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January 17, 2025 (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Twelve Naxalites are killed during a police raid in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India.

(Al Jazeera)

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The Security Cabinet of Israel approves the proposed Gaza ceasefire agreement.

(The Guardian)

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Three people are killed and seven are wounded in clashes with security forces in the South Sudanese cities of Juba and Aweil. In Aweil, three Sudanese-owned houses are also set on fire. The violence comes after video emerged allegedly showing Sudanese soldiers killing South Sudanese civilians in Wad Madani, Sudan.

(BBC News)

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Business and economy

BP announces that it is laying off 4,700 employees and a further 3,000 contractors across its global workforce as part of a cost-cutting drive.

(AP)

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International relations

The Iranian–Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is signed by Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian president Vladimir Putin. The 20-year deal will see cooperation in multiple areas, including nuclear energy, counterterrorism, and environmental issues.

(Middle East Eye)

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Law and crime

The United States Supreme Court upholds the law that will ban TikTok in the United States on the 19th.

(Times of Israel), (AP)

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Politics and elections

Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspends dialogue with the National Liberation Army following accusations of war crimes against the group.

(Reuters)

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Didier Guillaume, the head of government of Monaco dies at the age of 65 after a sudden illness. Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre is appointed the acting Minister of State.

(Monaco Tribune)

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announces that his upcoming second inauguration will be moved indoors at the United States Capitol Rotunda due to cold temperatures, making it the first to be held indoors since the second inauguration of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1985.

(Reuters)

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January 16, 2025 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

The Israeli and Hamas negotiating teams sign the hostage release and ceasefire deal in Doha, Qatar.

(The Times of Israel)

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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 82 people across the Gaza Strip, including 30 in Gaza City, hours after the announcement of a ceasefire agreement.

(Al Jazeera)

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The leader of the Houthis Abdul-Malik al-Houthi announces that the group will monitor the implementation of the Israel–Hamas ceasefire agreement and continue its attacks on vessels and on Israel if the ceasefire is breached.

(Middle East Monitor)

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The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions the head of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah al-Burhan for "destabilizing Sudan and undermining the goal of a democratic transition" to a civilian-led government.

(BBC News)

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Thousands of families are displaced as the military campaign intensifies, forcing locals to flee their homes in Bari region of Puntland, Somalia.

(Idil News), (Horn Observer)

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The Puntland Security Force claims to have captured a training facility used by ISIS militants, with over forty ISIS fighters killed following heavy fighting.

(The Eastleigh Voice)

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Disasters and accidents

The bodies of nine illegal miners trapped inside a gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, are recovered by police.

(CTV News)

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Two deminers are killed in an explosion while attempting to remove a Cambodian Civil War-era anti-tank mine from a rice field in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia.

(AP)

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It is reported that the Eaton Fire, which has burned over 14,000 acres and has killed 17 people, is 65% contained.

(CBS News)

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International relations

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits Kyiv, Ukraine, to sign a 100-year agreement with Ukraine that will formalize British economic and military support for Ukraine.

(Sky News), (BBC News)

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Law and crime

Two women are killed and a third is injured in a mass stabbing at a school in Spišská Stará Ves, Slovakia. The perpetrator is arrested.

(BBC News), (Devdiscourse)

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The Government of Cuba releases dissident and human rights activist José Daniel Ferrer from jail.

(Reuters)

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Two homeless people are killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing attack in Miami, Florida, United States. A 30-year-old suspect is arrested.

(NBC News)

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Taiwan carries out its first execution in five years on a man who was convicted of the 2013 murder of his former girlfriend and her mother.

(Yahoo! News)

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Politics and elections

Citizens of Vanuatu vote for the 52 members of parliament.

(RNZ)

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The Parliament of Bulgaria approves a coalition government consisting of the GERB-SDS, BSP – United Left, and There is Such a People parties, with GERB's Rosen Zhelyazkov becoming Prime Minister.

(Euronews)

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The government of French Prime Minister François Bayrou survives a no-confidence motion by the opposition New Popular Front electoral alliance.

(Euronews)

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Science and technology

Blue Origin launches its New Glenn rocket for the first time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. The rocket's second stage, carrying a prototype Blue Ring spacecraft, successfully reaches a geocentric orbit, but its reusable first stage is lost during landing.

(CNN)

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The twin satellites SDX01 and SDX02 of the SpaDeX mission, launched in December by the Indian Space Research Organisation, successfully conduct India's first spacecraft docking, with India becoming the fourth country to successfully dock a spacecraft after the United States, Russia, and China.

(BBC News)

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SpaceX launches its seventh test flight of the Starship launch vehicle, with an improved second stage, at Starbase in Texas, United States. The first stage is successfully caught by the launch tower but the second stage breaks up shortly before engine shutdown.

(CNBC)

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Nintendo officially reveals the Nintendo Switch 2 video game console, the successor to the Nintendo Switch.

(Nintendo)

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Sports

Shortly after withdrawing from the January 2025 Grand Sumo tournament due to injuries, the 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji Haruo announces his retirement. If no other wrestler is promoted this tournament, his retirement leaves sumo without a yokozuna for the first time since 1993. Terunofuji also announced his intention to remain in the Japan Sumo Association as an oyakata.

(Kyodo News), (Nikkan Sports)

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January 17, 2025 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

International relations

Law and crime

Politics and elections

January 16, 2025 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Science and technology

Sports