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December 25

Law and crime

A woman is found dead and two other people are wounded in a "violent incident" in Boden, Sweden. The perpetrator is shot and killed by police.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three people are killed in two separated Israeli airstrikes against vehicles in southern Lebanon, including a member of the Iranian Quds Force.
Source: Reuters external link
Turkish authorities arrest 115 suspected Islamic State members planning attacks on Christmas and New Years.
Source: BBC News external link
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Politics and elections

Residents of Mogadishu, Somalia, vote to elect 390 district council members who will select the city's mayor, marking Somalia's first direct election since 1969, serving as a pilot for planned nationwide polls.
Source: Reuters external link

December 24

Disasters and accidents

A boat carrying 117 migrants capsize off in the Mediterranean Sea, killing 116 people and leaving only one survivor.
Five people are killed when a rescue helicopter crashes on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Source: Reuters external link
At least seven people are injured in a large fire at a plaza in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Politics and elections

The National Electoral Council declares National Party candidate Nasry Asfura as the winner of the 2025 presidential election almost one month after the election was held.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

An Israeli soldier is wounded after an improvised explosive device detonated east of the demarcation line in Gaza.
Source: Reuters external link
An alleged Hezbollah terrorist is killed in an airstrike by the Israel Defense Forces on a vehicle near Jannata, Tyre District, South Governorate, Lebanon.
Source: MSN external link
Three former officials of the al-Assad regime are killed in clashes with Syrian security forces near Jableh, Latakia Governorate.
Source: AFP via Al Arabiya external link
At least six people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 35 others are injured in a suicide bombing by a Boko Haram terrorist at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
Source: Reuters external link
An explosive device kills two police officers and the suspected perpetrator in Moscow, Russia, near where Russian lieutenant general Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a separate bombing two days prior.
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Law and crime

The Ghanaian information ministry arrests 48 Nigerians allegedly participating in cybercrime operations on the outskirts of Accra.
Source: DW external link
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December 23

Law and crime

Romanian president Nicușor Dan announces an investigation into alleged systemic abuses within the judiciary after judges and prosecutors report intimidation and undue influence by the High Court of Cassation and Justice.
Source: Reuters external link
The Venezuelan National Assembly approves a law that creates prison terms of up to 20 years for promoting or financing activities defined as piracy, blockades, or related international crimes.
Source: Reuters external link
A Croatian man is sentenced to 50 years in prison for fatally stabbing a 7-year-old student at a school in Zagreb in December 2024.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Five masked Israeli settlers break into a Palestinian house in the southern West Bank, killing three sheep, injuring four others, and fire tear gas into the living quarters. Three children under the age of four are taken to hospital after the tear gas attack.
Source: Los Angeles Times external link
The Ukrainian Armed Forces confirm their withdrawal from Siversk, Donetsk Oblast.
Source: Reuters external link
The United States Southern Command announces U.S. forces have struck an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one person.
Source: ABC News external link
The Pakistani Taliban detonates a bomb and shoots at a police van in Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing five officers.
Source: Reuters external link
In an agreement mediated by the United Nations special envoy office and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council and the Houthis release a joint 2,900 detainees held throughout the civil war.
Source: AP external link

Politics and elections

A court in Lisbon, Portugal, orders Chega presidential candidate André Ventura to remove campaign posters targeting the Romani people within 24 hours, ruling that the materials are discriminatory and may incite hatred, or face daily fines of €2,500 (US$2,940) per poster.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

The Italian Competition Authority fines Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair €255 million (US$300 million) for allegedly abusing its dominant market position from April 2023 to April 2025 by restricting how travel agencies sell its flights.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

A Dassault Falcon 50 jet carrying Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, the Libyan Army chief, four other passengers and three crew crashes approximately two kilometers south of Kesikkavak, Haymana, Ankara, Turkey. No survivors are reported.
Source: AP external link
At least two people are killed and 20 others are injured in an explosion and fire at a nursing home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

Montenegro reinstates visa-free entry for Turkish citizens but shortens the permitted stay from 90 days to 30 days after resuming cooperation with Turkey.
Source: Reuters external link
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December 22

Health and environment

The Niigata prefectural assembly approves the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world's largest nuclear facility, nearly 15 years after Japan shut down its reactors following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

The Israeli cabinet approves defense minister Israel Katz's proposal to close the Israeli Army Radio, one of the country's two state broadcasters, by March 1, 2026, citing dissatisfaction from soldiers.
Source: Reuters external link
United States president Donald Trump reveals the development of the Trump Class USS , the first American battleship built since World War II.
Source: USNI external link

Law and crime

The high court of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, rules that former prime minister Najib Razak must remain in prison, holding that a purported royal addendum allowing house arrest lacks legal force because it was not approved by the pardons board, as required under the constitution.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

India and New Zealand finalize a free-trade agreement aiming to reduce most tariffs on bilateral trades, while New Zealand also pledges to invest US$20 billion in India's economy over the next 15 years.
Source: DW external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Two people are killed and eight others are injured during clashes between Syrian security forces and Syrian Democratic Forces fighters in Aleppo.
Source: AP via WFMZ-TV external link
Three people are killed in an Israeli airstrike against a vehicle near Sidon, Lebanon.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
U.S. President Donald Trump says that the United States will keep the oil from the oil tankers it seized off the coast of Venezuela, along with the ships themselves.
Source: The Hill external link
Ukrainian military forces launch airstrikes on several targets across Russia, hitting an oil terminal, an ammunition depot, and a drone launch site in Krasnodar.
Source: AP external link
Lieutenant general Fanil Sarvarov is killed by a car bomb in Moscow, Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine is being investigated for its role in the attack, which they have not taken responsibility for, with connections also drawn to the assassination of Igor Kirillov last year.
Source: The Guardian external link
Source: AP external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 16 people are killed and 18 others are injured, including five critically, when a passenger bus loses control on a toll road, strikes a concrete barrier, and overturns in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.
Source: AP external link
A Mexican Navy Beechcraft Super King Air plane carrying eight people, including a pediatric patient, crashes into a bay while on approach to Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas, United States. At least five people are killed, including a two-year-old child, while two others are rescued and another is reported missing.
Source: AP external link
Ten people are injured, including three seriously and the driver, when an individual drove into a crowd waiting to watch a parade in Nunspeet, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Source: AP external link

Business and economy

The Chinese commerce ministry imposes a provisional set of 42.7% tariffs on dairy products imported from the European Union.
Source: AP external link
The price of gold reaches an all-time high of US$4,383.76 per ounce, surpassing its previous peak of $4,381.52.
Source: Barron's external link