Israel’s military said three F-35i fighter jets arrived at Nevatim Air Force Base, bringing its fleet to 48 aircraft out of 50 already purchased under a long-running procurement deal with Lockheed Martin.

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called an early lower-house election for February, aiming to capitalize on a 78% approval rating to strengthen her coalition or restore the LDP’s lost majority, party scandals and a newly unified opposition bloc.

A federal judge in Minnesota issued an injunction restricting ICE and other federal immigration agents from retaliating against or using crowd-control weapons on peaceful protesters and observers monitoring immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

The Election Commission of India extended Kerala’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral roll claims-and-objections window to January 30, Supreme Court advice to consider an extension and a request from the state’s Chief Electoral Officer. CPI(M) alleged errors in the draft roll and urged the EC to ensure voters are not burdened for clerical mistakes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train on the Howrah–Guwahati (Kamakhya) route from Malda Town, cutting travel time by about 2.5 hours and positioning the fully air-conditioned service as an airline-like experience at economical fares. He also announced rail and road infrastructure works in West Bengal worth about Rs 3,250 crore ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.

India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former Rajya Sabha MP V. Vijayasai Reddy to appear on January 22 in connection with the alleged Andhra Pradesh liquor scam, focusing on suspected money laundering linked to an estimated ₹3,500-crore fraud.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched more than 200 drones in new attacks across multiple Ukrainian regions, killing at least two people and wounding dozens. He urged allies to boost air-defense support, saying Russia is intensifying strikes while stalling diplomacy.

Ashley St Clair, mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, sued Musk’s AI company xAI alleging Grok enabled users to generate nonconsensual sexualised deepfake images of her. The suit comes as California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent xAI a cease-and-desist demand to stop creation and distribution of such imagery, growing international scrutiny of Grok.

Google appealed a US district judge’s antitrust ruling that found it illegally held a monopoly in online search and asked to pause implementation of court-ordered remedies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s first Vande Bharat sleeper train from Malda Town station, starting service between Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya).

Sanjay Kaushik, a 58-year-old Indian national, was sentenced in the U.S. to 30 months in federal prison for conspiring to illegally export controlled aviation components from Oregon to end users in Russia.

Quebec Premier François Legault announced he will resign, saying many Quebecers want a change, and he will stay on until the Coalition Avenir Québec appoints a new leader ahead of a provincial election scheduled for the fall.