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January 2

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen launches airstrikes in Hadhramaut Governorate, killing seven Southern Transitional Council (STC) fighters.
Source: The Guardian external link
The STC announces a plan to hold an independence referendum within two years.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

A M 6.5 earthquake strikes 14 km (8.7 mi) off the coast of San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico, killing two people and injuring 12 others.
Source: in Spanish external link
At least four people are trapped when a multi-story building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya.
Source: AP external link

Business and economy

BYD Company, based in China, surpasses the United States-based Tesla, Inc. as the world's best-selling electric vehicle automaker after selling 2.26 million vehicles in 2025, overtaking Tesla's 1.64 million.
Source: DW external link

Law and crime

The Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentences eight journalists and online commentators, including Wajahat Saeed Khan, Adil Raja, and Shaheen Sehbai, to life imprisonment in absentia for terrorism-related offences tied to digital content supporting former prime minister Imran Khan during the unrest.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: Reuters external link

Health and environment

The United Kingdom records its hottest and sunniest year in 2025 with an average temperature of 10.09 °C (50.16 °F), surpassing the 2022 record of 10.03 °C (50.05 °F) and becoming the second year since 1884 in which the annual mean exceeded 10 °C (50 °F).
Source: Business Day external link

January 1

Law and crime

Five civilians are killed in clashes with security forces across Azna, Lorestan, and Lordegan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran, during demonstrations over rising living costs.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Venezuelan government releases 88 political prisoners who were detained and jailed during protests against the results of the presidential election last year.
Source: DW external link

Disasters and accidents

Forty people are killed and 119 others are injured in an explosion and fire suspected to be caused by pyrotechnics at a bar in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland.
Source: The Guardian external link
At least 17 people are killed and 11 others are injured in flash floods caused by heavy rains and snowfall across Afghanistan.
Source: AP external link
Seven people are killed, 96 others are rescued and at least 97 are reported missing when a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes in The Gambia.
Source: Reuters external link
The Vondelkerk church in Amsterdam, Netherlands, catches fire, collapsing the tower and leaving only the exterior walls standing.
Source: in Dutch external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 15 people are killed in coordinated attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces on three villages in Lubero, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Source: Reuters external link
A Palestinian is killed and another is injured when Israeli forces open fire on stone-throwers near Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Nablus, West Bank.
Source: Reuters external link
One person is killed and another is injured in Russian drone strikes on Dniprovskyi District, Kherson, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: RBC-Ukraine external link

Politics and elections

China imposes a 13 percent value-added tax on birth control drugs and devices as part of efforts to address a continuing decline in national birth rates.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: Swiss Info external link

Business and economy

Bulgaria adopts the euro, replacing the lev, becoming the 21st member of the eurozone.
Source: The Sun external link
South Korea records its highest annual export value of more than US$700 billion in 2025 after semiconductor shipments reach a record $173.4 billion driven by demand for artificial intelligence.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Turkmenistan legalizes the mining and exchange of cryptocurrency as digital assets, but maintains that digital currency cannot be used as legal tender.
Source: AP external link

December 31

Business and economy

Iran appoints Abdolnaser Hemmati as the new leader of the Central Bank following protests over the Iranian rial's value depreciating and the previous governor's resignation.
Source: AP external link

International relations

The United States issues a temporary license allowing Serbia's majority-Russian-owned Naftna Industrija Srbije to resume refinery operations until January 23 despite sanctions linked to the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Source: Barron's external link
The United States imposes sanctions on four Venezuelan companies in the oil industry and four oil tankers.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Five people are killed while others escape after the United States conducts airstrikes on three alleged drug boats at an undisclosed location.
Source: BBC News external link
Russian authorities report at least 24 people are killed, including a child, and dozens of others are injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on a hotel and a restaurant in Khorly in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.
Source: The Moscow Times external link
Thailand releases 18 prisoners as part of a ceasefire agreement with Cambodia.
Source: AP external link
An Islamic State suicide bomber blows himself up near a checkpoint in Aleppo, Syria, after attempting to reach an Orthodox church, killing one security force member and wounding two more.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

A Basij officer is killed and 13 others are injured in clashes in Lordegan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran, during demonstrations over rising living costs.
Source: AP external link
U.S. president Donald Trump announces the withdrawal of National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland after federal courts blocked or restricted the deployments.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
U.S. federal judge Trina Thompson of California blocks the Trump administration from ending temporary protected status for about 89,000 migrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua, ruling that the terminations may be motivated by racial hostility.
Source: Reuters external link
At least three informal miners are killed in a shooting in Pataz District, Department of La Libertad, Peru. Two people are arrested.
Source: Reuters external link

Arts and culture

The Six Flags Qiddiya City amusement park officially opens to the public in Saudi Arabia, with the Falcons Flight attraction breaking records as the world's tallest, fastest, and longest roller coaster.
Source: Arab News external link

December 30

Disasters and accidents

Two trains on a rail line between Cusco to Machu Picchu in Urubamba province, Peru, collide, killing a train driver and injuring 40 passengers.
Source: CBS News external link
The search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumes in the southern Indian Ocean under a contingent fee agreement between the Malaysian government and Ocean Infinity, which has deployed autonomous underwater vehicles.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Health and environment

The South African Police Service confirms at least 41 young men were killed from circumcision procedures during traditional initiation activities over the past two months in South Africa.
Source: MSN external link

International relations

Burkina Faso and Mali impose reciprocal travel bans on Americans after the United States added them to a list of countries subject to a full U.S. entry ban.
Source: Reuters external link

Business and economy

Moody's downgrades the credit rating of the city of Budapest, Hungary, to Ba1 and places it on review for a further cut, citing weak liquidity, uncertainty over state transfers, rising solidarity tax obligations, and the partial suspension of European Union funds to Hungary.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

U.S. federal judge Angel Kelley of Massachusetts blocks the Trump administration's plan to end temporary protected status for South Sudanese nationals, issuing an administrative stay that prevents the expiration of deportation protections while a legal challenge proceeds.
Source: Reuters external link
Turkish police detain 357 people nationwide suspected of being Islamic State members following clashes between the two sides yesterday.
Source: DW external link
Syrian authorities arrest 21 people in the Latakia Governorate and impose a curfew in the provincial capital following sectarian violence linked to unrest after a mosque bombing and protests in Alawite-majority areas.
Source: AFP via Al Arabiya external link

Politics and elections

Provisional results show that incumbent leader Mamady Doumbouya is elected president.
Source: Reuters external link
Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso announces his candidacy for re-election in the upcoming election.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel announces the suspension of many international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, the International Rescue Committee, and divisions of Oxfam and Caritas, from operating in Gaza starting January 1 for allegedly failing to pass new rules to vet the organizations and cooperating with Hamas and other militant groups.
Source: AP external link
The Royal Saudi Air Force strikes the port of Mukalla, Yemen, targeting a ship with weapons delivered from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Southern Transitional Council.
Source: AP external link
Yemen ends its defense pact with the UAE, with its leader Rashad al-Alimi ordering all Emirati forces to depart within 24 hours. He also declares a 90-day national state of emergency and a three-day blockade of the country's southern and eastern regions. The UAE later announces that its remaining forces in Yemen will leave the country.
Source: Morocco World News external link
29 al-Shabaab militants are killed by the Somali Armed Forces in Jabad Godane, Middle Shabelle, Somalia.
Source: Reuters external link