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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153165" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">War in Somalia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State" target="_blank">War against the Islamic State</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_insurgency_in_Puntland" target="_blank">Islamic State insurgency in Puntland</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland_Security_Force" target="_blank">Puntland forces</a> carried out third <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare" target="_blank">drone airstrikes</a> across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Somalia_Province" target="_blank">Islamic State</a> hideouts in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari%2C_Somalia" target="_blank">Bari region</a>, targeting IL and Camayra of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Miskaad" target="_blank">Cal Miskaad</a> mountain areas near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balidhidhin_District" target="_blank">Balidhidin district</a>. Claimed several militants were killed and key bases were destroyed. The operation also captured four foreign fighters from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia" target="_blank">Ethiopia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" target="_blank">Yemen</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania" target="_blank">Tanzania</a> adding to Puntland's Counterterrorism Unit intercepted explosive-laden drones. <a href="https://www.idilnews.com/puntland-forces-conduct-airstrikes-on-isis-positions-around-balodhidin-of-bari-region/" target="_blank">(Idil News)</a> <a href="https://www.voasomali.com/a/duqeymo-ka-dhacay-degaano-ka-mid-ah-gobolka-bari/7931018.html" target="_blank">(VOA)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" target="_blank">Israeli airstrikes</a> across the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a> kill at least 22 people. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/9/live-israel-kills-50-people-in-gaza-recovers-body-of-captive-from-rafah" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery" target="_blank">artillery</a> strikes kill two people in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siversk" target="_blank">Siversk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" target="_blank">Donetsk Oblast</a>, and two people in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamianka-Dniprovska" target="_blank">Kamianka-Dniprovska</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" target="_blank">Zaporizhzhia Oblast</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/four-dead-shelling-incidents-ukraine-officials-say-2025-01-09/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_European_winter" target="_blank">2024–25 European winter</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two people are killed and 20 others are injured during a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_storm" target="_blank">snowstorm</a> in northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">France</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/france-europe-cold-snap-snow-weather-deaths-eb1cd5d181c6ce4b8ca32b5e8e29b727" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Russia_relations" target="_blank">Azerbaijan–Russia relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a> refuses to take responsibility for the downing of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Airlines_Flight_8243" target="_blank">Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243</a> despite calls by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan" target="_blank">Azerbaijan</a> to do so. <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/kremlin-declines-to-accept-responsibility-for-plane-crash" target="_blank">(The Straits Times)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" target="_blank">Armenia–European Union relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Armenia" target="_blank">Armenian government</a> approves a bill to launch a bid for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia" target="_blank">the country</a> to join the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" target="_blank">European Union</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/armenian-government-approves-bill-launch-eu-accession-bid-2025-01-09/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_political_crisis" target="_blank">2024 Venezuelan political crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" target="_blank">Venezuelan</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_opposition" target="_blank">opposition</a> leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Corina_Machado" target="_blank">María Corina Machado</a>, in her reappearance after 133 days in hiding, is briefly arrested when her convoy was intercepted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bolivarian_Armed_Forces_of_Venezuela" target="_blank">security forces</a> as it departed an anti-government protest in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracas" target="_blank">Caracas</a>. The incident occurs the day before the ruling party-controlled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Venezuela" target="_blank">National Assembly</a> is scheduled to swear in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro" target="_blank">Nicolás Maduro</a> to a third presidential term. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-election-inauguration-maduro-protests-edmundo-machado-db8a045f2614cb71022674dc6b73bd88" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/09/venezuela-maria-corina-machado-kidnapped" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932025_Lebanese_presidential_election" target="_blank">2022–2025 Lebanese presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Lebanese military</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_of_the_Lebanese_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">commander</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Aoun" target="_blank">Joseph Aoun</a> is elected as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Lebanon" target="_blank">President of Lebanon</a>, ending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_vacuum" target="_blank">power vacuum</a> that has lasted over two years. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-parliament-president-joseph-aoun-hezbollah-942ce2e5d5619f072c8b23850ebce7b5" target="_blank">(AP News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Jimmy_Carter" target="_blank">Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">U.S. President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" target="_blank">Jimmy Carter</a>'s state funeral is held at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_National_Cathedral" target="_blank">Washington National Cathedral</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C." target="_blank">DC</a>. All five living presidents, including outgoing president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">President-elect</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>, attend the funeral. