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Timeline of world events

1 January 2024

 * The Republic of Artsakh officially ceases to exist.
 * Israeli forces withdraw from neighbourhoods in North Gaza, including Sheikh Radwan, al-Mina district and parts of Tel al-Hawa.
 * Hemedti meet with a delegation of the Civil Democratic Forces alliance (Taqaddum) led by former Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok in Addis Ababa, during which he agrees to release 451 captives held by the RSF, ensure humanitarian access and protection of civilians, and commit to a ceasefire through direct negotiations with the SAF.
 * A 7.5 earthquake strikes the western coast of Japan, killing more than 230 people and injuring over 1,000 others.
 * The leader of the Nasserist Party, Sattea al-Haj, was arrested by Sudanese military intelligence in what was seen as a crackdown by the SAF on anti-war figures.
 * The governor of North Darfur, Abdel Rahman, is dismissed from his position by Burhan.
 * Estonia becomes the 36th country in the world to legalise same-sex couples.
 * Pro-Russian authorities in Donetsk claim that four people were killed and 13 others were injured by Ukrainian shelling in the city.
 * A museum in Lviv about Roman Shukhevych is set on fire by a Russian drone.
 * YouTuber Lynja dies at age 67.
 * Disney's copyright protection on Steamboat Willie and the original Mickey Mouse expires and enter the public domain.
 * Three people are killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.
 * Two people are killed in a Russian drone attack in Sumy Oblast.
 * Norway allowed its domestic weapons manufacturers to sell directly to Ukraine.
 * Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates join BRICS.

2 January 2024

 * Russia launches a missile attack on Kyiv and Kharkiv, killing six people and injuring 127.
 * Falling debris in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast take out a power line and in Mykolaiv Oblast falling debris start a fire.
 * Two people are killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast.
 * A Russian Air Force aircraft accidentally releases its explosive ordinance on the Russian village of Petropavlovka, Voronezh Oblast, injuring four people and damaging six or seven buildings.
 * Israel decides to appear before the ICJ in response to the case made by South Africa.
 * The SAF launches airstrikes on RSF positions in Wad Madani, Sennar, and the Khartoum area.
 * Turkey blocks two minehunter vessels donated by the UK from entering the Turkish Straits on its way to Ukraine.
 * An Israeli airstrike in the Dahieh neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, kills seven people, including Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chairman of Hamas' political bureau, and two other senior Hamas military officials.
 * Claudine Gay resigns as president of Harvard University.

3 January 2024

 * Three people are killed in Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast and Avdiivka.
 * 230 Ukrainian POWs and 248 Russians were released in the largest prisoner exchange between the two countries since the 2022 invasion.
 * The SPLM-N (al-Hilu) retake most of Habila from the RSF.
 * Norway announced it would send two F-16s to Denmark to help train Ukrainian pilots.
 * Hemedti meet with Kenyan President William Ruto in Nairobi.
 * 103 people are killed and 284 others injured in a double bombing in Kerman, Iran.

4 January 2024

 * Two people are killed and seven others are injured during a mass school shooting in Perry, Iowa, United States.

21 January 2024

 * Hamas releases an 18-page English-language document reiterating its previously stated rationales and framing the attack in a wider context as a struggle against colonialism, describing its actions as "a necessary step and a normal response to confront all Israeli conspiracies against the Palestinian people".

22 January 2024

 * NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 begins.

20 March 2024

 * 321 new Patria 6×6 are delivered to the Swedish Army.

12 April 2024

 * The Swedish Armed Forces finish prototype for a new parade helmet.