Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Davao Oriental earthquake
  • A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Manay, Davao Oriental, Philippines (ABS-CBN News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Four people are killed and 40 others are trapped under rubble in an Israeli strike on a building in Sabra, Gaza City, Palestine, as the ceasefire agreement proposed by US president Donald Trump awaits approval by the Israeli cabinet. (The Times of Israel)
    • Twenty-nine people are killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip. (Wafa)
  • Gaza war peace plan
    • The Israeli cabinet formally approves the ceasefire agreement, with the Israeli military given 24 hours to withdraw their troops to the agreed-upon line within Gaza. The hostage and prisoner releases are expected to begin in the coming days. (AP)
    • US officials announce that 200 troops will be sent to Israel to run a civil-military coordination center established by U.S. Central Command to support and monitor the ceasefire deal, joined by members of the armed forces of Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. (AP)
• Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes
  • Death Of Noor Wali Mehsud
    • The Pakistan Air Force allegedly kills Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan emir Noor Wali Mehsud in a purported targeted air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Amu.tv)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • At least seven terrorists affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban were killed in an intelligence-based operation by Pakistani security forces, announced by the Pakistan Armed Forces's media wing. A Pakistani army major was also killed during the exchange. Inter-Services Public Relations further reported that the security forces recovered a cache of weapons and ammunition, along with stating that the killed terrorists were actively involved in multiple terrorist attacks. (Daily Pioneer)

Arts and culture

• 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Hungarian novelist and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai wins this year's Nobel Prize in Literature "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art". (CNN)

Business and economy

• Argentina–United States relations, Argentine monetary crisis
  • US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announces that the United States has purchased Argentine pesos and has finalized a currency swap framework, adding that the US is prepared to provide assistance to Argentina's economy, after ending four days of meetings with Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo. (AP)
• Serbia–United States relations, United States government sanctions, Russia–United States relations
  • The United States Treasury Department issues sanctions against Naftna Industrija Srbije, the primary petroleum producer and supplier in Serbia, which is majority-owned by Russian state company Gazprom. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • One person is killed in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and hundreds of people are evacuated as Typhoon Halong makes landfall in the Izu Islands. (AP) (Kyodo News)
• 2025 Azerbaijan–Russia diplomatic crisis, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
  • Vladimir Putin says that Russian air defense shot down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 in December 2024, in his first admission of responsibility for the accident. (CNN)

International relations

• Trinidad and Tobago–United States relations
  • The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago says that the United States has granted permission yesterday to the country to negotiate a gas deal with Venezuela without facing U.S. sanctions related to its relationship with Venezuela. (AP)

Law and crime

• Attorney General of New York Letitia James is indicted on a criminal bank fraud charge by the United States Department of Justice in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. (CNN) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Ecuador protests
  • The Ecuadorian Army deploys at least 5,000 personnel to Quito to "prevent vandalism" amid ongoing protests against President Daniel Noboa over the rise of price of diesel fuel due to end of subsidies. (AP)

Sports

• 2025 ATP Tour
  • In tennis, Monégasque player Valentin Vacherot defeats Holger Rune at the Shanghai Masters to become the lowest ranked player on the ATP rankings to reach a Masters 1000 semi-final in 26 years and the first in the 21st century. (The Independent) (ATP)