Current events: 2025-01-26

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli invasion of Lebanon
  • 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement, January 2025 southern Lebanon killings
    • Israeli soldiers open fire against the Lebanese Army and civilians in two villages in southern Lebanon, killing 22 people and wounding at least 124 more. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • At least 27 Nigerian soldiers, including the commanding officer of the 149th Battalion, are killed and dozens of others wounded in a suicide bombing carried out by an Islamic State fighter in the Malam-Fatori, Borno State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera) (Inquirer.net via AFP)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Velyka Novosilka offensive
    • Russian forces capture the village of Velyka Novosilka. (Mathrubhumi)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive (2022–present)
    • March 23 Movement rebels begin their advance into the city of Goma. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• The Syrian newspaper Enab Baladi announces it will return to Syria after a decade in exile following the Syrian civil war. (The New Arab)

International relations

• Belarus–United States relations
  • Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces the release of American citizen Anastasia Nufer from a prison in Belarus. (Rferl.org)
• Colombia–United States relations
  • President of Colombia Gustavo Petro blocks two US military aircraft carrying deported Colombians as part of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown from landing in his country. (The Guardian)
  • United States president Donald Trump enacts a 25% tariff on all goods traded to the US from Colombia, which will be raised to 50% in one week. (CNN)
  • Hours after Trump’s announcement, Colombian President Gustavo Petro orders the commerce ministry to raise tariffs on US imports by 25%. (CNN)

• Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions (2022–present)
  • UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urges Rwanda to end its support for rebels in DR Congo and withdraw Rwandan soldiers from Congolese territory. (Al Jazeera)
  • Congolese foreign minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner called Rwanda's military support for M23 rebels a "declaration of war." (DW)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is formally indicted on insurrection charges over his declaration of martial law in December 2024. (The Washington Post)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Belarusian presidential election
  • A vote is held in Belarus for president, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to extend his rule, in an election that the Belarusian opposition, the United States, and the European Parliament have called a sham election. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2025 ATP Tour
  • 2025 Australian Open
    • In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7(7)-6(4), 6-3, in the men's singles final to win his second Australian Open title and his third Grand Slam overall. (The Guardian) (ATP News)
• Chelsea F.C. Women sign American defender Naomi Girma coming from San Diego Wave FC for a world-record fee of $1.1 million making her the most expensive women player and the first million-dollar transfer in women's soccer history. (CBS Sports)
• 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship
  • 2025 24 Hours of Daytona
    • In motor racing, the Porsche Penske Motorsport team wins the 63rd 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race with drivers Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor.

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