December 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election Citizens of Kosovo vote for the second time in a year to elect the members of the Kuvendi.
2025–26 Myanmar general election Citizens of Myanmar vote in the first phase to elect the nation's legislature, held under the supervision of a military junta amidst a civil war.
2025 Guinean presidential election Citizens of Guinea vote for a president as incumbent Mamady Doumbouya seeks to be elected four years after leading a coup.
2025 Central African general election Citizens of the Central African Republic vote to elect a president and 140 members of the National Assembly. The incumbent Faustin-Archange Touadéra seeks a third term in office.
Capital punishment in Iraq The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal sentences a former Ba'athist lieutenant to death for the massacre of Barzanis during the Anfal campaign against Kurds in the 1980s.
Articles The post-truth and the contextMost of the daily information we see on the mainstream media today is the news equivalent of fast-food.
Italian Parliament The Italian Parliament approves a reform that reduces the powers of the Court of Audit over public spending, caps financial penalties for negligent administrators at 30 percent of losses or two years of salary, and introduces automatic approval if the court does not respond within 30 days.
2025 Ivorian parliamentary election Citizens of the Ivory Coast vote for the 255 members of the National Assembly despite the opposition Democratic Party boycotting due to alleged election fraud by the ruling RHDP party.
Italian A joint operation between the Italian state police and the financial police results in the arrest of nine people for allegedly raising about US$8.2 million through charities and diverting most of the funds to Hamas following the 2023 attack on Israel.
Oil smuggling in Iran The Iranian justice ministry seizes a foreign-flagged oil tanker carrying 25,000 barrels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz and detains its sixteen crew members on allegations of carrying illegal items.
Padar Three of the five members of a Spanish tourist family are killed after a boat carrying eleven people sinks near Padar, Indonesia.
Earthquake A w.0 earthquake, rated intensity four on the Central Weather Administration seismic intensity scale, strikes 32 km off the coast of Yilan, Taiwan, causing a temporary power outage for over 3,000 households.
Charity workers At least nine people are killed and eight others are injured when a bus carrying 19 charity workers overturns on a mountain in Phinh Ho, Lào Cai province, Vietnam.
Overtaking An accident involving two cars after an improper overtaking kills eleven people on the BR-101 highway near Mucuri, Bahia, Brazil.
Ravine Fifteen people are killed and 19 more injured as a bus plunges in to a ravine while driving on the Inter-American Highway in Sololá Department, Guatemala.
Trade policy of China The National People's Congress of China passes a revised trade law that will expand the government's authority to counter trade restrictions, regulate exports of strategic goods, and update provisions on digital, green, and intellectual-property trade from March 1, 2026.
Lithium mining in Chile Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco and private miner SQM create a joint venture to develop lithium in the Atacama salt flat until 2060, with the Chilean state set to receive the majority of operating margins.
Cross-strait relations China issues sanctions on 20 United States defense-related companies and ten executives for providing weapons to Taiwan last week.
2025 Cambodia–Thailand conflict Cambodia and Thailand sign a new ceasefire agreement, calling for a pause in military movements and airspace encroachment for military purposes.
2023 Nigerien coup d'état Niger's Government declares a nationwide mobilization that authorizes the compulsory call-up of citizens and the requisition of property and services to support operations against jihadist insurgent groups.
Sudanese civil war The Rapid Support Forces kill over 200 civilians in ethnically motivated attacks targeting non-Arabs in West Darfur and during advances in North Darfur, according to the Sudan Doctors Union.
Russo-Ukrainian war Denis Kapustin, leader of the Ukraine-aligned white-nationalist Russian Volunteer Corps, is killed in a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Two people are killed and 32 are injured during a Russian missile and drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine. Damage to critical infrastructure leaves 40% of Kyiv's residential areas and surrounding districts without heating.
Mass stabbing Fifteen people are injured in a mass stabbing and liquid attack at a factory in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The perpetrator is arrested.
2022–2023 Brazilian coup plot The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court orders the preventive detention of former federal highway police chief Silvinei Vasques after he was captured in Paraguay while attempting to flee Brazil despite electronic tagging, following his conviction for involvement in the attempted coup.
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal The Malaysian Federal Court sentences former prime minister Najib Razak to 15 years in prison and a RM13.5 billion (US$3.3 billion) fine for abuse of power and money laundering.
Israel–Somaliland relations Israel becomes the first country to recognize Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state. Somaliland also officially recognises Israel.
Kan-etsu Expressway Two people are killed and 26 others are injured in a 50-vehicle collision on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Takaichi Cabinet The Takaichi Cabinet of Japan approves a ¥122.3 trillion (US$785 billion) budget for the next fiscal year, the largest national budget in Japan's history, while reducing the debt-dependence ratio to 24.2 percent, supported by projected tax revenues of a record ¥83.7 trillion ($535 billion).
Soldiers Two soldiers are killed and another is critically wounded in a drone strike against a military base in Tine, Wadi Fira, Chad. The perpetrators are unknown.
Syrian conflict Eight people are killed and 18 more are injured in an explosion caused by Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah at an Alawite mosque in Homs, Syria.
Palestinian political violence Two Israeli civilians are killed and another two are injured, including a child, in a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack by a Palestinian man in Beit She'an and Afula, Israel. The perpetrator is shot by police and hospitalized.