2025 United States federal budget The United States Senate passes a funding bill, with President Joe Biden subsequently signing the bill into law, thereby averting a government shutdown.
2024 Icelandic parliamentary election The Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, forms a coalition government in Iceland's Althing with the Liberal Reform Party and the People's Party. Kristrún becomes Iceland's youngest prime minister at 36 years old.
Censorship of TikTok The Albanian government announces a one-year ban on the social media platform TikTok beginning in 2025, following a fatal stabbing of a teenager in November in connection to a confrontation on the platform.
Sohana village Two people are killed and three others are missing when an under-construction six-story building collapses in Sohana village, Mohali district, India.
Ravine Nine people are killed and 13 more injured when a bus plunges into a ravine in Pa Alam, Lorestan, Iran.
Stampede Ten people are killed and many others are injured in a stampede during a distribution of food and clothes at a church in Abuja, Nigeria.
Minas Gerais road crash Forty-one people are killed when a bus collides with a granite block that fell from a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Constitutional crisis in Somalia The Puntland region of Somalia announces that it will introduce a new regional currency in 2025. The region had previously shifted to use of the United States dollar in 2021, due to severe inflation of the Somali shilling.
Red Sea crisis Sixteen people are injured in a Houthi missile attack on the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area in Israel.
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sixteen Pakistan Army soldiers are killed and five others are critically injured when Pakistani Taliban militants launch an overnight raid on an army post in Makeen, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Haitian crisis The Haitian government declares a one-month state of emergency amid the escalating gang violence and the deepening security crisis.
Russian invasion of Ukraine At least seven Ukrainian drones strike Kazan, Russia, six of which reportedly hit residential areas, including a 32-story apartment building.