Disasters and accidents

• Four people are killed and five more injured in a stampede at a delivery of food and money amid Lunar New Year celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (AP)

Law and crime

• 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 Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhunzada and Taliban chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, accusing them of crimes against humanity. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Moro conflict
  • Militants from an offshoot of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front open fire against a U.N. livelihood project in Sumisip, Province of 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)

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)

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. (Los Angeles Times) (KTLA)
• 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. {{cvt|8|in|cm}} of snowfall is measured at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana. The statewide snowfall record in Florida is broken as over {{cvt|5.5|in|cm}} falls in Molino. (CNN)
• 2025 Jalgaon train accident
  • At least 13 people are killed in a railway accident in western 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)

International relations

• Red Sea crisis, Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
  • United States President Donald Trump re-designates the Yemeni Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization. (The Hill)

Law and crime

• 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 U.S. House, making it easier for immigration officials 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. (Mainichi)
• Antioch High School shooting
  • One student is killed, and another one is wounded in a school shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. (CNN)