Current events: 2025-01-14

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis, Calls for a ceasefire during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Hamas officials say that they have accepted a draft agreement for a potential ceasefire and the release of hostages. Mediators in the United States and Qatar also state that the war is at the closest it has been in 15 months to end. (AP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • In what it says is its "most massive" and "deeper" attack inside Russia so far, Ukraine strikes targets at the Bryansk, Saratov and Tula oblasts, as well as the Republic of Tatarstan, with more than 200 drones and five ATACMS ballistic missiles, hitting ammunition depots, industrial plants and a refinery. (CNN), (BBC)
• North Korea missile tests
  • North Korea launches multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. (Reuters)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Yemen's Houthi forces fire a missile at Israel, triggering sirens in several areas, including Tel Aviv and some Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to the Israeli military, the missile was "likely intercepted" and no injuries are reported. (Xinhua)

International relations

• 2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions, NATO operations
  • At the Baltic Sea Allies summit Helsinki, Finland, co-chaired by Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announces Baltic Sentry, a new military mission to strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure in the region, like energy and communication cables, from "destabilizing acts". (NATO News)
• Cuba–United States relations
  • President Joe Biden announces that the United States is to remove Cuba from its state sponsors of terrorism list, as part of a prisoner release deal. (BBC)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • Yoon Suk Yeol residence standoff
    • A military unit assigned to guard the presidential residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol approves the entry of anti-corruption officials and police, which the Presidential Security Service contests. (Yonhap)
    • The Constitutional Court of South Korea adjourns the opening session of the impeachment trial of Yoon Suk Yeol after the suspended president failed to attend. Days ago, Yoon's lawyer said he was to miss the first hearing due to alleged safety concerns. (NBC News) (Xinhua)
• Moldova detains former Kyrgyzstan presidential advisor Aidar Khalikov, who accused Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov of corruption and election rigging. (OCCRP)

Politics and elections

• British Treasury Economic Secretary Tulip Siddiq resigns after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. (BBC)

Science and technology

• Venezuela lifts their ban on the Telegram app. (Techradar)

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