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Alexander Lukashenko

• In an ongoing offensive, the Rwandan-supported March 23 Movement captures Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Alexander Lukashenko (pictured) is re-elected as the president of Belarus, after banning opposition candidates.
• Several artefacts, including the Helmet of Coțofenești, are stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands.
• Micheál Martin becomes Taoiseach of Ireland as the leader of a coalition government.
• A fire at a ski resort hotel in Kartalkaya, Turkey, leaves at least 78 people dead and 51 others injured.

Ongoing:

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Gabriel Yacoub
• Håkon Bleken
• Lynn Ban
• Gloria Romero
• Tabish Mehdi
• André Soltner

January 28, 2025 (2025-01-28) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • War in Somalia
    • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
      • Puntland's Highest Military Court sentenced in absentia two different individuals for promoting Islamic State propaganda and spreading disinformation intended at discrediting Puntland force's ongoing offensive operations. (Hiiraan Online) (Idil News)
      • At least four civilians were killed in an airstrike by an unknown combat drone in the Sihan area at the southern eastern of Qandala district in Puntland's Bari region. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)
      • Immigration of Puntland
        • Puntland authorities have banned illegal foreign entries and directed telecom firms to deactivate SIM cards linked to undocumented individuals and Islamic State operatives. These measures aim to disrupt the group's financial networks as military offensives target Islamic State strongholds in the Cal Miskaad and Cal Madow mountains of Sanaag and Bari region. (VOA) (Garowe) (IOM)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • Battle of Goma
      • M23 rebels take full control of Goma International Airport, according to senior diplomatic and Congolese security officials. (Reuters)
      • Four more South African peacekeepers are killed after M23 forces launched a mortar attack on their position at Goma Airport, bringing the total number of foreign peacekeepers killed in recent clashes to 17 with several others wounded. (Anadolu Ajansi)
      • Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe says Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi "will have to accept talks with M23 to end the situation once and for all". (The Hill)
    • 2025 Kinshasa riots
      • Mass rioting takes place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid public outrage over the loss of Goma to Rwandan-backed rebels. Multiple embassies are stormed and attacked by anti-government protesters, including the embassies of France, Rwanda and Uganda. Widespread looting is also reported in the capital. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Two Pakistan Army soldiers and five insurgents are killed in a shootout in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)

Law and crime

• Kyoto Animation arson attack
  • The Kyoto District Court finalizes the death sentence for Shinji Aoba, the perpetrator of the arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, after he withdrew his appeal to the court's ruling. (The Japan Times)
• Three people, including the perpetrator, are killed and two police officers are injured in a mass shooting at a Martin's Supermarket in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. (AP News)
• 2025 Drents Museum heist
  • During the aftermath of the heist last Saturday at the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands the Romanian Minister of Culture Lucian Romașcanu fires the director of the National History Museum in Bucharest. (NOS)

Politics and elections

• 2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests
  • Serbian prime minister Miloš Vučević resigns following protests prompted by the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse. (BBC)
• 2025 Ontario general election
  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that a new general election in the Canadian province of Ontario will be held on February 27, 2025. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Doomsday Clock
  • The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces that the Doomsday Clock has been moved up to 89 seconds before midnight. (Reuters)
• 2025 in aviation
  • Boom Technology's XB-1 trijet supersonic demonstrator becomes the first privately-funded jet-powered plane to break the sound barrier at Mojave Air and Space Port.(Reuters)

January 27, 2025 (2025-01-27) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Colombian conflict
  • Catatumbo campaign
    • 2025 Catatumbo clashes
      • Local authorities of Teorama, Norte de Santander, Colombia, find the bodies of thirteen FARC combatants. (El Espectador)
• Kivu conflict, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions
  • M23 offensive
    • Battle of Goma
      • M23 rebels claim to have captured the city of Goma in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The government says its troops still hold the Goma International Airport and other key locations, and that Rwandan army soldiers are present in Goma. Congolese and Rwandan forces exchange fire along the border. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (DW)

Business and economy

• A global technology stocks selloff on the Nasdaq Stock Market, prompted by the release of the Chinese DeepSeek-R1 model, leads to record losses in the market capitalizations of AI and computer hardware companies. (Reuters)

International relations

• China–India relations
  • Following the meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing, China and India agree to resume direct air travel between the two countries after a five-year hiatus. (CNA).

