Portal:Current events/2015 January 5

January 5, 2015 (Monday)

Boko Haram
- News emerges that on January 3 hundreds of Boko Haram militants overran several towns in northeast Nigeria and captured the military base in Baga. (Wall Street Journal)
Libyan Civil War (2014–present)
- A Libyan warplane bombs a Greek-operated oil tanker anchored offshore the city of Derna, killing two sailors, one Greek and one Romanian. The Greek government condemned what it called an "unprovoked and cowardly" attack and demanded an investigation and punishment for those responsible. (Reuters)
Two militants, one wearing a suicide vest, kill two Saudi Arabian border guards and a general near the border with Iraq. (Businessweek)
Bangladeshi police report that two opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists are shot dead in clashes with members of the ruling Awami League in the town of Natore on the first anniversary of disputed general election. (BBC)
A suicide car bomber hits the headquarters of EUPOL Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing one person and injuring five others. The Taliban have claimed responsibility. (AP via ABC)

A Czech archaelogical team discovers the tomb of formerly unknown Ancient Egyptian queen Khentakawess III. (CNN)

China relaxes controls over the export of rare earth elements after losing a case brought by the United States at the World Trade Organization. (AP)
Ireland becomes the first European nation to be allowed to export beef to the United States since the mad cow disease scare 15 years ago. (AP via Star Tribune)

For the second day in a row a multi-story residential building in Nairobi, Kenya, collapses, this time an 8-story building, killing one person with eight people still missing. (AP via ABC)
An avalanche near the Rettenbach glacier in the Austrian Alps, kills two prospects for the United States ski team, Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle. (AP)
After being grounded in Abu Dhabi for over 12 hours with all passengers onboard, Etihad Airways Flight 183 completes its flight to San Francisco International Airport. (KRON).

South Korea announces that it will repatriate the remains of Chinese Peoples Liberation Army soldiers killed in the Korean War. (Yonhap)
Lebanon implements stricter immigration rules on its Syrian border in response to the refugee crisis caused by the Syrian Civil War. (Reuters)

Taiwan's justice ministry releases former President Chen Shui-bian from jail on a one-month medical parole. (BBC)
The anti-graft body of the Communist Party of China detains Yang Weize, incumbent Party Secretary of Nanjing, the provincial capital of Jiangsu province, for investigation. (SCMP)
The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in relation to the Boston marathon bombings begins with jury selection. (AFP via Times of India)