Lufthansa staff conduct a one-day strike to protest the airline's cost-cutting measures, grounding at least 460 flights and affecting nearly 70,000 passengers.
Two pilots are killed after assailants shoot at a landing Smart Air flight in Boven Digoel Regency, South Papua, Indonesia, carrying 15 people. Another person is killed after a convoy is attacked.
Air Canada suspends all flights to Cuba and deploys empty aircraft to repatriate stranded passengers after the country's fuel supply was exhausted due to the U.S.blockade and the end of fuel supplies from Venezuela.
The Public Ministry of Venezuela says Juan Pablo Guanipa, who was released and later abducted on Sunday, broke his parole's terms and that a request has been made to place Guanipa under house arrest, while not specifying if the government has him in custody.
Hong Kong opposition figure Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in prison for violating a national security law following a two-year trial. Eight others, including six former executives and two pro-democracy activists, are also sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
Three employees abducted from a mining facility in Sinaloa, Mexico, are found dead after being taken on January 23, while authorities continue searching for the remaining seven missing workers.