Portal:Current events/2018 January 30

January 30, 2018 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- Battle of Aden (2018)
  - The Southern Transitional Council (STC) takes control of the Yemeni port city of Aden following two days of fierce fighting in the city which has left dozens dead. Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, and members of the President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi-led government are confined to the presidential palace which has been surrounded. (Reuters)

International relations

Russia–United States relations
- Reports surface about the publication on January 29 by the United States of a list of Russian politicians and oligarchs that the U.S. government was required by CAATSA to draw up. Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the list, on which he is not included, is an "unfriendly act" that complicates ties between the two countries. (BBC₁), (BBC₂)

Politics and elections

2018 State of the Union Address
- U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union Address to the 115th United States Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives. (The New York Times)
2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
- The Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia delays the session of investiture of Carles Puigdemont after the suspension by the Constitutional Court of the telematic investiture. Roger Torrent insists that Puigdemont is the only candidate, disobeying the decision of the high court. (The Guardian)
- Shortly after the decision, demonstrators assaulted the Parliament gardens as a form of protest, facing the Mossos d'Esquadra. (El País)
Aftermath of the Kenyan general election, 2017
- Raila Odinga stages a swearing in ceremony in Nairobi in which he names himself the 'People's president'. (New York Times)