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Justin Trudeau

• Justin Trudeau (pictured) announces his intention to resign as prime minister of Canada.
• Luke Littler wins the PDC World Darts Championship.
• A spree shooter in Cetinje, Montenegro, kills 12 people and injures 4 others.
• Romania and Bulgaria become full members of the Schengen Area.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• The Vivienne
• Tariana Turia
• Tom Johnson
• Fraser Stoddart
• Jocelyn Wildenstein
• Tomiko Itooka

January 6, 2025 (2025-01-06) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Attacks on civilians during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • A Russian drone attacked a civilian passenger bus in Ukraine's city of Kherson, reportedly killing at least one person and injuring nine more. (Reuters)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • French military withdrawal from West Africa
    • President of France Emmanuel Macron states that France was right to intervene militarily in the African Sahel against Islamist militants, and states that he is still waiting for the Sahel states to "thank" France while denying that the French military was forced out of the region. (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war spillover in the West Bank
    • Three Israelis are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting attack by Palestinian gunmen firing upon a bus and two vehicles on Highway 55, Al-Funduq, North West Bank. (BBC News)
• Terrorism in Germany
  • 2024 Magdeburg car attack
    • The death toll in a vehicle-ramming attack at the Magdeburg Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, rises to six after a 52-year-old woman dies from her injuries sustained in the attack. (BBC News)
• North Korean missile tests
  • South Korea military reports the firing by North Korea of what appears to be an intermediate-range ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan, in what would be Pyongyang's first missile launch in two months. The launch comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Seoul for talks with South Korea's leaders. (BBC News)

Business and economy

• 2022–2023 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • According to Slovakia a meeting between Slovak, Ukrainian and European Commission officials over gas supplies scheduled for Tuesday has been cancelled because Ukraine refuses to participate. (Reuters)
• BRICS
  • The Brazilian government states that Indonesia will formally become a full member of the BRICS trade bloc. (Reuters)

International relations

• Paraguay–Venezuela relations
  • The Venezuelan government breaks diplomatic relations with Paraguay, after President Santiago Peña's decision to recognize Edmundo González as president-elect of Venezuela. Reuters

Law and crime

• Volksverhetzung
  • Germany reports a significant rise in far-right crime primarily from increasing online expression offenses and hate speech, and due to increased Israel–Hamas war-related resentment. (Reuters)
• Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello says that 125 foreign citizens have been arrested on suspicion of serving as United States mercenaries with the aim of causing a coup in the country. (The Times of Israel)

Politics and elections

• 2024–2025 Austrian government formation
  • Austrian president Alexander van der Bellen gives a mandate to form the new post-election government to the FPÖ leader, Herbert Kickl, after the ÖVP failed to do so, but is still expected to rule now within a coalition of the two parties. (DW)
• Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
  • The U.S. Congress certifies results of the 2024 presidential election. U.S. Vice President and Trump's opponent in the 2024 presidential election Kamala Harris presides over the ceremony, and certifies her defeat, officially making Donald Trump the President-elect and JD Vance the Vice President-elect. Trump and Vance are scheduled to be sworn-in on January 20. (ABC News)
• Resignation of Justin Trudeau
  • Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as Prime Minister and as leader of the Liberal Party. He says that he will stay on as PM until a new Liberal Party leader is chosen. (BBC News)
• Pope Franciscus appoints Sister Simona Brambilla as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life; Brambilla thus becomes the Vatican's first female prefect of the Roman Curia. (Vatican News)

January 5, 2025 (2025-01-05) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kursk offensive
    • The Ukrainian Army launches a new offensive in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• January 2025 North American storm complex
  • The National Weather Service issues winter storm alerts for areas covering nearly 70 million people from the Great Plains to the East Coast of the United States, with nearly 4 million currently under blizzard warnings. (CNN)

