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January 30, 2018
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2018-01-30
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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.
(BBC
1
)
,
(BBC
2
)
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
)
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