Current events: 2025-01-13

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • War against the Islamic State
    • Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
      • Twenty-six ISIS militants are allegedly killed, including a female combatant and 2 soldiers, and others injured after Puntland forces capture eight ISIS bases during ongoing offensive military operations in the Bari Region of semi-autonomous Puntland, Somalia. (Idil News) (AFP)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis, Calls for a ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Hamas is expected to release 33 hostages during the first phase of an emerging ceasefire agreement being finalized by negotiators in Doha, two Israeli officials said. (CNN)
• 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  • 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement
    • The Israel Defense Forces strike several Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, alleging the targets violated the terms of the November 27, 2024 ceasefire agreement. (The Times of Israel)

Business and economy

• A general strike called by unions takes place in Belgium to protest against the government plans for pension reform. Work stoppages heavily disrupt public transport in Brussels as well as rail and air travel throughout the country. (Politico)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 California wildfires
  • January 2025 Southern California wildfires
    • AccuWeather releases a preliminary estimate of the total physical and economic loss caused by the ongoing series of wildfires in Southern California of between US$250–275 billion, a figure attributed to exceptionally high property values in the vicinity of Santa Monica, which would surpass their estimated costs of the entire 2020 United States' wildfire season and of Hurricane Helene in 2024. (NBC News)
• Twelve people are killed and many more others are missing in a landslide in Hpakant, Kachin State, Myanmar. About 50 houses are buried or damaged. (AP)

Law and crime

• Venezuelan attorney general Tarek Saab asks for an arrest warrant and a red notice from Interpol against opposition figure Leopoldo López, who lives in exile. Venezuela accuses López of instigating the use of arms against the state and treason, among other charges. (Reuters)
• A judge in Peru throws out the charges of money laundering against former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Efforts to impeach Sara Duterte
  • Members of the Iglesia ni Cristo in the Philippines holds the National Rally for Peace, a nationwide demonstration to express disapproval to impeachment efforts against Vice President Sara Duterte. (Rappler)
• Elections in Lebanon
  • The President of the International Court of Justice, Nawaf Salam, becomes the Prime minister designate of Lebanon after winning absolute majority votes from the members of parliament. (CNN)

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