International relations

• Israel–United States relations, United States support for Israel in the Israel-Hamas war
  • The U.S. State Department notifies Congress of a planned $8 billion arms sale to Israel consisting of air-to-air and Hellfire missiles, artillery shells, and other ammunitions. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • The Congolese government executes 102 individuals convicted of armed robbery and urban banditry, with an additional 70 prisoners reportedly awaiting execution. (AP)
• Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas is evacuated from La Roca Prison in Guayaquil following an alleged assassination attempt. (Reuters)
• Resurfaced videos show Syrian Justice Minister Shadi al-Waisi overseeing the execution of two women in 2015 on prostitution charges according to Islamic Sharia law. (The New Arab)

Politics and elections

• 2024–2025 Austrian government formation
  • The ruling Austrian People's Party appoints Christian Stocker as its acting chairman to succeed Karl Nehammer, who resigned as party leader and Chancellor of Austria yesterday. Stocker says that he is open to negotiate with the Freedom Party of Austria to form the new post-election coalition government. (DNYUZ)
• The German government reduces funding for two Israeli human rights groups, Zochrot and New Profile, that had advocated for Palestinian rights and antimilitarism. (DW)

Sports

• 2025 United Cup
  • In tennis, the United States wins its second United Cup title after defeating Poland 2–0 in the final at the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney, Australia. (Reuters)

Arts and Culture

• 82nd Golden Globe Awards
  • Fernanda Torres becomes the first Brazilian actress to win the award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. (Variety)

January 4, 2025 (2025-01-04) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign, Journalists killed during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • A war correspondent for the Russian newspaper Izvestia is killed in a Ukrainian drone strike in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • The Russian government claims to have shot down eight American ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine and vows retaliation. (CNN)
• Haitian crisis
  • Gang war in Haiti
    • 75 Guatemalan Army troops arrive in Haiti, joining 75 that arrived yesterday, to fight escalating gang violence. (CNN) (BBC News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 70 Palestinians are killed and 14 others are missing in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. (Middle East Monitor) (India Today)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • M23 rebels capture the strategic town of Katale in Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Chimp Reports)
• Anglophone Crisis
  • Gunmen from Nigeria kill at least five Cameroonian soldiers and injure several others in Bakinjaw, Southwest Region, Cameroon. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • One person is killed and 35 others are injured, including soldiers, in a car bombing in Turbat, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for the attack, which states it targeted a military convoy. (AP)

Business and economy

• Syrian authorities announce that international flights will resume at Damascus International Airport on January 7 for the first time since the fall of the Assad regime. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• January 2025 North American storm complex
  • Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear declares a state of emergency for Kentucky, United States, amidst the upcoming winter storm. (WNKY)
• At least eight people are killed and 15 others are injured in a fire at a market in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China. (Al Jazeera)
• The Taiwanese Coast Guard intercepts the Cameroon-registered container ship Shunxin39 after it was suspected of damaging an undersea cable north of Taiwan yesterday. (Taiwan News)

Law and crime

• Myanmar state media reports that the ruling military junta will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty marking the country's national independence day. (Reuters)
• The Danish Security and Intelligence Service and police announce an investigation into sightings of unknown drones reportedly flying over Køge, Region Zealand. (DW)
• Four teenagers are arrested in Yekaterinburg, Russia, for allegedly planning a terrorist attack in the city. Two of the suspects are also accused of being involved in an arson attack on a Ministry of Internal Affairs vehicle in December. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2024–2025 Georgian protests, 2024–2025 Georgian constitutional crisis
  • Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs announces the expulsion of 91 foreign citizens, including 25 who participated in anti-Georgian Dream and pro-EU protests. (TVP World)
• 2024–2025 Austrian government formation
  • Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announces his resignation after talks on forming the new post-election coalition government between his Austrian People's Party, the Social Democratic Party and NEOS collapsed. (Euronews)

January 3, 2025 (2025-01-03) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • East Aleppo offensive
    • Clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army escalate near the Tishrin Dam in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The Turkish Air Force also conducts airstrikes on SDF positions. (SOHR) (SOHR 2)
  • US intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • Deputy U.S. Defense Press Secretary Sabrina Singh says that, despite local reports, the U.S. Army has "no plans" to build a military base in Kobani, Aleppo Governorate, which is currently under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces. (Rudaw)
• Haitian crisis
  • Gang war in Haiti
    • A contingent of peacekeeping troops from Guatemala and El Salvador arrive in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to enforce a United Nations-backed multinational security mission to restore order to Port-au-Prince amid an increase in gang violence. (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The Israeli Defense Forces report the interception of a ballistic missile and a drone launched from Yemen. (France 24)

