Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 26 Palestinians, including four children. At least ten others are missing and believed to be buried under rubble.

2025 New Orleans truck attack

A man kills 14 people and injures 35 others, including two police officers, in a vehicle-ramming and shooting attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, before being shot dead. The FBI says that it found an Islamic State flag in the suspect's vehicle.

Somali Civil War

The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission, endorsed by the United Nations Security Council on December 27, replaces the African Union Transition Mission as the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

Honduras–United States relations

Honduran President Xiomara Castro warns that she might remove all US military bases from Honduras and seek to cancel the military cooperation with the United States if President-elect Donald Trump fulfills his threat to order mass deportations of Hondurans when he takes office next January 20.

Politics

Bulgaria and Romania finalize the process of joining the Schengen Area and lift their land border controls.

Politics

Karin Keller-Sutter is sworn in as President of Switzerland.

Politics

Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union after Hungary.

2025 Cetinje shootings

Twelve people are killed and four others are injured in a shooting spree in Cetinje, Montenegro. The perpetrator kills himself.

Al Jazeera controversies and criticism

The Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera's broadcasts and operations in Palestine, accusing the network of interfering in internal affairs and spreading incitement and misinformation.

Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia announces the execution of six Iranian nationals convicted of smuggling hashish. In Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Saudi ambassador in protest.

LGBTQ rights in Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein becomes the 37th country to legalize same-sex marriage.

Trump International Hotel Las Vegas Tesla Cybertruck explosion

A Tesla Cybertruck containing firework mortars and gas canisters explodes outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada, United States, injuring seven people. The driver died from a self-inflicted gunshot prior to the explosion. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently investigating the incident as a possible terrorist attack.

Justice

Five people are killed, several others are injured, and at least 330 people are arrested due to mishandling of pyrotechnics during New Year's celebrations in Germany.

Justice

Five people are killed in a familicide mass stabbing when a son kills his four sisters and mother in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Justice

Myanmar's Tatmadaw enacts a cybersecurity law imposing strict controls on digital communications, requiring service providers to store user data for three years, penalizing VPN use without government approval, and allowing authorities to block or shut down platforms deemed to spread disinformation or disrupt stability.

Justice

A police officer is killed and four other people are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack during a patrol in Nelson, New Zealand. A 32-year-old suspect is arrested.

Justice

Eleven people are injured during a mass shooting outside a nightclub in Queens, New York, United States.

Justice

FBI agents announce the seizure of more than 150 homemade pipe bombs and other explosive devices from a home in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States, "the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history".

European migrant crisis

Twenty-seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are killed, and 83 others are rescued after two boats capsize off the Kerkennah Islands near Tunisia, with searches ongoing for additional missing passengers.

Disasters

Three people are killed and over twenty others are injured in a fireworks explosion at a house in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

Disasters

A tour bus crashed into a tree in Surat Thani province, Thailand, killing five and 30.

2022–2023 Russia–European Union gas dispute

Russia's gas firm Gazprom suspends exports of Russian natural gas through Ukrainian pipelines after Ukraine refused to renew the transit agreement between its operator Naftogaz and Gazprom. However, Hungary will continue receiving Russian natural gas via the TurkStream pipeline.

Foreign relations of Mexico

Mexico's Tax Administration Service implements new tariffs, including a 19% duty on goods from countries without international trade agreements with Mexico and a 17% duty on goods from Canada and the United States under certain value thresholds.

Moldova–Russia relations

As announced, Russia's Gazprom halts its gas supplies both to Moldova and the self-proclaimed Transnistrian Republic alleging non-compliance with payment obligations.,