Law and crime

• Interpol Terrorism Watch List
  • A joint INTERPOL and AFRIPOL operation including eight East African nations leads to the arrest of 37 people and the seizure of small and heavy weapons in Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Tanzania. (INTERPOL)

Politics and elections

• Second presidency of Donald Trump
  • Second cabinet of Donald Trump
    • The United States Senate votes to confirm Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury Secretary, making him the highest rank LGBTQ official to run the U.S. Treasury and the highest-ranking LGBTQ person in the United States. (TIME)
  • United States Office of Management and Budget acting director Matthew Vaeth orders federal government agencies to temporarily pause all federal financial assistance programs, with the exception of Medicare and Social Security, that could be implicated by select executive orders from President Donald Trump. (Politico)
  • President Trump signs an executive order eliminating "gender radicalism in the military", targeting transgender personnel in the military, and another executive order that mandates a process to develop an American Iron Dome. (France 24)

January 26, 2025 (2025-01-26) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  • 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
    • January 2025 southern Lebanon attack
      • Israeli soldiers open fire against the Lebanese Army and civilians in two villages in southern Lebanon, killing 22 people and wounding at least 124 more. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
    • The United States announces that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended to February 18. (Axios)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • Battle of Goma
      • March 23 Movement rebels begin their advance into the city of Goma. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Velyka Novosilka offensive
    • The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that Russian forces have captured the village of Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk Oblast. (Mathrubhumi)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • At least 27 Nigerian soldiers, including the commanding officer of the 149th Battalion, are killed and dozens of others wounded in a suicide bombing carried out by an Islamic State fighter in Malam-Fatori, Borno State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera) (AFP via Inquirer)

Business and economy

• The Syrian newspaper Enab Baladi announces it will return to Syria after a decade in exile following the beginning of the Syrian civil war. (The New Arab)

International relations

• Colombia–United States relations, Mass deportation of immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump
  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro blocks two U.S. military aircrafts carrying deported Colombians as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown from landing in his country. (The Guardian)
  • In response to President Gustavo Petro's refusal, U.S. President Donald Trump enacts a 25% tariff on all goods traded to the U.S. from Colombia, which will be raised to 50% in one week. Hours after Trump's announcement, President Petro orders the commerce ministry to raise tariffs on U.S. imports by 25%. (CNN)
  • The dispute is settled with an agreement to use the Colombian presidential plane to fly the deportees from the U.S. to Colombia. (AP) (The Hill)
• Belarus–United States relations
  • U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the release of American citizen Anastasia Nufer from a prison in Belarus. (RFE/RL)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions
  • United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Rwanda to end its support for rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and withdraw Rwandan soldiers from Congolese territory. (Al Jazeera)
  • Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner calls Rwanda's military support for M23 rebels a "declaration of war". (DW)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is formally indicted on insurrection charges over his declaration of martial law in December 2024. (The Washington Post)
• Two people, including the perpetrator, are killed and six others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack in Tampa, Florida, United States. (NPR)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Belarusian presidential election
  • A vote is held in Belarus for president, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to extend his rule in an election that the Belarusian opposition, the United States, and the European Parliament have called a sham election. (Al Jazeera)
  • A protest in Warsaw, Poland, is organized by Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya after Lukashenko's rule was extended to a 7th term. (Balkan Insight)

