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Revision as of 23:45, 17 January 2025
January 17, 2025 (2025-01-17) (Friday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- The Security Cabinet of Israel approves the proposed Gaza ceasefire agreement. (The Guardian)
- Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
- Twelve Naxalites are killed during a police raid in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, India. (Al Jazeera)
- Three people are killed and seven are wounded in clashes with security forces in the South Sudanese cities of Juba and Aweil. In Aweil, three Sudanese-owned houses are also set on fire. The violence comes after video emerged allegedly showing Sudanese soldiers killing South Sudanese civilians in Wad Madani, Sudan. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- BP announces that it is laying off 4,700 employees and a further 3,000 contractors across its global workforce as part of a cost-cutting drive. (AP)
International relations
- Iran–Russia relations
- The Iranian–Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is signed by Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian president Vladimir Putin. The 20-year deal will see cooperation in multiple areas, including nuclear energy, counterterrorism, and environmental issues. (Middle East Eye)
- 2024 United States telecommunications hack
- The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions a cybersecurity company and hacker, both with ties to China's Ministry of State Security, for their alleged roles in hacking U.S. telecommunications companies. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- TikTok v. Garland
- The United States Supreme Court upholds the law that could ban TikTok in the United States on 19 January unless it is sold by its Chinese parent company ByteDance. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Colombian conflict
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro suspends dialogue with the National Liberation Army following accusations of war crimes against the group. (Reuters)
- Second inauguration of Donald Trump
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announces that his upcoming second inauguration will be moved indoors at the United States Capitol rotunda due to cold temperatures, making it the first to be held indoors since the second inauguration of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1985. (Reuters)
- Didier Guillaume, the head of government of Monaco, dies at the age of 65 after a sudden illness. Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre is appointed acting Minister of State by the Prince of Monaco, Albert II. (Monaco Tribune)