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Current events of January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24) (Saturday)

War in Donbass
- A rocket attack on an open-air market in Mariupol, Ukraine leaves at least 27 people killed and more than 90 injured. The pro-Russian rebel leader, Alexander Zakharchenko, announces an offensive on Mariupol. (AP via ABC News) (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- The Islamic State kills eight Lebanese soldiers in the northeastern Lebanese village of Ras Baalbek. (AP)
- Japan states that it is seeking to verify a video that claims the killing of Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa by Islamic State militants. (BBC)

Target Canada announces layoffs of 17,000 employees and closure of 133 stores. (CBC)

A measles outbreak, believed to have originated from Disneyland (Anaheim), spreads from California to four other states and Mexico. (AJC)
- At least eighty-five cases are confirmed in two additional states, including Nebraska. Forty-eight are linked to Disneyland. (CBS)