Sports

• 2025 ATP Tour
  • 2025 Australian Open
    • In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats Alexander Zverev 6–3, 7–6 (7–4), 6–3, in the men's singles final to win his second Australian Open title and his third Grand Slam overall. (The Guardian) (ATP News)
• 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship
  • 2025 24 Hours of Daytona
    • In motor racing, the Porsche Penske Motorsport team wins the 63rd 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race with drivers Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor. (The Daytona Beach News-Journal)
• 2024–25 NFL playoffs
  • In American football, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs win their respective conference championship games to reach Super Bowl LIX, a rematch of two years prior. (Fox Sports)
• In association football, Chelsea F.C. Women sign American defender Naomi Girma from San Diego Wave for a world-record fee of US$1.1 million (£881,540), making her the most expensive woman player and the first million-dollar transfer in women's soccer. (CBS Sports)

January 25, 2025 (2025-01-25) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Colombian conflict
  • Catatumbo campaign
    • 2025 Catatumbo clashes
      • Eighty-four National Liberation Army (ELN) combatants surrender to Colombian authorities as offensive operations resume in the Catatumbo region. Colombian authorities also rescue 20 child soldiers from the ELN's 33rd Front. (El Colombiano)
  • A police officer is shot dead by an ELN sniper in Río Iró, Chocó Department, Colombia. (El Tiempo)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefire, Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • Israeli forces open fire on a crowd of displaced Palestinians waiting at the Netzarim Corridor, killing two people and wounding seven others, including a child. Israeli authorities allege that the shooting was due to the delayed release of Israeli hostage Arbel Yahud. (Anadolu Ajansi) (Al Jazeera)
    • Hamas frees four Israeli hostages, including Naama Levy, in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners, including 121 people serving life sentences after being convicted of carrying out deadly attacks against Israelis, as part of the ceasefire deal. (AP)
  • Israel accuses Hamas of violating the deal by failing to release female civilians, including Arbel Yehud, before female soldiers. As a result, Israel blocks Palestinians from returning to North Gaza through the Netzarim Corridor. (AP) (The Times of Israel) (BBC News)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Siege of El Fasher
    • At least 70 people are killed in a drone attack on the Saudi Hospital, one of the last functioning hospitals in El Fasher, Sudan. (AP)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive (2022–present)
    • Thirteen peacekeepers, including nine from South Africa, three from Malawi and one from Uruguay, are killed as fighting intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between government forces and M23 rebels, the latter backed by the Rwandan military. (Le Monde)

Disasters and accidents

• Eighteen people are killed and ten more injured in a gasoline tank truck explosion along an expressway in Enugu State, Nigeria. (AP)

International relations

• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions (2022–present)
  • DR Congo severs its diplomatic relations with Rwanda as Rwandan-backed rebels advance on the city of Goma, the capital of the DRC's North Kivu province. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Islam and blasphemy, Capital punishment in Pakistan
  • A Pakistani court sentences four people to death for blasphemy, after they allegedly posted sacrilegious material on social media about Islamic religious figures and the Quran. (Al Arabiya)
• A heist at the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, results in the loss of valuable Dacian gold and silver artifacts, including the Helmet of Coțofenești. (Dutch News) (Romania Insider)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Greek presidential election
  • The Hellenic Parliament fail to elect the new President of Greece. A second round is called between the candidates Konstantinos Tasoulas and Louka Katseli. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2025 Australian Open
  • In tennis, Madison Keys wins her first major title after defeating the two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5, to win the women's singles title at the Australian Open. (CNN)
  • Henry Patten and Harri Heliövaara defeat Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 6–7 (16–18), 7–6 (7–5), 6–3, in the men's doubles final to win their first Australian Open title and their second joint Grand Slam title. (BBC News) (AO)
  • Kateřina Siniaková and Taylor Townsend defeats Hsieh Su-wei and Jeļena Ostapenko 6–2, 6–7 (4–7), 6–3, to win the women's doubles final title.

