11 Jan 2025

Multiple air strikes were carried out against targets in the Harf Sufyan District in the north and the capital Sana'a near the Houthis' weekly rally for Gaza by Israel, the UK and the USA.

10 Jan 2025

Today is the fast commemorating the beginning of the Babylonian siege on Jerusalem resulting in the destruction of the First Temple. JTVC wishes all those fasting a meaningful and safe fast.

10 Jan 2025

Military commander Joseph Aoun is elected as President of Lebanon, ending the power vacuum that began in October 2022.

10 Jan 2025

Two people are killed and 20 others are injured in a snowstorm in northern France.

10 Jan 2025

Puntland forces carry out drone strikes on Islamic State targets in the Cal Miskaad mountains near Balidhidhin District, Bari, Puntland, Somalia, killing several militants.

10 Jan 2025

The Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms that 2024 was the warmest calendar year since records began in 1850, with an average temperature reaching 1.6°C above pre-industrial levels, surpassing the 1.5°C warming benchmark set by the Paris Agreement for the first time.

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.