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carters-funeral-living-presidents-together-national-cathedral/" target="_blank">(CBS News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" target="_blank">President</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" target="_blank">São Tomé and Príncipe</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Vila_Nova" target="_blank">Carlos Vila Nova</a>, rejects the proposal by his own party, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Democratic_Action" target="_blank">Independent Democratic Action</a>, to elect Hélio Vaz de Almeida as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" target="_blank">Prime Minister</a>. <a href="https://www.rfi.fr/pt/%C3%A1frica-lus%C3%B3fona/20250109-presidente-rejeita-nome-de-h%C3%A9lio-vaz-de-almeida-para-primeiro-ministro" target="_blank">(RFI)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_January_9" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153165, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War_%282009%E2%80%93present%29']War in Somalia[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_against_the_Islamic_State']War against the Islamic State[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_insurgency_in_Puntland']Islamic State insurgency in Puntland[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntland_Security_Force']Puntland forces[/URL] carried out third [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_warfare']drone airstrikes[/URL] across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Somalia_Province']Islamic State[/URL] hideouts in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari%2C_Somalia']Bari region[/URL], targeting IL and Camayra of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Miskaad']Cal Miskaad[/URL] mountain areas near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balidhidhin_District']Balidhidin district[/URL]. Claimed several militants were killed and key bases were destroyed. The operation also captured four foreign fighters from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia']Ethiopia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen']Yemen[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania']Tanzania[/URL] adding to Puntland's Counterterrorism Unit intercepted explosive-laden drones. [URL='https://www.idilnews.com/puntland-forces-conduct-airstrikes-on-isis-positions-around-balodhidin-of-bari-region/'](Idil News)[/URL] [URL='https://www.voasomali.com/a/duqeymo-ka-dhacay-degaano-ka-mid-ah-gobolka-bari/7931018.html'](VOA)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_Strip']Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force']Israeli airstrikes[/URL] across the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL] kill at least 22 people. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/9/live-israel-kills-50-people-in-gaza-recovers-body-of-captive-from-rafah'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery']artillery[/URL] strikes kill two people in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siversk']Siversk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast']Donetsk Oblast[/URL], and two people in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamianka-Dniprovska']Kamianka-Dniprovska[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast']Zaporizhzhia Oblast[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/four-dead-shelling-incidents-ukraine-officials-say-2025-01-09/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_European_winter']2024–25 European winter[/URL] [LIST] [*]Two people are killed and 20 others are injured during a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_storm']snowstorm[/URL] in northern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']France[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/france-europe-cold-snap-snow-weather-deaths-eb1cd5d181c6ce4b8ca32b5e8e29b727'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Russia_relations']Azerbaijan–Russia relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL] refuses to take responsibility for the downing of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Airlines_Flight_8243']Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243[/URL] despite calls by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan']Azerbaijan[/URL] to do so. [URL='https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/kremlin-declines-to-accept-responsibility-for-plane-crash']([I]The Straits Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations']Armenia–European Union relations[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Armenia']Armenian government[/URL] approves a bill to launch a bid for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia']the country[/URL] to join the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union']European Union[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/armenian-government-approves-bill-launch-eu-accession-bid-2025-01-09/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Venezuelan_political_crisis']2024 Venezuelan political crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela']Venezuelan[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_opposition']opposition[/URL] leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Corina_Machado']María Corina Machado[/URL], in her reappearance after 133 days in hiding, is briefly arrested when her convoy was intercepted by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bolivarian_Armed_Forces_of_Venezuela']security forces[/URL] as it departed an anti-government protest in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracas']Caracas[/URL]. The incident occurs the day before the ruling party-controlled [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Venezuela']National Assembly[/URL] is scheduled to swear in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro']Nicolás Maduro[/URL] to a third presidential term. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-election-inauguration-maduro-protests-edmundo-machado-db8a045f2614cb71022674dc6b73bd88'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/09/venezuela-maria-corina-machado-kidnapped']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%932025_Lebanese_presidential_election']2022–2025 Lebanese presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Armed_Forces']Lebanese military[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_of_the_Lebanese_Armed_Forces']commander[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Aoun']Joseph Aoun[/URL] is elected as the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Lebanon']President of Lebanon[/URL], ending the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_vacuum']power vacuum[/URL] that has lasted over two years. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-parliament-president-joseph-aoun-hezbollah-942ce2e5d5619f072c8b23850ebce7b5'](AP News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Jimmy_Carter']Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter[/URL] [LIST] [*]Former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States']U.S. President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter']Jimmy Carter[/URL]'s state funeral is held at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_National_Cathedral']Washington National Cathedral[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C.']DC[/URL]. All five living presidents, including outgoing president [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden']Joe Biden[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States']President-elect[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump']Donald Trump[/URL], attend the funeral. [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jimmy-carters-funeral-living-presidents-together-national-cathedral/'](CBS News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe']President[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe']São Tomé and Príncipe[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Vila_Nova']Carlos Vila Nova[/URL], rejects the proposal by his own party, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Democratic_Action']Independent Democratic Action[/URL], to elect Hélio Vaz de Almeida as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe']Prime Minister[/URL]. [URL='https://www.rfi.fr/pt/%C3%A1frica-lus%C3%B3fona/20250109-presidente-rejeita-nome-de-h%C3%A9lio-vaz-de-almeida-para-primeiro-ministro'](RFI)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_January_9"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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