150,000 trees were planted against desertification in "Saisad Taif", one of the largest gardens in the Makkah region and one of the oldest in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The greening activities are part of the national program to plant 10 billion trees, one of the goals of the Saudi Green Initiative.
A chartered ambulance flight on the route Gaya (India) - Tashkent (Uzbekistan) - Zhukovsky (Russia) crashed in the territory of Afghanistan. It is said that 6 people on board died.
Pakistan and Iran have decided to de-escalate and reconcile after launching airstrikes on "terrorist targets" in each other's territories. It was reported that 11 civilians, including 3 women and 6 children, were killed on both sides...
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that from January 13 to January 19, the RF Armed Forces carried out 17 group strikes with high-precision weapons, including Kinjal systems, at enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.
In the African country of Burkina Faso, a criminal gang that tried to overthrow President Ibrahim Traore was arrested. Ibrahim Traore himself took power in September 2022 by ousting Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogh Damiba, and Damiba in January toppling President Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
The Houthis said they fired cruise missiles at a US ship in the Gulf of Aden and hit it with "high precision".
It has been 105 days since Israel began bombing the Gaza Strip. A digest of the main events of the previous day.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the US administration that he is against the establishment of a Palestinian state in any form. "The day after Netanyahu. For most Israelis, it's the next day. "For 30 years, I have consistently said one thing: this conflict is not about the absence of the state, but about its existence," he said.
At the Meadow Heights Mosque in Melbourne, Australia, 30 Australian women embraced Islam after being moved by the resilience of Gazans in the face of Israeli massacres. They felt connected to Islam through their sympathy for the Palestinian people and eventually decided to convert.
Indonesia is planning to move the capital from the densely populated Jakarta to the island of Borneo. The foundation stone of the first mosque in Nusantara, which is expected to be completed by 2045, was laid.