Current events: 2025-01-27

Wikipedia Current Events · Jan 27, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Colombian conflict
- Catatumbo campaign
  - 2025 Catatumbo clashes
    - Local authorities of Teorama, Norte de Santander, Colombia, find the bodies of thirteen FARC combatants. (El Espectador)
Kivu conflict, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda tensions
- M23 offensive
  - Battle of Goma
    - M23 rebels claim to have captured the city of Goma in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The government says its troops still hold the Goma International Airport and other key locations, and that Rwandan army soldiers are present in Goma. Congolese and Rwandan forces exchange fire along the border. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (DW) Business and economy
A global selloff of technology stocks on Nasdaq, prompted by the release of the DeepSeek-R1 model, has led to record losses in the market capitalizations of AI and computer hardware companies. (Reuters) International relations
China–India relations
- Following the meeting between Foreign Secretary of India Vikram Misri and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi in Beijing, China and India agree to resume direct air travel between the two countries after five year hiatus. (CNA).