Zeynep Aziz
- January 27, 2018
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Taliban Ambulance Bombing Devastates Central Kabul
A suicide bomber used an explosives-packed ambulance in central Kabul on 27 January 2018, killing more than 100 people and wounding at least 235.
- January 25, 2018
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Cape Town Confronts ‘Day Zero’ as Historic Drought Threatens Municipal Water
Cape Town intensified emergency conservation measures in January 2018 as falling reservoir levels raised the prospect of shutting most household taps.
- January 24, 2018
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Deadly Rockets Strike Kilis as Fighting Escalates Across the Syrian Border
Rockets fired from the Afrin area hit Turkey’s border province of Kilis in January 2018, killing two people at a mosque and wounding others.
- January 20, 2018
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United States Government Enters Three-Day Shutdown Amid Funding and Immigration Dispute
The US federal government shut down on 20 January 2018 after the Senate failed to pass temporary funding amid a dispute involving immigration policy.
- January 20, 2018
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Turkey Launches Operation Olive Branch Against Kurdish Forces in Afrin
Turkish aircraft began striking Afrin on 20 January 2018 as Ankara opened Operation Olive Branch against the Kurdish YPG in northwestern Syria.
- January 18, 2018
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Turkey Extends Post-Coup State of Emergency for a Sixth Period
Turkey extended emergency rule for another three months in January 2018, continuing extraordinary powers introduced after the failed July 2016 coup.
- January 16, 2018
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European Union Adopts Its First Continent-Wide Strategy on Plastics
The European Commission launched a plastics strategy on 16 January 2018 aimed at making all plastic packaging recyclable or reusable by 2030.
- January 13, 2018
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Miloš Zeman Wins First Round of Czech Presidential Election, Forcing Runoff
Czech President Miloš Zeman led the first round of voting on 13 January 2018 but fell short of a majority, setting up a runoff against Jiří Drahoš.
- January 12, 2018
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Saudi Women Attend a Men’s Football Match in a Stadium for the First Time
Women entered a Saudi stadium to watch a men’s football match on 12 January 2018, a highly visible change in access to public life.
- January 11, 2018
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Turkish Constitutional Court Ruling on Jailed Journalists Triggers Judicial Standoff
Turkey’s Constitutional Court found rights violations in the detention of journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay, but lower courts initially refused to implement the ruling.
