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January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15) (Friday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- Taliban insurgency
- At least nine security personnel are killed in Kunduz, near the border with Tajikistan, when Taliban insurgents simultaneously attack two checkpoints. (Al Arabiya English)
- Taliban insurgency
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- Indonesia reports a record 12,818 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, including 3,095 in West Java, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 882,418. (detikHealth)
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- China reports 144 new cases, majority of them are in Hebei and Northeastern Heilongjiang province. It is the highest number of daily cases in 10 months and brings the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 87,988. (The Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
- Germany surpasses two million cases of COVID-19. (France 24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- 2020–2021 H5N8 outbreak
- Authorities in Namibia suspend the import and transit of poultry from European countries where an outbreak of the Avian influenza subtype H5N8 has been reported. (Xinhua)
Law and crime
- The family of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, loses a posthumous appeal at a top Scottish court against his conviction. al-Megrahi, who died in 2012, was the only person convicted for the terrorist attack whereas his family claimed he was victim of a "miscarriage of justice". (BBC)
Politics and elections
- 2021 Ugandan general election
- Opposition activist Bobi Wine claims victory in the presidential election, despite early results giving incumbent President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead, calling the results "a joke". (France 24)
- The Communist Party of Laos elects Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith as its new Secretary-General, replacing retiring chief Bounnhang Vorachit. Sisoulith was elected for a five-year term as leader of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the top post in the country, and part of the country Politburo. (Reuters)