Senator The US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as the new chair of the Federal Reserve; Yellen will be the first woman to hold this post.
Venezuela Venezuelan beauty queen Mónica Spear and her British ex-husband are murdered during a carjacking in Caracas.
Colleen LaRose American-born Colleen LaRose, who calls herself Jihad Jane, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for a failed al Qaeda-linked plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks who had depicted the head of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad on a dog.
Czech Republic The Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout uses strong words to condemn the discovery of illegal weapons at the Palestinian embassy complex where a possible booby-trapped safe killed the ambassador Jamal al-Jamal on January 1, saying it is "a serious violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations."
2014 North American cold wave Record low temperatures are predicted for parts of the United States with wind chill temperatures expected to drop as low as -51 °C.
Nigeria Gunmen kill 30 people in the central Nigerian village of Shonong in the Riyom local government area.
Ghazni A suicide car bomber detonates at a police checkpoint in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, killing three police officers.
Khyber Agency A bomb detonates in a tribal elder's home in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, killing 10 people and injuring another nine.