Armed conflicts and attacks
- Colombian conflict
- A car bomb explosion inside a house in San Juan de Arama, Meta Department, Colombia, kills one person. Authorities confirm that the car was going to be used in an attack and the perpetrator was a member of the Estado Mayor Central. (El Tiempo)
- Moro conflict
- Militants from an offshoot branch of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front open fire against a United Nations livelihood project in Sumisip, Basilan, Philippines, killing two soldiers and wounding 12 others. (AP)
- Red Sea crisis
- The Houthis report that 25 crew members of the Japanese-operated roll-on/roll-off ship Galaxy Leader, including many foreign nationals, are released to Oman, with the Houthis citing support for the 2025 Israel–Hamas war ceasefire as the reason for release. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Transport in Somalia
- The Somali Airlines Operators Association, representing at least 20 airlines, suspends all flights beginning on January 22, 2025, in protest against increased government-imposed fees after disputes with the Ministry of Aviation and the Somali Civil Aviation Authority. (Shabelle Media) (Hiiraan Online)
- The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace of the United States issues a report alleging that aerospace manufacturer Boeing, long associated with the Seattle, Washington area, has been relocating much of its engineering work to non-unionized sites both in the US and abroad. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 California wildfires
- January 2025 Southern California wildfires
- Hughes Fire
- The Hughes Fire ignites and spreads to over 5,000 acres in less than four hours, triggering mandatory evacuation orders in settlements around Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, California, United States. (Los Angeles Times) (KTLA)
- Hughes Fire
- January 2025 Southern California wildfires
- January 20–22, 2025 Gulf Coast blizzard
- The death toll of a historic winter storm event on the Gulf Coast of the United States rises to nine people. 8 in (20 cm) of snowfall is measured at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana. The statewide snowfall record in Florida is broken as over 5.5 in (14 cm) falls in Molino. (CNN)
- Fifteen people are killed and three injured after a trailer collided with a truck in Ilorin, Nigeria. (Legit)
- At least thirteen people are killed in a railway accident in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. The victims had initially fled from their train following an alleged fire alarm and were subsequently struck and killed by a passing train on the adjacent tracks. (BBC)
- A truck overturned and fell into a ravine along National Highway 63 in Yellapur, killing 10 and injuring 15. (The Indian Express)
International relations
- Red Sea crisis, Yemeni civil war
- U.S. President Donald Trump re-designates the Yemeni Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization. (The Hill)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants
- Daniel Ball, a rioter who took part in the riot at the United States Capitol in 2021, is arrested again despite being pardoned by Trump, making him the first rioter to get into additional legal trouble after the pardon. (The Hill)
- Pardon of January 6 United States Capitol attack defendants
- 2025 Aschaffenburg stabbing
- Two people are killed, including a two-year-old boy, and three others are injured in a mass stabbing at a park in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. The perpetrator is arrested. (Reuters)
- Antioch High School shooting
- A student is killed and two others are wounded in a school shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The perpetrator kills himself. (CNN)
- Illegal immigration in the United States, Murder of Laken Riley
- The U.S. Congress passes the Laken Riley Act following a 263–156 vote in the House of Representatives, making it easier for immigration agents to detain and deport those without legal status who are charged with a variety of crimes ranging from theft to assault. It will head to President Donald Trump for his signature. (NPR)
- Hunt family murders
- Kyle Clifford, the perpetrator of the Hunt family killings in Bushey, England, in 2024, pleads guilty to three counts of murder. (BBC News)
- One person is killed and two others are injured in a mass stabbing at Nagano Station in Nagano, Japan. (AP)