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On the night of January 16, Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, resulting in the death of a woman.

At night, Russia launched another attack on Ukraine, resulting in the death of a woman.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos' aerospace company, Blue Origin, conducted its inaugural test launch of the heavy-lift rocket "New Glenn" early Thursday morning.

Bezos's company has launched the new heavy rocket "New Glenn."

In Germany, one of the largest meat exporters in Europe, a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has been reported for the first time since 1988. As a result, there has been a mass culling of animals, and trading partners have suspended imports.

For the first time since 1988, foot-and-mouth disease has been detected in Germany, prompting countries to halt imports.

On Thursday, the Indian Space Research Organization announced the successful automated docking in orbit, marking a historic first for the country. With this achievement, India has become the fifth nation in the world to accomplish such a feat.

India has successfully performed an automatic docking in space for the first time.

The Ukrainian army detonated a strategically significant coal mine near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region ahead of advancing Russian troops. This was reported by The New York Times.

Ukraine has blown up a key coal mine ahead of the Russian offensive.

The Bulgarian Parliament expressed its confidence in the new cabinet of ministers on Thursday, led by Rosen Zhelyazkov from the center-right party "Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria" (GERB). As a result, the country will avoid new early elections. For several years, no government in Bulgaria has managed to remain in power for more than nine months. Over the past four years, parliamentary elections have been held seven times in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria has successfully avoided holding its eighth parliamentary election in four years.

The National Prosecutor's Office of Poland has requested the Sejm to revoke the immunity of former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The politician is being pursued for criminal charges related to attempts to organize mail-in voting during the 2020 presidential elections, according to the Polish Press Agency.

The Polish prosecutor's office has requested the removal of immunity from the former prime minister.

Two individuals lost their lives, and one was injured and is in critical condition following a knife attack by a student at a gymnasium in Spišská Stará Ves, Slovakia. The deceased include the school's principal and one of the students.

In Slovakia, a knife attack at a gymnasium resulted in the deaths of two individuals.

Ruben Vardanyan, the former state minister of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, who has been in custody in Baku for over a year, has alleged that the authorities have falsified the protocols and recordings of his interrogations.

Vardanyan accused the Azerbaijani investigation of falsifications.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General C. Brown Jr. held a farewell ceremony for President Joe Biden at Joint Base Meyer-Henderson Hall in Virginia on January 16, 2025. Vice President Kamala Harris was also in attendance at the ceremony.

Biden delivered a speech at the farewell ceremony for the Armed Forces.

Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization in the US and the European Union, have resolved their final disagreements regarding the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of hostages. This information was reported by the Israeli publication "Vesti."

Media: Israel and Hamas have resolved their differences regarding the exchange of hostages.

Several Russian diplomats were detained in the British Parliament building while on a tour after they separated from their group and ended up in the House of Lords chamber. The British newspaper Guardian dedicated a special article to this incident, which occurred on Christmas Eve, celebrated in the UK on December 25th.

Russian diplomats were detained in the British Parliament.

On Wednesday morning, Ukraine implemented electricity supply restrictions due to a Russian missile strike, according to Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko. As reported by "Ukrenergo," emergency power outages occurred in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kirovohrad regions.

Ukraine has implemented emergency power outages following a missile attack.

Cuban authorities announced the release of 553 prisoners just hours after U.S. President Joe Biden informed Congress about Cuba's removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Those eligible for release may include participants in the 2021 protests, according to "Deutsche Welle."

Cuba will release 553 prisoners as part of an agreement with the United States.

British author Neil Gaiman has denied allegations of sexual violence made against him by five women.

Five women have accused Neil Gaiman of assault, but the author denies any wrongdoing.

The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Russian Ambassador Sergey Kopyrkin and presented him with a note of protest. This action was prompted by "narratives aimed against the sovereignty and territorial integrity" of the republic, which were featured in the "Vesti Nedeli" program aired on January 12 of this year on the "Russia 1" channel. This information was reported on the official website of the Armenian foreign ministry.

The Russian ambassador in Armenia received a note of protest.

On November 15, 2024, during the battles for the village of Novoivanovka in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, a citizen of the Central African Republic (CAR), Derrick Ngamana, lost his life, according to documents reviewed by RFE/RL and the investigative project "Systеma."

The first African mercenary fighting for Russia was killed near Suja.

Former Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Gakharia, was attacked late Tuesday evening. According to Georgian media reports, a group of individuals assaulted Gakharia in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel in Batumi, leaving him severely beaten. The politician was taken to the hospital with a broken nose and a concussion.

In Georgia, former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia was attacked.

The flight data recorders from the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed near Aktau on December 25 have been sent to Kazakhstan from Brazil, and experts are currently analyzing them, according to the press service of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Transport. The General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic reported that Kazakhstan has issued international investigative requests to Russia and Azerbaijan as part of its legal cooperation efforts.

The flight data recorders from the AZAL aircraft have arrived in Kazakhstan.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that the North Atlantic Alliance is currently unprepared to respond to military threats posed by Russia. He urged member countries to adopt a "wartime mentality" and increase their defense spending.

NATO Secretary General: "We must adapt to the new reality."

For the first time in the history of South Korea, the temporarily suspended but acting president, Yoon Suk-yeol, has been arrested. This was reported by Yonhap.

For the first time in South Korea's history, a sitting president has been arrested.

09:16, 15 Jan

In Los Angeles, where they've battled fires for a week, hurricane-force winds are now on the way.

Five firefighting teams are continuing their battle against the flames in areas of Los Angeles, currently tackling two major wildfires and two smaller ones in Southern California.

07:08, 15 Jan

Another lawsuit has been filed against rapper P. Diddy for alleged sexual assault.

Another lawsuit has been filed against rapper P. Diddy (real name – Sean Combs) for sexual assault. This information comes from Rolling Stone magazine, which has reviewed the allegations.

Two new nuclear aircraft carriers of the U.S. Navy will be named after former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. This announcement was made by President Joe Biden.

Biden named nuclear aircraft carriers after Clinton and George W. Bush.

In the final days before President Joe Biden leaves the White House and hands over power to Donald Trump, his administration is making efforts to persuade its allies, particularly European Union countries, to seize the Russian assets that were frozen in the West following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This was reported by CNN, citing sources within the administration.

The U.S. is urging EU countries to seize Russian assets.

The U.S. Department of Justice has released its final report on the outcomes of two criminal investigations involving former President Donald Trump, who was re-elected to the position last November. The report was prepared by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith. Just a day earlier, news broke of his resignation and departure from the Department of Justice, occurring just before Trump's inauguration, during which Trump had promised to dismiss him.

Special prosecutor Smith asserts Trump's guilt in his report.