund and Bremen followed renewed fighting in northeastern Syria and ended with a ceasefire announcement on Tuesday evening.
The left-leaning head of state says he is stepping down as Bulgaria faces another election and a prolonged crisis over corruption and government collapse.
A 30-day state of emergency followed a day of prison mutinies and gang attacks that left nine officers dead and several prisons back under state control.
On January 19, 2026, former Philippine senator Bong Revilla surrendered to police after a court ordered his arrest over an alleged flood-control project misuse.
André Ventura finished second in Portugal’s presidential vote and will face Socialist candidate António José Seguro in a runoff after a fragmented first round.
President Bernardo Arévalo imposed a nationwide state of emergency on January 18, 2026, after gang-related attacks killed eight police officers and inmates took dozens of prison staff hostage.
Uganda’s electoral commission declared President Yoweri Museveni the winner of a seventh term, while opposition leader Bobi Wine denounced the outcome and said he was in hiding after a raid on his home.