President Donald Trump signed executive orders on January 20, 2025, directing federal references to the Gulf of Mexico to be changed to the Gulf of America and restoring Mount McKinley as the federal name for Alaska's highest peak.
Musk twice extended his right arm during a Washington arena speech, prompting sharply divided interpretations from critics, supporters and anti-discrimination groups.
South Korean authorities said 41 injury reports were filed after supporters of President Yoon Suk Yeol breached the Seoul Western District Court and damaged property.
Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested on January 19, 2025, after a court approved a warrant, marking the first time a sitting South Korean president had been detained in the country's constitutional history.
Thousands rallied in Whitehall despite police restrictions, with officers making arrests after protesters tried to break through a line and gather at Trafalgar Square.
Prince Albert II has appointed Isabelle Berro-Amadeï to carry out the minister of state duties after the death of Didier Guillaume, who died in hospital on January 17, 2025, following a sudden illness.
Officers in Parana seized a .50-caliber machine gun, rifles and explosives after raiding a hideout in Ponta Grossa where suspects were allegedly preparing to hit a bank or armored vehicle.
More than 180,000 registered voters were expected to vote on January 16, 2025, as Vanuatu held a snap election a month after a devastating earthquake hit Port Vila.
NBC Miami reported that a 30-year-old suspect was taken into custody after an unprovoked attack in downtown Miami killed two homeless men and injured two others.
Two women were killed and another young woman injured in a knife attack at a school in Spisska Stara Ves before police detained an 18-year-old student suspected of carrying out the assault.
President Rumen Radev handed GERB-SDS the first attempt to form a government on January 15, 2025, after an election that again produced no clear majority in Bulgaria's parliament.
Berlin approved a plan allowing soldiers to destroy suspicious drones near military sites or critical infrastructure, but parliamentary approval is still required.
Hundreds of police buses, ruling-party lawmakers and pro-Yoon protesters crowded the area as anti-corruption officials prepared a second attempt to execute the warrant.
On the event date, hundreds of Georgian companies joined a nationwide strike as protesters pressed the government to free detained demonstrators and call fresh elections.
Tulip Siddiq has stepped down as a UK Treasury minister after pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh linked to her family, while insisting she broke no rules.
A former aide to Kyrgyzstan's president was detained in Moldova on January 14, 2025, after seeking asylum and accusing President Sadyr Japarov of corruption and election manipulation.
A military unit guarding the presidential residence said it would allow police and anti-corruption officials in, but the presidential security service and defense ministry disputed whether that meant investigators could enter.