Business and economy

• Proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel
  • U.S. President Joe Biden blocks a buyout bid by Japanese Nippon Steel for U.S. Steel. (BBC News)
• Qatar Airways announces the resumption of flights to Damascus International Airport in Syria beginning on January 7, becoming the first major international airline to resume scheduled service to Syria since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. (Aviation Week)

Disasters and accidents

• January 2025 North American winter storm
  • The National Weather Service issues winter storm warnings across the central Great Plains and an ice storm warning in Missouri, in anticipation of severe freezing rain and icing events. The winter storm begins impacting the northwestern continental United States with heavy snowfall. (The Weather Channel)
• Evacuations are ordered in central Ethiopia due to increasing volcanic tremor and other unrest at the Mount Fentale stratovolcano, which last erupted in the 19th century. (Reuters)
• At least twelve people are killed and 30 others are injured after a bus carrying tourists falls into a ravine near the Pan-American Highway between Pasto and Rumichaca in Nariño Department, Colombia. (EFE)

Health and environment

• Air quality technology company IQAir reports that Hanoi, Vietnam, has the worst air pollution of any city on Earth, with levels of hazardous small particles, known as PM2.5, measured at 266 micrograms per cubic metre. (Reuters)

International relations

• Egypt–Syria relations
  • Egypt bans the entry of Syrians from all countries worldwide, except for those holding temporary residency permits for non-tourism purposes. The ban also includes Syrians married to Egyptians unless they obtain a security clearance. (The New Arab)
• Germany–Syria relations, France–Syria relations
  • German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot become the first European Union foreign ministers to travel to Damascus, Syria, after the fall of the Assad regime to discuss new diplomatic relations with the Syrian Transitional Government and Syrian civil society. (Der Spiegel) (France 24)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • Yoon Suk Yeol residence standoff
    • Corruption investigators and prosecutors raid the central Seoul residence of recently-impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to arrest Yoon for refusing to respond to three court summons. The raid is unsuccessful due to the Presidential Security Service blocking further entrance into the residence, leading to a multi-hour standoff. (The Guardian) (AP)
• 2024 Estlink 2 incident
  • A district court in Helsinki, Finland, denies a request to release the impounded oil tanker Eagle S, suspected of damaging the Estlink 2 submarine power cable and carrying sanctioned Russian oil. (Al Jazeera)
• War crimes in the Syrian civil war
  • The Syrian government arrests Aws Salloum, known as the "Angel of Death" of Sednaya Prison. Salloum is accused of multiple murders and abuse of prisoners at Sednaya, including the murder of Mazen al-Hamada. (Al Sharq Al Awsat)
• A suspect is arrested in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for shooting and killing three men between December 21 and January 2. The victims were selected at random. (The Sun)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
  • The United States House of Representatives, composed of 219 Republicans and 215 Democrats, re-elects Mike Johnson as House Speaker over incumbent House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. (CBS News)
• Next Ukrainian presidential election
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that the country will not hold presidential elections as long as the country is under martial law, even if Russia puts it as a pre-condition for negotations. (Kyiv Independent)

Science and technology

• SpaceX successfully launches the United Arab Emirates Space Agency's communications satellite Thuraya 4-NGS via a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, United States. (Space News)

Sports

• 2025 PDC World Darts Championship
  • Luke Littler defeats Michael van Gerwen 7–3 in the final at Alexandra Palace in London, England, to claim his first World Darts Championship title, becoming the youngest player to win a world title at the age of 17 years. (BBC News)