January 24, 2025 (2025-01-24) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Colombian conflict
  • Catatumbo campaign
    • 2025 Catatumbo clashes
      • The Colombian National Army and National Police begin offensive operations across eleven municipios of the Catatumbo region. (El Tiempo)
• War against the Islamic State
  • Somali Civil War
    • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
      • At least thirteen Islamic State militants are allegedly killed in heavy fighting as Puntland forces claim they successfully took over the towns of Turmasaale and Janno-Jiifta in the Bari region, Puntland, Somalia. (The Somali Digest) (Idil News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Ukrainian drone strike targets an oil refinery in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, in one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia of the conflict to date. The Russian military says it shot down at least 121 drones over 13 regions overnight. (BBC News)
  • Kyiv strikes
    • A Russian drone strikes a ten-storey apartment building in Fastiv, Kyiv Oblast, killing at least three people. (Euronews)
  • Mobilization in Ukraine
    • Ukraine finalizes military reforms aimed at recruiting 18- to 25-year-olds to the armed forces, penalizing draft dodgers, and lowering the minimum compulsory military service age to 25 from 27. (The Kyiv Independent)
  • The Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War announces that, with assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the bodies of 757 Ukrainian soldiers have been returned to Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Hamas confirms that an Israeli airstrike last summer killed Rawhi Mushtaha, according to Israel "head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip", along with Sameh al-Siraj, who held the security portfolio in Hamas's political bureau, and Sami Odeh, the head of Hamas's "general security mechanism". (Al Sharq AlAwsat)

Arts and culture

• 97th Academy Awards
  • I'm Still Here becomes the first Brazilian film to be nominated for Best Picture. (The Washington Post) (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Canadian economic crisis
  • The Canadian Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship department announces a limit of 437,000 study permits for 2025, a 10% reduction from 2024, as part of efforts to address pressures on housing, healthcare, and other public services caused by the country's rapid population growth. (Reuters)
• Saudi Arabia–United States relations
  • Saudi Arabia announces that it will invest US$600 billion in the United States economy. (Al Arabiya)
• Spirit Airlines announces a ban on passengers who wear "lewd" clothing or have "offensive" tattoos. (The Hill)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024–25 European windstorm season
  • Storm Éowyn
    • A wind gust provisionally measured at 183 km/h (114 mph) was recorded in Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, and a mean wind speed measured at 135 km/h (84 mph), would surpass Ireland's previous records. (The Irish Times)
    • A man is killed in County Donegal, Ireland, after high winds cause a tree to fall on his car. (BBC News)
• Environmental issues in Somalia
  • At least 140 dolphins are found stranded on the shores of Mareero Beach near Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia, with 60 confirmed dead and 30 returned to the sea. (Idil News) (Reuters) (Horn Observer)

International relations

• Mexico–United States border crisis
  • Mass deportation of illegal immigrants in the second presidency of Donald Trump
    • Mexico denies a request from the United States to allow a military aircraft deporting migrants from the U.S. to land in Mexico. (Reuters)
• The U.S. State Department freezes nearly all foreign aid except military aid to Israel and Egypt, as well as emergency food programs. (Global News)

Law and crime

• The Cabinet of Hun Manet approves a bill that strengthens penalties for Cambodian genocide denial, proposing prison terms of one to five years and fines of US$2,500 to $125,000. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Slovak protests
  • Over 60,000 people demonstrate across Slovakia in protest of Prime Minister Robert Fico's anti-Ukrainian, pro-Russian, and Eurosceptic policies. (AP)
• 2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests
  • Mass protests and a general strike are held across Serbia, in an escalation of months of anti-government protests. (France24)
• Second cabinet of Donald Trump
  • Pete Hegseth is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Defense in a 51–50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. (NBC News)

January 23, 2025 (2025-01-23) (Thursday)

Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed and five more injured in a stampede at Cambodian businessman Sok Kong's home in Phnom Penh. Kong was giving away food and money amid Lunar New Year celebrations. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2024 Southport stabbing
  • A court in Liverpool, England, sentences the man who was found guilty of killing three children and injuring 10 others in a mass stabbing in Southport, Merseyside, to life imprisonment with a minimum of 52 years in prison. (DW)
• LGBTQ rights in Thailand
  • Thailand becomes the 38th country and the first in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. (Reuters)
• The International Criminal Court prosecutor requests arrest warrants against Afghanistan's Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Taliban chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, accusing them of crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
• United States federal law enforcement and ICE agents arrest nearly 500 undocumented migrants with arrest warrants in sanctuary cities, including in New Jersey and New York. (CTV News)

Politics and elections

• Second presidency of Donald Trump
  • Executive actions by Donald Trump
    • Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
      • U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to declassify files related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. (Axios)
  • U.S. District Judge for Washington John C. Coughenour temporarily blocks President Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional". (Reuters) (The New York Times)
  • The U.S. Department of State bans consular posts from flying any flags other than the U.S. flag as part of the Trump administration targeting several instances during the Biden administration when LGBTQ pride and Black Lives Matter flags were flown at embassies abroad. (The Guardian)
• 2024 Irish general election, Government of the 34th Dáil
  • Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael form a coalition government with the backing of several independent TDs. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin is elected as Taoiseach, with Fine Gael leader Simon Harris as Tánaiste. (Politico)

Sports

• 2025 Australian Open
  • In tennis, John Peers and Olivia Gadecki, both from Australia, defeats Kimberly Birrell and John-Patrick Smith 3-6, 6-4, 10-6, in the mixed doubles final to win their first Australian Open title. (The Guardian)

January 22, 2025 (2025-01-22) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Moro conflict
  • Militants from an offshoot branch of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front open fire against a United Nations livelihood project in Sumisip, Basilan, Philippines, killing two soldiers and wounding 12 others. (AP)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The Houthis report that 25 crew members of the Japanese-operated roll-on/roll-off ship Galaxy Leader, including many foreign nationals, are released to Oman, with the Houthis citing support for the 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefire as the reason for release. (BBC)
• Colombian conflict
  • A car bomb blasts inside a house in San Juan de Arama, Meta Department leave one dead. The authorities confirmed that the car was going to be used in a car bomb attack and the guerrilla was member of the Estado Mayor Central.(El Tiempo)

Business and economy

• Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Transport in Somalia
  • The Somali Airlines Operators Association, representing at least 20 airlines, suspends all flights beginning on January 22, 2025, in protest against increased government-imposed fees after disputes with the Ministry of Aviation and the Somali Civil Aviation Authority. (Shabelle Media) (Hiiraan Online)
• The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace of the United States issues a report alleging that aerospace manufacturer Boeing, long associated with the Seattle, Washington area, has been relocating much of its engineering work to non-unionized sites both in the US and abroad. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 California wildfires
  • January 2025 Southern California wildfires
    • Hughes Fire
      • The Hughes Fire ignites and spreads to over 5,000 acres in less than four hours, triggering mandatory evacuation orders in settlements around Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, California, United States. (Los Angeles Times) (KTLA)
• 2025 Jalgaon train accident
  • At least thirteen people are killed in a railway accident in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. The victims had initially fled from their train following an alleged fire alarm and were subsequently struck and killed by a passing train on the adjacent tracks. (BBC)
• January 20–22, 2025 Gulf Coast blizzard
  • The death toll of a historic winter storm event on the Gulf Coast of the United States rises to 9 people. 8 in (20 cm) of snowfall is measured at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana. The statewide snowfall record in Florida is broken as over 5.5 in (14 cm) falls in Molino. (CNN)

