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Revision as of 12:26, 20 January 2025
January 19, 2025 (2025-01-19) (Sunday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Colombian conflict
- Catatumbo campaign
- 2025 Catatumbo attacks
- The National Liberation Army (ELN) and the FARC dissidents exchanges heavy fire across the Catatumbo region, Colombia, killing at least 80 people and injuring hundreds of others, with an unknown number of people also reportedly being kidnapped, after the ELN accused the FARC dissidents of killing civilians in the area. Thousands of people have fled their homes due to the fighting. The Colombian Army says that it has rescued dozens of people, while the government calls on the ELN to immediately cease their attacks. (CBS News)
- 2025 Catatumbo attacks
- Catatumbo campaign
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- The Gaza ceasefire agreement formally goes into effect, with the first hostages and prisoners freed as part of the deal. (CNN)
- Israel announces that its troops have recovered the body of staff sergeant Oron Shaul, who was captured and killed by Hamas in 2014. (The Times of Israel)
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 California wildfires
- January 2025 Southern California wildfires
- Cal Fire reports that the Palisades Fire is more than 50% contained, while the Eaton Fire is more than 80% contained. (Forbes)
- January 2025 Southern California wildfires
Law and crime
- 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
- Yoon Suk Yeol becomes the first sitting president of South Korea to be formally arrested, following his declaration of martial law in December. (Yonhap)
- Following Yoon's arrest, pro-Yoon protesters raid the Seoul Western District Court, resulting in 41 injuries and property damage. (Yonhap)
- Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
- Capital punishment in Iran
- An Iranian court sentences singer Amir Tataloo to death on appeal after Tataloo was convicted of insulting Muhammad. (Al Arabiya)
Politics and elections
- Israel–Hamas war
- Three ministers of the Government of Israel belonging to Otzma Yehudit resign in protest of the approved Gaza ceasefire agreement. (The Times of Israel)
Science and technology
- Restrictions on TikTok in the United States
- Social media platform TikTok temporarily suspends most of its services in the United States as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act goes into effect. TikTok restores these services, but its app remains unavailable in U.S. markets on the App Store and Google Play. (People) (AP)