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In light of the aggression launched by Israel against Gaza and the world’s preoccupation with following it, the world is not devoid of news and other developments that may be important to groups of readers, and therefore Al Jazeera Net is interested in providing this service to them.
The following is the most prominent world news today, Wednesday, January 3, apart from the war on Gaza:
Ukrainian attacks on two Russian border regions and Crimea
The Crimean Peninsula and two Russian border regions with Ukraine were subjected to a new wave of attacks on Wednesday, according to local officials, the day after heavy bombardment targeted Kiev and an escalation in air strikes exchanged between the two sides.
The Russian air defense announced the interception of 6 missiles over the Belgorod region, which has been subjected to repeated strikes since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago.
The Russian border regions with Ukraine have witnessed repeated attacks since the outbreak of the war. But Belgorod was particularly hard hit following a large-scale Russian bombing of Ukraine last week.
Philippines: Start of a second joint naval patrol with America in the South China Sea
The Philippines and the United States began a two-day joint patrol in the South China Sea on Wednesday, a move that could upset China, the Philippine military said in a statement, according to Agence France-Presse.
Security skirmishes escalated last year between the two treaty-bound countries amid rising tensions in the South China Sea, with the Philippines and China exchanging blame over a series of disputes.
The Philippines and the United States launched joint patrols for the first time in November, and conducted military exercises for three days in the waters near Taiwan and in the West Philippine Sea, which is the term Manila uses for the waters of the South China Sea within its exclusive economic zone.
Investigations in Japan after the two plane collision
Today, Wednesday, the authorities in Japan began an investigation into a collision that occurred at Haneda Airport in Tokyo late Tuesday evening, between a Japan Airlines passenger plane and another belonging to the Coast Guard, which resulted in the deaths of 5 people, while about 400 people miraculously survived the flames.
Five people on board the Coast Guard plane were killed, while only the pilot survived, but all passengers and crew members of the Japan Airlines plane were able to safely escape via emergency slides minutes before the fire engulfed the Airbus A350 plane.
South Korean opposition leader in hospital after being stabbed
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was released from the intensive care unit on Wednesday, but he is still undergoing treatment in the general ward, a day after he was stabbed in the neck that almost killed him.
Lee was surrounded by a number of journalists on Tuesday when a man pretending to be one of his supporters stabbed him in the neck with a knife.
Lee, who suffered a jugular vein injury, was transferred to a hospital in Busan before being transferred to the capital, Seoul, where he underwent a two-hour operation and was then transferred to the intensive care unit.
