January 5, 2019 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- The Syrian Network for Human Rights reports that at least 223 documented massacres were perpetrated in 2018 by the parties to the conflict in Syria. (Syrian Network For Human Rights)
Arts and culture
- 2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism
- Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I signs the independence decree ('tomos') officially separating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the Russian Orthodox Church as autocephalous Church. (NPR)
Politics and elections
- Juan Guaidó is elected the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly. (Efecto Cocuyo)
- 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
- The Congolese election commission delays announcing the results of the recent election, claiming that only half the ballots have been counted. (BBC News)