## [2026-01-15](/feed/2026/01/15/index.md)

##### NASA
### [The members of NASA commercial Crew-11, who had been docked at the International Space Station (ISS) since August 2025, land on Earth one month early following the first-ever medical evacuation from the ISS. ](/feed/2026/01/15/the-members-of-nasa-commercial-crew-11-who-had-been-docked-at-the-international-space-station-iss-since-august-2025.md)
##### Yemen
### [Yemeni prime minister Salem Saleh bin Braik resigns, and president Rashad al-Alimi appoints Shaea Muhssin to be the new prime minister. ](/feed/2026/01/15/yemeni-prime-minister-salem-saleh-bin-braik-resigns-and-president-rashad-al-alimi-appoints-shaea-muhssin-to-be-the-new.md)
##### Singapore
### [Singaporean prime minister Lawrence Wong rescinds Workers' Party MP Pritam Singh's position as the "de jure" Leader of the Opposition. ](/feed/2026/01/15/singaporean-prime-minister-lawrence-wong-rescinds-workers-party-mp-pritam-singh-s-position-as-the-de-jure-leader-of-t.md)
##### 2026 Ugandan general election
### [Ugandans vote to elect their president and 529 members of parliament. ](/feed/2026/01/15/ugandans-vote-to-elect-their-president-and-529-members-of-parliament.md)
##### United Arab Emirates–Yemen relations
### [Faraj Al-Bahsani is dismissed from Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, becoming the last United Arab Emirates-backed member to leave the body. ](/feed/2026/01/15/faraj-al-bahsani-is-dismissed-from-yemen-s-presidential-leadership-council-becoming-the-last-united-arab-emirates-backe.md)
##### Japan–Philippines relations
### [Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact to mutually allow tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food, and other forms of aid. ](/feed/2026/01/15/japan-and-the-philippines-sign-a-defense-pact-to-mutually-allow-tax-free-provision-of-ammunition-fuel-food-and-other.md)
##### Greenland crisis
### [French president Emmanuel Macron announces the deployment of additional military forces to Greenland after a Defense Council meeting. ](/feed/2026/01/15/french-president-emmanuel-macron-announces-the-deployment-of-additional-military-forces-to-greenland-after-a-defense-cou.md)
##### Construction crane
### [Two people are killed when a construction crane collapses onto the Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, while the Thai government moves to cancel contracts, blacklist the same contractor, and suspend about a dozen of its state projects following a separate crane accident the previous day. ](/feed/2026/01/15/two-people-are-killed-when-a-construction-crane-collapses-onto-the-rama-ii-road-in-samut-sakhon-thailand-while-the-tha.md)
##### South Africa
### [At least 19 people are killed and hundreds are evacuated across South Africa in flooding caused by torrential rains in several provinces, including Limpopo and Mpumalanga. ](/feed/2026/01/15/at-least-19-people-are-killed-and-hundreds-are-evacuated-across-south-africa-in-flooding-caused-by-torrential-rains-in-s.md)
##### 2026 Utrecht explosions
### [At least four people are injured and several buildings collapse following an explosion in the Utrecht city centre in the Netherlands. Authorities suspect it to be a gas explosion. ](/feed/2026/01/15/at-least-four-people-are-injured-and-several-buildings-collapse-following-an-explosion-in-the-utrecht-city-centre-in-the.md)
##### Frigidaire
### [Frigidaire issues a recall for 330,000 mini-fridges for fire risks, after previously recalling 634,000 last year. ](/feed/2026/01/15/frigidaire-issues-a-recall-for-330000-mini-fridges-for-fire-risks-after-previously-recalling-634000-last-year.md)
##### Operation Southern Spear
### [The United States Coast Guard boards and seizes a Guyanese-flagged tanker in the Caribbean Sea that had been sanctioned by the U.S. government. ](/feed/2026/01/15/the-united-states-coast-guard-boards-and-seizes-a-guyanese-flagged-tanker-in-the-caribbean-sea-that-had-been-sanctioned.md)
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