International relations

• Red Sea crisis, Yemeni civil war
  • U.S. President Donald Trump re-designates the Yemeni Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization. (The Hill)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
  • Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants
    • Daniel Ball, a rioter who took part in the riot at the United States Capitol, is arrested again despite being pardoned by Trump, making him the first rioter to get into additional legal trouble after the pardon. (The Hill)
• Antioch High School shooting
  • A student is killed and two others are wounded in a school shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The perpetrator kills himself. (CNN)
• Illegal immigration in the United States, Murder of Laken Riley
  • The U.S. Congress passes the Laken Riley Act following a 263–156 vote in the House of Representatives, making it easier for immigration agents to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with a variety of crimes ranging from theft to assault. It will head to President Donald Trump for his signature. (NPR)
• Hunt family murders
  • Kyle Clifford, the perpetrator of the Hunt family killings in Bushey, England, in 2024, pleads guilty to three counts of murder. (BBC News)
• Two people are killed, including a two-year-old boy, and three others are injured in a mass stabbing at a park in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. The perpetrator is arrested. (Reuters)
• One person is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing at Nagano Station in Nagano, Japan. (AP)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Avian flu outbreak
• Haitian crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Canadian economic crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• German economic crisis
• Moldovan energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• Georgian constitutional crisis
• Mexico–United States border crisis
• Somali constitutional crisis
• South Korean presidential impeachment
• Venezuelan political crisis

Protests and strikes

• Georgian post-election protests
• Israel–Hamas war protests
• Mozambican post-election protests
• Serbian anti-corruption protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• January

• 16: Vanuatu, Parliament
• 25: Greece, President (1st; indirect)
• 26: Belarus, President

Upcoming

• 29–30: Ireland, Seanad (indirect)
• 31: Greece, President (2nd; indirect)

• February

• 07: Turks and Caicos Islands, House of Assembly
• 09: Kosovo, Assembly
• 09: Liechtenstein, Landtag
• 09: Ecuador, President, National Assembly

Trials

Ongoing

• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• American football

• 2024 NFL season

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2024–25 Premier League
• 2024–25 Serie A
• 2024–25 La Liga
• 2024–25 Bundesliga
• 2024–25 Ligue 1

• Basketball

• 2024–25 NBA season
• 2024–25 EuroLeague
• 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's season
• 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2025 PGA Tour
• 2025 European Tour

• Ice hockey

• 2024–25 NHL season
• 2024–25 PWHL season

• Tennis

• 2025 ATP Tour
• 2025 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

January

• 25: Gloria Romero
• 22: Barry Michael Cooper
• 21: Mauricio Funes
• 21: Garth Hudson
• 20: Cecile Richards
• 20: John Sykes
• 19: Jeff Torborg
• 18: Claire van Kampen
• 17: Jules Feiffer
• 17: Didier Guillaume
• 17: Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
• 17: Denis Law
• 16: Joan Plowright
• 16: Bob Uecker
• 15: Paul Danan
• 15: David Lynch
• 15: Melba Montgomery
• 15: Linda Nolan
• 14: Arthur Blessitt
• 14: Tony Slattery
• 13: Oliviero Toscani
• 12: Leslie Charleson
• 12: Claude Jarman Jr.
• 10: Bill McCartney
• 10: Sam Moore
• 09: Black Bart
• 07: Jean-Marie Le Pen
• 07: Peter Yarrow
• 05: Mike Rinder
• 05: Costas Simitis
• 03: Jeff Baena
• 03: Brenton Wood
• 02: Ágnes Keleti
• 01: David Lodge
• 01: Chad Morgan
• 01: Wayne Osmond

December

• 31: Arnold Rüütel
• 31: Johnnie Walker
• 31: Jocelyn Wildenstein
• 30: Fraser Stoddart
• 29: Aaron Brown
• 29: Jimmy Carter
• 29: Linda Lavin
• 28: Charles Dolan
• 27: Greg Gumbel
• 27: Dayle Haddon
• 27: Olivia Hussey
• 27: Charles Shyer

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Israel

• Israel–Hamas war

• Israeli invasion of Lebanon

• Syria

• Israeli invasion of Syria

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemen

• Red Sea crisis

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

2025 events and developments by topic

Arts

• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
• Comics
• Film (Horror, Science fiction)
• Literature (Poetry)
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