Yemen: Isis claims Aden suicide car bombing that kills 7

A suicide car bomb killed seven people outside Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadis residence in the southern port city of Aden on 28 January, local officials and eyewitnesses said. Islamic State (Isis) claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted online. The militant group said the attack was carried out by a suicide car bomber it identified as Abu Hanifa al-Hollandi, suggesting the attacker was Dutch. The group said the attack had killed about 10 members of palace security and wounded about 20. Witnesses and local officials said seven people were killed in the bombing. Jan 29, 2016

Republican debate: Presidential candidates tear in to absent Donald Trump in Iowa

Even in boycotting a debate with his Republican rivals, front-runner Donald Trump managed to upstage the event on 28 January with a typical dramatic flourish. Instead of attending a seventh debate, the former reality TV star held a competing event across town that he said raised $6m (£4m) for US military veterans. In doing so, he cast a shadow over his rivals, who frequently tossed barbs his way. Jan 29, 2016

Holocaust Memorial Day: Obama says ‘we are all Jews’

US President Barack Obama marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January, by repeating the words of US Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds taken prisoner during World War II who told his German captors, “we are all Jews. The US leader also exhorted his audience to fight what he said is a rising tide of anti-Semitism around the world. Obama made his comments at the Righteous Among the Nations Award Ceremony at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. Jan 28, 2016