January 1
Egypt
– 2023 Marshallese general election: The Legislature of the Marshall Islands elects Hilda Heine as President for a second non-consecutive term during its first session following the general election.[12]
January 2
– 2024 Kerman bombings: An Islamic State double bombing kills 94 people during a memorial event commemorating the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Kerman, Iran.[13] The bombing was carried out using two briefcase bombs placed at the entrance that were detonated remotely.[14]
January 3
– 2024 Bangladeshi general election: The Awami League, led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina, wins a fourth consecutive term amid protests by opposition parties and a large drop in voter turnout.[15][16]
January 7
– 2024 conflict in Ecuador: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency following the escape of Los Choneros drug cartel leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar from prison. The military was deployed onto the streets and into prisons, while setting a national nighttime curfew.[17]
January 8
– Riots break out throughout Papua New Guinea after an alleged rounding error causes pay cuts in police officers and soldiers.[18]
January 11
– Operation Prosperity Guardian: A U.S.-led coalition launches air strikes at Houthi militant locations in Yemen, marking a retaliation to the Houthis' attacks on ships in the Red Sea.[19]
January 12
– 2024 Taiwanese presidential election: Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party wins with 40% of the vote.[20]
January 13
January 14
Margrethe II
– Following a brief political crisis in the aftermath of the 2023 elections, Bernardo Arévalo is inaugurated as the 52nd President of Guatemala.[24][25]
January 15
– Iran carries out a series of missile and drone strikes within Pakistan's Balochistan province, claiming that it had targeted the Iranian Baloch militant group Jaish ul-Adl.
January 16
– Japan becomes the fifth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, with its SLIM mission.[26][27]
January 19
– 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash: A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane carrying (according to Russia) 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards crashes in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border, killing everybody on board.[28]
January 24
January 26
Israel–Hamas war
– Sultan of Johor Ibrahim Iskandar ascends to the throne as the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.[32]
January 31
– 2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election and the second round of the 2024 North Macedonian presidential election.[74]
May 8
– Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore since 2004, is expected to hand over power to his deputy prime minister Lawrence Wong, ahead of the next general election in 2025.[76]
May 15
June 1
2024 Indian general election
– 2024 Brazilian municipal elections, on which citizens capable of voting will vote on mayors and councilors for municipalities on which they can vote.[a][83]
October 6
– Assuming the next United Kingdom general election has not already taken place, the Parliament elected in 2019 will automatically be dissolved, with the next general election taking place no later than January 28, 2025.[84][85]