Armed conflicts and attacks
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- Red Sea crisis
- The Houthis report that 25 crew members of the Japanese-operated roll-on/roll-off ship Galaxy Leader, including many foreign nationals, are released to Oman, with the Houthis citing support for the 2025 Israel–Hamas ceasefire as the reason for release. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 California wildfires
- January 2025 Southern California wildfires
- Hughes Fire
- The Hughes Fire ignites and spreads to over 5,000 acres in less than four hours, triggering mandatory evacuation orders in settlements around Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, California. (Los Angeles Times) (KTLA)
- Hughes Fire
- January 2025 Southern California wildfires
- January 20–22, 2025 Gulf Coast blizzard
- The death toll of a historic winter storm event on the Gulf Coast of the United States rises to 9 people. {{cvt|8|in|cm}} of snowfall is measured at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana. The statewide snowfall record in Florida is broken as over {{cvt|5.5|in|cm}} falls in Molino. (CNN)
- At least 11 people killed in a rail accident in western Maharashtra, India. (Al Arabiya) Law and crime
- Two people are killed, including a two-year-old boy, and two others are injured in a mass stabbing at a park in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. The perpetrator is arrested. (Al Arabiya)
- One person is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing at Nagano Station in Nagano, Japan. (Mainichi)
- One student is killed and another one is wounded in a school shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. (CNN)
- United States President Donald Trump re-designates the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization. (The Hill)
- Kyle Clifford, the perpetrator of the Hunt family killings in Bushey, England in 2024, pleads guilty to three counts of murder. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Transport in Somalia
- The Somali Airlines Operators Association, representing at least 20 airlines, has suspended all flights starting January 22, 2025, in protest against increased government-imposed fees after disputes with the Ministry of Aviation and the Somali Civil Aviation Authority. (Shabelle Media) (Hiiraan Online)
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