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- War against the Islamic State
- War in Somalia
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland's Highest Military Court sentenced in absentia two different individuals for promoting Islamic State propaganda and spreading disinformation intended at discrediting Puntland force's ongoing offensive operations. (Hiiraan Online) (Idil News)
- At least four civilians were killed in an airstrike by an unknown combat drone in the Sihan area at the southern eastern of Qandala district in Puntland's Bari region. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)
- Immigration of Puntland
- Puntland authorities have banned illegal foreign entries and directed telecom firms to deactivate SIM cards linked to undocumented individuals and Islamic State operatives. These measures aim to disrupt the group's financial networks as military offensives target Islamic State strongholds in the Cal Miskaad and Cal Madow mountains of Sanaag and Bari region. (VOA) (Garowe) (IOM)
- Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- War in Somalia
- Kivu conflict
- M23 offensive
- Battle of Goma
- M23 rebels take full control of Goma International Airport, according to senior diplomatic and Congolese security officials. (Reuters)
- Four more South African peacekeepers are killed after M23 forces launched a mortar attack on their position at Goma Airport, bringing the total number of foreign peacekeepers killed in recent clashes to 17 with several others wounded. (Anadolu Ajansi)
- Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe says Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi "will have to accept talks with M23 to end the situation once and for all". (The Hill)
- 2025 Kinshasa riots
- Mass rioting takes place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, amid public outrage over the loss of Goma to Rwandan-backed rebels. Multiple embassies are stormed and attacked by anti-government protesters, including the embassies of France, Rwanda and Uganda. Widespread looting is also reported in the capital. (Reuters)
- Battle of Goma
- M23 offensive
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza humanitarian crisis
- Israel announces it will cease all contact with the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, after a ban on the organization's work on Israeli territory goes into effect on January 30. (DW)
- Gaza humanitarian crisis
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Two Pakistan Army soldiers and five insurgents are killed in a shootout in Killa Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Three people are injured when an Air Busan Airbus A321-200 aircraft catches fire before taking off from Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea. All 169 people on board are evacuated from the aircraft. (DW) (Yonhap)
Law and crime
- 2025 Drents Museum heist
- During the aftermath of the heist last Saturday at the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, the Romanian Minister of Culture Lucian Romașcanu fires the director of the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest. (NOS)
- Censorship in Pakistan
- The Senate of Pakistan passes a bill to criminalize the spread of misinformation in the country, with the possibility of up to 3 years imprisonment and fines of up to Rs. 2 million (US$7,121).
- Kyoto Animation arson attack
- The Kyoto District Court finalizes the death sentence for Shinji Aoba, the perpetrator of the arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio in 2019, after he withdrew his appeal to the court's ruling. (The Japan Times)
- Three people, including the perpetrator, are killed and two police officers are injured in a mass shooting at a Martin's Supermarket in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. (AP News)
Politics and elections
- 2024–2025 Serbian anti-corruption protests
- Serbian prime minister Miloš Vučević resigns following protests prompted by the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse. (BBC)
- 2025 Ontario general election
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that a new general election in the Canadian province of Ontario will be held on February 27, 2025. (Reuters)
- German economic crisis
- Verdi, Germany's second-largest trade union, calls for a one-day labor strike for workers at logistics and courier company DHL, which also manages Deutsche Post. (DW)
- Second presidency of Donald Trump
- United States federal judge Loren AliKhan temporarily blocks President Donald Trump's executive order to end federal assistance in the country. (DW) (AP)
Science and technology
- Doomsday Clock
- The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces that the Doomsday Clock has been moved up to 89 seconds before midnight. (Reuters)
- 2025 in aviation
- Boom Technology's XB-1 trijet supersonic demonstrator becomes the first privately-funded jet-powered plane to break the sound barrier at Mojave Air and Space Port.(Reuters)
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