Saturday, January 18, 2025

Kryvyi Rih strikes

Four people are killed and 14 others are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, according to the Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Serhiy Lysak.

Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure

At least four people are killed in Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine.

Gaza war

The Government of Israel approves the proposed Gaza ceasefire agreement, which had previously been approved by the Security Cabinet of Israel.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict

A Palestinian man from Tulkarm in the West Bank stabs and seriously injures a man in central Tel Aviv after illegally entering Israel. An armed civilian subsequently shoots and kills the perpetrator.

2025 assassination of Iranian Supreme Court judges

Two judges are killed and a third judge and a bodyguard are injured in a mass shooting at the Supreme Court of Iran in Tehran, Iran. The perpetrator subsequently kills himself.

World

Ghanian soldiers open fire on illegal miners at a gold mine in Ashanti Region, killing seven people. Ghanian president John Mahama calls for an investigation into the incident.

Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom

More than 70 people are arrested at a pro-Palestine protest in London, England, United Kingdom for violating protest regulations.

Protests against Donald Trump

In Washington, D.C., the Women's March holds a protest rebranded as the People's March against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration on Monday. Women's March protests are also held in several cities in the United Kingdom.

Internet censorship in the United States

Apple and Google remove apps by the Chinese company ByteDance, including TikTok, Lemon8, and CapCut, from their app stores in the United States to comply with the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.

2025 Suleja fuel tanker explosion

At least 86 people are killed and several others are injured when a fuel tanker overturns on a highway in Suleja, Niger State, Nigeria, and later explodes when people gather to collect the spilled fuel.

Disasters

Ten people are injured, including two seriously, when a chairlift collapses at the Astún ski resort in Aragon, Spain.

2023–2024 mpox epidemic

Azerbaijan's Ministry of Healthcare reports the country's first case of mpox in a 22-year-old patient who had recently travelled abroad.