January 2, 2025 (2025-01-02) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • Israeli invasion of Syria
    • Israeli warplanes carry out airstrikes on defense factories and a research center in Al-Safira, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (Xinhua)
  • US intervention in the Syrian civil war
    • According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, U.S. forces are deploying a new convoy to areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces in Kobani, Aleppo Governorate, as part of operations to establish a new US military base in north-eastern Syria. (SOHR)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Eleven people are killed, including a Hamas police chief, in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in al-Mawasi in the Gaza Strip. (BBC News)
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announces that it has approved a delegation to Doha, Qatar for ceasefire talks. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War, War against the Islamic State
  • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    • Puntland forces conduct airstrikes on ISIL hideouts in Bari, Puntland, Somalia, after they announced a military offensive against ISIL and Al-Shabaab. (Idil News) (VOA)
• 2025 New Orleans truck attack, 2025 Las Vegas Trump Hotel bombing
  • Christopher Raia, the deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterterrorism division, says he believes that there is "no definitive link" between the two alleged U.S. Army servicemen perpetrators of the attacks, Shamsud-Din Jabbar in New Orleans and Matthew Alan Livelsberger in Las Vegas. (BBC)

Business and economy

• German economic crisis
  • The Handelsblatt Research Institute reports that the German economy is in its "greatest crisis in post-war history" after projecting that the economy will enter its third year of recession in 2025 with a 0.1% contraction, following a 0.3% contraction in both 2023 and 2024. (TVP World)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Fullerton plane crash
  • A small plane crashes through the roof of a commercial warehouse in Fullerton, California, United States, causing a fire, killing two people and injuring at least 18 others. (KABC-TV) (AP)
• Two officers were injured in an explosion of an unknown object at a police fence in Berlin-Wittenau; the reasons for this are still unclear. (tagesschau)

International relations

• Iran–Italy relations
  • Italy summons Iran's ambassador to demand the release of Il Foglio reporter Cecilia Sala, detained in Tehran for alleged legal violations. (AP)
• Syria–Ukraine relations
  • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine will pledge support to the Syrian transitional government. (The Press Democrat)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
  • The government of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro offers a US$100,000 reward for the capture of exiled opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, who claims that he is ready to take office as the legitimate president on January 10. (El Universal) (El País)
• Ecuadorian president Daniel Noboa decrees the suspension of his vice president Verónica Abad accusing her of contempt, and the handover of her functions to national planning secretary Sariha Moya. Noboa already appointed Moya to replace Abad in November 2024, but a constitutional judge reversed the decree in December. (Swiss Info)
• The Parliament of Ghana prevents a potential government shutdown by approving a provisional budget of ₵68.1 billion ($4.65 billion) to fund government operations through March, amid a transition to John Mahama's presidency. (Reuters)
• The Constitutional Court of Indonesia rules that the 20% electoral threshold for political parties to nominate a presidential candidate is not legally binding, potentially enabling smaller parties to participate in future presidential elections without the need to form coalition with larger parties. (Reuters)
• The Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, begins a historic three-day trip to the Antarctica along with civil, scientific and military authorities. According to the Chilean Government, the codenamed Operación Estrella Polar III seeks to strengthen the country's presence in the territory. (Government of Chile)

Science and technology

• 2025 in paleontology, Dinosaur finds in the United Kingdom
  • The largest site of dinosaur footprints of the Cetiosaurus and Megalosaurus dating back to the Middle Jurassic Bathonian stage 166 million years ago is discovered at a quarry in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom. (BBC News)

January 1, 2025 (2025-01-01) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 26 Palestinians, including four children. At least ten others are missing and believed to be buried under rubble. (Al Jazeera)
• 2025 New Orleans truck attack
  • A man kills 14 people and injures 35 others, including two police officers, in a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, before being shot dead. The FBI says that it found an Islamic State flag in the suspect's vehicle. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission, endorsed by United Nations Security Council on December 27, replaces the African Union Transition Mission as the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia. (Voice of Nigeria) (UN Press)

Arts and culture

• Public Domain Day, 2025 in public domain
  • The novel A Farewell to Arms and the cartoon characters Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain in the United States. (Rolling Stone)

