Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • At least four people are killed in Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
  • Kryvyi Rih strikes
    • Four people are killed and 14 others are wounded in a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, according to the Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Serhiy Lysak. (Euronews)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • The Government of Israel approves the proposed Gaza ceasefire agreement, previously approved by the Security Cabinet of Israel. (CNN)
• Two judges are killed while a third and a bodyguard are wounded in a mass shooting at the Supreme Court of Iran in Tehran, Iran. The perpetrator has killed himself. (DW)
• A Palestinian man from Tulkarem illegally enters Israel and stabs a man in his 30s on Levontin Street in central Tel Aviv, leaving him seriously injured. An armed civilian intervenes and fatally shoots the attacker. (The Times Of Israel)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Niger tanker explosion
  • At least 60 people are killed and dozens other injured after a fuel tanker overturns on a highway in Niger State, Nigeria and later explosed when people went to the side to get the spilled fuel. (The Straight Times)

Health and environment

• 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
  • Azerbaijan's Ministry of Healthcare reports the country's first case of mpox in a 22-year-old patient who had recently travelled abroad. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Internal conflict in South Sudan
  • Three people are killed and seven others are injured in clashes with security forces in Juba and Aweil, South Sudan, with three Sudanese-owned houses set on fire in Aweil. This comes after videos emerged allegedly showing Sudanese soldiers killing South Sudanese civilians in Wad Madani, Sudan. (BBC News)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • The Security Cabinet of Israel approves the proposed Gaza ceasefire agreement, which is expected to take effect on Sunday. (The Guardian)
• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
  • Twelve Naxalites are killed in a police raid in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• British oil and gas company BP announces that it will lay off 4,700 employees and 3,000 contractors globally to reduce costs. (AP)

International relations

• 2024 United States telecommunications hack
  • The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions a cybersecurity company and hacker, both with ties to China's Ministry of State Security, for their alleged roles in hacking American telecommunications companies. (Reuters)
• Iran–Russia relations
  • Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian president Vladimir Putin sign the Iranian–Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The 20-year deal will see cooperation between the two countries in multiple areas, including nuclear energy, counterterrorism, and environmental issues. (Middle East Eye)

Law and crime

• TikTok v. Garland
  • The United States Supreme Court upholds a law that could ban TikTok in the United States on January 19 unless the social media platform is sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance. (AP)
• A judge in Bolivia orders the arrest of former Bolivian President Evo Morales on statutory rape charges. (The Guardian)
• Brazilian police raid a ranch in Ponta Grossa, South Region, Brazil, in an operation to dismantle a gang planning large-scale bank heists, killing six suspects and seizing weapons, including a 50-caliber machine guns and explosives. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Colombian conflict
  • Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspends dialogue with the National Liberation Army following accusations of war crimes against the group. (Reuters)
• Second inauguration of Donald Trump
  • U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announces that his upcoming second inauguration will be held indoors at the United States Capitol rotunda due to cold temperatures forecasts. Trump also announces that the inaugural parade will be held indoors at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. (Reuters)
• Didier Guillaume, the head of government of Monaco, dies suddenly at the age of 65. Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre is appointed acting Minister of State by Prince Albert II. (Monaco Tribune)