January 9, 2025 (Thursday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 22 people.

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Puntland forces carry out drone strikes on Islamic State targets in the Cal Miskaad mountains near Balidhidhin District, Bari, Puntland, Somalia, killing several militants.

(Idil News), (VOA)

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Puntland counterterrorism forces capture four foreign Islamic State fighters from Ethiopia, Yemen, and Tanzania, while intercepting and destroying multiple explosive-carrying drones in Bari, Puntland.

(Idil News), (VOA), (Garowe Online)

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A study published in The Lancet claims that around 3% of the Gaza Strip population has died due to violence during the conflict.

(CNN)

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Russian artillery strikes kill two people in Siversk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, according to the region's governor. In the Russian-controlled area of Kamianka-Dniprovska, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, the region's Russia-appointed governor says that two people were killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes.

(Reuters)

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Disasters and accidents

Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a snowstorm in northern France.

(AP)

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At least six people are killed due to spreading wildfires in Los Angeles County, United States.

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The Kenneth Fire ignites in Woodland Hills, adding to the 179,000 people placed under evacuation orders.

(NBC News)

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Twelve miners are trapped in a collapsed coal mine in Balochistan, Pakistan, following a methane gas explosion.

(AP)

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International relations

The Armenian government approves a bill to launch a bid for the country to join the European Union.

(Reuters)

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Guyana says that it will resort to the United Nations to deter Venezuela from unilaterally appointing a governor for the Essequibo, a region under Guyanese control but claimed by Venezuela.

(AP)

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Russia declines to confirm whether Russian forces accidentally shot down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, despite calls by Azerbaijan to do so.

(The Straits Times)

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Law and crime

The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution detains media personality Fajer Al-Saeed for 21 days and after investigating charges related to "calling for normalization with the Israeli occupation and harming the state's interests."

(Al Jazeera)

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado makes her first public appearance in 133 days and is briefly arrested when her convoy is intercepted by security forces as it departs an anti-government protest in Caracas. The incident occurs the day before the ruling party-controlled National Assembly is scheduled to swear in Nicolás Maduro for a third term as president.

(AP), (The Guardian)

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Politics and elections

President of São Tomé and Príncipe Carlos Vila Nova rejects a proposal by his Independent Democratic Action party to elect Hélio Vaz de Almeida as Prime Minister.

(RFI)

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PODEMOS presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who alleges that the October election was rigged, returns to Mozambique from exile in South Africa amid protests.

(Reuters)

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The state funeral for former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. All five living presidents, including incumbent president Joe Biden and president-elect Donald Trump, attend the funeral.

(CBS News)

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Military commander Joseph Aoun is elected as President of Lebanon, ending the power vacuum that began in October 2022.

(AP)

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January 9, 2025 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Law and crime

Politics and elections