Portal:Current events/2020 January 25
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Two women, one of them pregnant, are killed and seven others are injured when artillery hits a Arakan Army, and say the artillery hit the village amid ethnic clashes. (Reuters)
- 2019–2021 Iraqi protests
- Iraqi security forces raid a protest site in Baghdad and try to remove protesters in southern cities, firing tear gas and live bullets, killing four and wounding dozens more. The raid comes after Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to withdraw. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- Party Politburo meeting where he says that the country faces a "grave situation" as he warns the virus is "accelerating its speed". (People's Daily)
- The United States orders the evacuation of the Consulate General of the United States, Wuhan employees and U.S. citizens in the city. (The New York Times)
Science and technology
- The Boeing 777X completes its first test flight near Seattle, Washington, United States, after two delayed attempts. (CNN)