Current events: 2025-02-04

Wikipedia Current Events · Feb 4, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

War against the Islamic State
- War in Somalia
  - Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
    - Puntland Security Forces battle ISIS militants near Dharin, killing at least 40 fighters and injuring others. They claim to have captured the village of Dharin in Togga Jecel of Bari Region, Puntland. (The Somali Digest) (Garowe Online)
Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, Israel–United States relations
  - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump amidst a second phase of negotiations for the ceasefire on the Gaza Strip. (NPR)
  - U.S. President Donald Trump announces that the United States will take control of the Gaza Strip in an agreement with Israel. Trump also says Palestinians will have no choice but to leave the territory. (The Guardian)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian War
  - A Russian missile strikes a residential building in Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, killing four people and injuring twenty others. (Ukrainska Pravda)
Spillover of the Ethiopian civil war
- Djiboutian armed forces executed a drone strike near the Ethiopian border, killing eight members of what the government called the terrorist group was involved in "hostile actions" the attack causing injury to an unidentified number of civilians. (Hiiraan Online) (VOA)

International relations

Second Trump tariffs
- China–United States trade war
  - The United States implements a 10% across-the-board tariff on Chinese products and eliminates the de minimis exemption for exports from China. In response, China imposes retaliatory tariffs on energy products, agricultural equipment, and automobiles from the United States, effective February 10th, and export controls on critical minerals. It also adds U.S. companies PVH Corp. and Illumina Inc to its unreliable entities list and launches a probe into U.S. technology company Google for alleged anti-trust violations. (The Guardian)
Moldova–European Union relations
- The European Union and Moldova agree an energy deal that will see Moldova integrated into the bloc's energy grid after Russia halted gas supplies over an alleged $709 million unpaid bill. The European Commission says Moldova will receive 250 million euros ($258 million) this year to help its citizens afford rising energy bills as part of the agreement. (AP)
Iran–United States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump signs a presidential memorandum reimposing a policy of maximum pressure against Iran. (Reuters)

Law and crime