9 Jan 2025

More than 100,000 people are evacuated from approaching wildfires in the Pacific Palisades and Hollywood neighborhoods of Los Angeles and Altadena, California, United States, that have burnt more than 3,000 acres, aggravated by an ongoing extreme windstorm and drought conditions. Five people are killed, dozens of others are injured, and around 1,000 structures are destroyed.

9 Jan 2025

Russian forces attack an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing 13 people and injuring 18 others. Further strikes on Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs kill 13 more people and injure 32 others.

9 Jan 2025

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz states; 'the principle of the inviolability of borders applies to every country... no matter whether it's a very small one or a very powerful one' and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot states; 'there is obviously no question that the European Union would let other nations of the world attack its sovereign borders' in response to Donald Trump proposals of an American annexation of the Danish political dependency of Greenland.

8 Jan 2025

An exceptional Santa Ana wind event reaching hurricane-force in some locations in southern California, United States, cause multiple power outages and wildfire outbreaks, including a rapidly-spreading >2,900 acre wildfire in Los Angeles County which causes several burn injuries and forces 30,000 people to evacuate.

8 Jan 2025

At least 126 people are killed and dozens of others are injured when a magnitude Mw 7.1 (Ms 6.8) earthquake strikes Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

8 Jan 2025

International flights resume from Damascus International Airport in Syria for the first time since the fall of the Assad regime.

7 Jan 2025

At least 53 people are killed when a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region.

7 Jan 2025

A Russian drone attacks a civilian passenger bus in Kherson, Ukraine, reportedly killing at least one person and injuring at least nine others

7 Jan 2025

Three Israelis are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting attack by Palestinian gunmen firing at a bus and two vehicles on Highway 55 in Al-Funduq in the West Bank.

6 Jan 2025

The U.S. State Department notifies Congress of a planned $8 billion arms sale to Israel consisting of air-to-air and Hellfire missiles, artillery shells, and other ammunitions.