January 23, 2017 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- The Yemeni Army claims to have recaptured the port city of Mocha from Houthi rebels. (Al Jazeera)
- Sinai insurgency
- At least five Egyptian Army soldiers are killed by unknown gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- John D. Bates, United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, blocks a proposed merger by health insurance companies Aetna and Humana. (The New York Times)
Law and crime
- 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis
- According to an advisor to Gambian President Adama Barrow, more than 500 million dalasi, equivalent to US$11.3 million, are reported missing from state coffers after former President Yahya Jammeh left the country in exile. (BBC)
- Following a joint police operation by Europol and Interpol last October and November across much of Europe, dubbed "Operation Pandora", more than 3,500 stolen artwork and artifacts are recovered, with 75 people arrested and 48,588 more being investigated. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Presidency of Donald Trump
- U.S. President Donald Trump issues executive orders to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and reinstates the Mexico City Policy, a policy banning U.S. aid to foreign organizations that use funds from other sources to perform or discuss abortions, which Barack Obama scrapped in 2009. (The Independent) (The Washington Post) (CNN)
- Syrian peace process
- Peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan, between the Syrian opposition and the Syrian Government, meant to build on a fragile ceasefire currently in effect in the Syrian Civil War, end with no breakthrough reported. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)