Current events: 2025-01-15

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war
- 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefire
  - Israel and Hamas reach a diplomatic agreement mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the U.S. to initiate a ceasefire and an end to military operations in Gaza, and to facilitate the exchange of hostages and prisoners, marking the first major cessation of hostilities since the 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire. (CNN)
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Kivu conflict
  - Allied Democratic Forces militants kill ten people in an attack on a village in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
Russo-Ukrainian War
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin and his country of plotting terror attacks on airliners across the world. (The Independent)
Red Sea crisis
- The Yemeni Houthi group claims it launched a missile attack targeting the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and accompanying warships of the United States Navy in the northern Red Sea. (Anadolu Agency)

Disasters and accidents

Stilfontein mine deaths
- Seventy-eight bodies of workers are retrieved from a closed illegal gold mine in Stilfontein, North West Province, South Africa following a months-long siege by the police. Over 200 survivors are arrested as they exited the mine. (Reuters)

Health and environment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration bans the usage of Red No. 3 artificial food coloring, due to research showing that the food coloring is carcinogenic. (NBC News)

Law and crime

2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
  - Anti-corruption officials and police attempt to breach the residence of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol for a second time to execute his arrest warrant, while facing resistance from the Presidential Security Service, People Power Party lawmakers, and pro-Yoon protesters. (Yonhap) (AP)
  - Yoon Suk Yeol is arrested at his residence in central Seoul following a five-hour-long standoff, becoming South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested. (Yonhap) (AP)
2024 drone sightings
- The Government of Germany authorises the Bundeswehr to shoot down suspicious drones seen near military sites or other critical infrastructure. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser points to Russia as suspected of being behind such activity. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

Daniel Chapo, from the ruling FRELIMO party, is sworn in as President of Mozambique, succeeding Filipe Nyusi. The inauguration takes place amid fresh political unrest with more protesters killed, while opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane insists that the October 2024 election was rigged. (France 24)
The candidate of GERB–SDS coalition, Rosen Zhelyazkov, is tasked by President Rumen Radev with forming the new Government of Bulgaria, following the October 2024 parliamentary election. The proposed cabinet would also include ministers of BSP and ITN parties. (Fakti.bg)

Science and technology