Business and economy

• 2022–2023 Russia–European Union gas dispute
  • Russia's gas firm Gazprom suspends exports of Russian natural gas through Ukrainian pipelines after Ukraine refused to renew the transit agreement between its operator Naftogaz and Gazprom. However, Hungary will continue receiving Russian natural gas via the TurkStream pipeline. (Reuters)
• Foreign relations of Mexico
  • Mexico's Tax Administration Service implements new tariffs, including a 19% duty on goods from countries without international trade agreements with Mexico and a 17% duty on goods from Canada and the United States under certain value thresholds. (Reuters)
• Moldova–Russia relations
  • As announced, Russia's Gazprom halts its gas supplies both to Moldova and the self-proclaimed Transnistrian republic alleging non-compliance with payment obligations. (bne IntelliNews), (Politico)

Disasters and accidents

• European migrant crisis
  • Twenty-seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are killed, and 83 others are rescued after two boats capsize off the Kerkennah Islands near Tunisia, with searches ongoing for additional missing passengers. (France 24)
• Three people are killed and over twenty others are injured in a fireworks explosion at a house in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. (CTV News)

International relations

• Honduras–United States relations
  • Honduran President Xiomara Castro warns that she might remove all US military bases from Honduras and seek to cancel the military cooperation with the United States if President-elect Donald Trump fulfills his threat to order mass deportations of Hondurans when he takes office next January 20. (The Tico Times)

Law and crime

• 2024–2025 German New Year's Eve pyrotechnics incidents
  • Five people are killed, several others are injured, and at least 330 people are arrested due to mishandling of pyrotechnics during New Year's celebrations in Germany. (RNZ) (1News)
• 2025 Cetinje shootings
  • Twelve people are killed and four others are injured in a shooting spree in Cetinje, Montenegro. The perpetrator kills himself. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
• Al Jazeera controversies and criticism
  • The Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera's broadcasts and operations in Palestine, accusing the network of interfering in internal affairs and spreading incitement and misinformation. (Reuters)
• Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia announces the execution of six Iranian nationals convicted of smuggling hashish. In Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Saudi ambassador in protest. (AP)
• LGBTQ rights in Liechtenstein
  • Liechtenstein becomes the 39th country to legalize same-sex marriage. (GCN)
• Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Tesla Cybertruck explosion
  • A Tesla Cybertruck containing firework mortars and gas canisters explodes outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, United States, injuring seven people. The driver died from a self-inflicted gunshot prior to the explosion. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently investigating the incident as a possible terrorist attack. (ABC News)
• Five people are killed in a familicide mass stabbing when a son kills his four sisters and mother in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. (The Hindu)
• Myanmar's Tatmadaw enacts a cybersecurity law imposing strict controls on digital communications, requiring service providers to store user data for three years, penalizing VPN use without government approval, and allowing authorities to block or shut down platforms deemed to spread disinformation or disrupt stability. (AP)
• A police officer is killed and four other people are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack during a patrol in Nelson, New Zealand. A 32-year-old suspect is arrested. (AP)
• Eleven people are injured during a mass shooting outside a nightclub in Queens, New York, United States. (The Nightly)
• FBI agents announce the seizure of more than 150 homemade pipe bombs and other explosive devices from a home in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States, "the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history". (AP)

Politics and elections

• Bulgaria and Romania finalize the process of joining the Schengen Area and lift their land border controls. (AP)
• Karin Keller-Sutter is sworn in as President of Switzerland. (Le News)
• Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union after Hungary. (Polsat News) (TVN24)

December 31, 2024 (2024-12-31) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • Opération Chammal
    • The French Air Force conducts airstrikes against several Islamic State targets in Syria. (Le Parisien)
  • Somali Civil War, Puntland military offensives into ISIS
    • Ten Islamic State militants are killed by Puntland forces in an attempted attack involving suicide bombers on a military base in Dharjaale, Bari, Puntland, Somalia. This comes after the semi-autonomous region of Puntland announced a military offensive against the Islamic State and Al-Shabaab. (Garowe Online) (Reuters) (Idil News)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The United States Air Force launches at least 12 airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• One crew member is killed and two others are missing after a cargo ship sinks in the San Bernardino Strait near Samar, Philippines. (News Central)
• Puerto Rico experiences a power outage, impacting 1.3 million clients. (The New York Times) (NBC News)

