In a major move president Ashraf Ghani signed on Sunday the retirement orders of 164 Generals. “Putting Afghanistan new military officers inherent law to practice,” he wrote on his official Twitter account. The president also noted, "We want reforms to win the war and peace. We don’t want reforms just for the sake of reforms. This process will continue for our brighter future”.

On January 27, a meeting of the public association “Crimean Solidarity” in Sudak was invaded by the Russian security forces (OMON). According to the security forces (siloviki), a call came that “there is a meeting with weapons at this address”.

On Monday 29 January 2018, Bangladesh government approved the much talked-about draft of the ‘Digital Security Act-2018’. The government claimed that the Digital Security Law was formulated to combat growing cybercrimes affecting many public and private organizations including the central bank.

Arthur Wagner, a leading member of the party in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, said he would not comment on his reason for leaving the party, but confirmed to a Berlin daily that he had converted to Islam and that he had renounced his party membership on 11 January.