International relations

• French military withdrawal from West Africa
  • France–Ivory Coast relations
    • In his New Year's speech, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announces that the French military base in Abidjan will be handed over to the Ivorian Government in January. (France 24)
  • France–Senegal relations
    • In his New Year's speech, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announces the closure of French military facilities and the withdrawal of all foreign military forces from Senegal beginning in 2025. (Le Figaro)

Law and crime

• 2024 Ecuadorian conflict
  • An Ecuadorian judge issues arrest warrants for 16 soldiers accused of the disappearance and murder of four children in Guayaquil after genetic tests confirm the charred remains found near a military base belong to the missing victims. (AP)
• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • The Seoul Western District Court issues an arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol. (The Japan Times)
• Belgrade school shooting
  • A Serbian court sentences the parents of a boy who killed 10 people in a Belgrade primary school in 2023 to over 14 years and three years in prison, respectively, for child neglect and abuse, and also sentences a shooting range instructor to 1 and a half years for perjury. (Reuters)
• Capital punishment in Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe approves a law abolishing the death penalty in the country, effective immediately. (BBC News)
• Kivu conflict, Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • A military tribunal in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, sentences 13 soldiers to death for charges including murder, looting, and cowardice, following territorial losses attributed to desertion during the conflict. (Reuters)
• Five people are wounded during a random mass stabbing amid New Year's Eve celebrations in Verucchio, Province of Rimini, Italy. The perpetrator is shot dead by a soldier. (Il Resto del Carlino)
• A man steals an excavator in Grünsfeld, Germany, and rams the excavator against vehicles, injuring four police officers, before being shot dead. (DW)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

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

Economics

• Chinese property sector crisis
• German economic 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
• United States drone sightings
• Venezuelan political crisis

Protests and strikes

• Georgian post-election protests
• Israel–Hamas war protests
• Mozambican post-election protests
• United Kingdom farmers' protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• December

• 29: Chad, National Assembly
• 29: Croatia, President (1st)

Upcoming

• January

• 12: Comoros, Assembly of the Union
• 12: Croatia, President (2nd)
• 16: Vanuatu, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded

• France:0Dominique Pélicot

Ongoing

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

Sports

• American football

• 2024 NFL season
• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS 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

• Ice hockey

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

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

January

• 05: Costas Simitis
• 03: Jeff Baena
• 02: Ágnes Keleti
• 01: David Lodge
• 01: Chad Morgan
• 01: Wayne Osmond

December

• 31: Arnold Rüütel
• 31: Johnnie Walker
• 29: Aaron Brown
• 29: Jimmy Carter
• 29: Linda Lavin
• 28: Charles Dolan
• 27: Greg Gumbel
• 27: Dayle Haddon
• 27: Olivia Hussey
• 27: Charles Shyer
• 26: Richard Parsons
• 26: Manmohan Singh
• 25: Britt Allcroft
• 25: Bill Bergey
• 25: M. T. Vasudevan Nair
• 25: Osamu Suzuki
• 24: Dési Bouterse
• 24: Richard Perry
• 23: Shyam Benegal
• 23: Sophie Hediger
• 21: Michelle Botes
• 21: Art Evans
• 20: Casey Chaos
• 20: George Eastham
• 20: Rickey Henderson
• 19: Michael Leunig
• 18: Slim Dunlap
• 18: John Marsden
• 17: Igor Kirillov
• 17: Marisa Paredes
• 17: Jānis Timma
• 16: Dick Van Arsdale
• 15: Zakir Hussain
• 14: Isak Andic
• 11: David Bonderman
• 11: Khalil Haqqani
• 10: Rocky Colavito
• 10: Michael Cole
• 10: The Amazing Kreskin
• 09: Nikki Giovanni
• 08: Jill Jacobson
• 08: Clarke Reed
• 06: Miho Nakayama
• 06: Maggie Tabberer

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

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