2025-12-16 820b7d17368557b8eb592eb69833ba0d7713d80b 17 FIFA 115 /wiki/fifa French 13 /wiki/french%20national%20football%20team Men's Player of the Year 171 /wiki/the%20best%20fifa%20men's%20player Ousmane Dembélé 70 /wiki/ousmane%20dembele Paris Saint-Germain 36 /wiki/paris%20saint-germain association football 1 /wiki/association%20football FIFA French Men's Player of the Year Ousmane Dembélé Paris Saint-Germain association football Association football /feed/2025/12/16/in-association-football-french-and-paris-saint-germain-player-ousmane-dembele-is-named-the-2025-fifa-men-s-player-of-th BBC News 16 9c376266b8440087ee461eb992b796365f3f5e0b 12 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c39pw89jlmjo 2025 In association football, French and Paris Saint-Germain player Ousmane Dembélé is named the 2025 FIFA Men's Player of the Year. 2025-12-16 fc53d2913a2cd362ad2d84e780a34ca473cdf956 16 2025 Honduran general election 1 /wiki/2025%20honduran%20general%20election Donald Trump 317 /wiki/donald%20trump European Union 71 /wiki/european%20union Honduran 2 /wiki/honduras Organization of American States 116 /wiki/organization%20of%20american%20states U.S. president 239 /wiki/u.s.%20president United Nations 172 /wiki/united%20nations Xiomara Castro 37 /wiki/xiomara%20castro interference 406 /wiki/foreign%20electoral%20intervention president 14 /wiki/president%20of%20honduras 2025 Honduran general election Donald Trump European Union Honduran Organization of American States U.S. president United Nations Xiomara Castro interference president 2025 Honduran general election /feed/2025/12/16/honduran-president-xiomara-castro-announces-that-she-will-denounce-an-alleged-electoral-coup-to-the-european-union-th Reuters 16 8d67f766e5ca51d60877498def25112f21797f91 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/honduran-president-denounce-electoral-coup-united-nations-2025-12-09/ 2025 The Guardian 16 a9dccce5d8d6334559f9b387a4c44816276081ff 12 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/09/honduras-president-alleges-electoral-coup-under-way-amid-trump-interference 2025 Honduran president Xiomara Castro announces that she will denounce an alleged "electoral coup" to the European Union, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations, accusing U.S. president Donald Trump of "interference". 2025-12-16 aadea916e7693f401ee2dbf50123ff7b8ce31300 15 Clan del Golfo 172 /wiki/clan%20del%20golfo Colombia 37 /wiki/colombia Colombia–United States relations 1 /wiki/colombia-united%20states%20relations State Department 14 /wiki/united%20states%20department%20of%20state United States 2 /wiki/united%20states cartel 71 /wiki/drug%20cartel foreign terrorist organization 239 /wiki/foreign%20terrorist%20organization neo-paramilitary 116 /wiki/right-wing%20paramilitarism%20in%20colombia Clan del Golfo Colombia Colombia–United States relations State Department United States cartel foreign terrorist organization neo-paramilitary 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/feed/2025/12/16/lithuanian-police-arrest-21-people-allegedly-connected-to-a-criminal-network-responsible-for-smuggling-cigarettes-into-t AP 16 b1a3920443e77d4a9ea0b62bdaca2db4f1ab788d 12 https://apnews.com/article/lithuania-balloons-belarus-arrests-052dffe4e6d5b5dffbc7faf1591dc9e1 2025 Lithuanian police arrest 21 people allegedly connected to a criminal network responsible for smuggling cigarettes into the country via weather balloons from Belarus. 2025-12-16 6cb93884182583c336f316ba7c3d3b957772a6b1 12 2025 Liverpool parade incident 1 /wiki/2025%20liverpool%20parade%20incident England 71 /wiki/england Liverpool 37 /wiki/liverpool Liverpool Crown Court 2 /wiki/liverpool%20crown%20court United Kingdom 116 /wiki/united%20kingdom dangerous driving 172 /wiki/dangerous%20driving grievous bodily harm 317 /wiki/grievous%20bodily%20harm maliciously 239 /wiki/non-fatal%20offences%20against%20the%20person%20in%20english%20law#maliciously%20wounding%20or%20inflicting%20grievous%20bodily%20harm ramming his car 14 /wiki/vehicle-ramming%20attack 2025 Liverpool parade incident England Liverpool Liverpool Crown Court United Kingdom dangerous driving grievous bodily harm maliciously ramming his car 2025 Liverpool parade incident /feed/2025/12/16/the-liverpool-crown-court-convicts-paul-doyle-the-perpetrator-who-injured-130-people-after-ramming-his-car-into-a-crowd DW 16 ce823e436ddd6a78719a0f40313c09e959215fe3 12 https://www.dw.com/en/uk-21-years-in-jail-for-liverpool-parade-car-rammer/a-75190950 2025 The Liverpool Crown Court convicts Paul Doyle, the perpetrator who injured 130 people after ramming his car into a crowd in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, of charges of dangerous driving and maliciously causing grievous bodily harm, and sentences him to 21 years in prison. 2025-12-16 86824efa4ab6cbb52105d02d9e4509348ecddb84 11 2025 Beninese coup attempt 1 /wiki/2025%20beninese%20coup%20attempt Benin 2 /wiki/benin coup 239 /wiki/coup%20d'etat murder 116 /wiki/crime%20in%20benin pre-trial detention 37 /wiki/pre-trial%20detention soldiers 14 /wiki/benin%20armed%20forces state security 172 /wiki/national%20security treason 71 /wiki/treason 2025 Beninese coup attempt Benin coup murder pre-trial detention soldiers state security treason 2025 Beninese coup attempt /feed/2025/12/16/benin-places-about-30-suspects-most-of-them-soldiers-in-pre-trial-detention-on-charges-including-treason-murder-and AFP via ''Arab News 16 b95b91727ee32d910e83c50f5464de6bf85d6be3 12 https://www.arabnews.com/node/2626460/world 2025 Benin places about 30 suspects, most of them soldiers, in pre-trial detention on charges including treason, murder, and endangering state security following a failed coup attempt. 2025-12-16 c1822dc82718c0defd955fcf40bb5302bc277e1b 10 Donald Trump 14 /wiki/donald%20trump Operation Southern Spear 1 /wiki/operation%20southern%20spear U.S. president 2 /wiki/u.s.%20president Venezuela 116 /wiki/venezuela blockade 37 /wiki/blockade oil tanker 71 /wiki/oil%20tanker Donald Trump Operation Southern Spear U.S. president Venezuela blockade oil tanker Operation Southern Spear /feed/2025/12/16/us-president-donald-trump-orders-a-blockade-on-oil-tankers-entering-and-leaving-venezuela The Telegraph 16 14780a10f9f7c1d8c14fc3bce7638d030ded303c 12 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/17/trump-orders-blockade-sanctioned-venezuela-oil-tankers/ 2025 U.S. president Donald Trump orders a blockade on oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. 2025-12-16 dad2887f10b617dc45e44b1bc72da52cbab261ca 8 Canada–Israel relations 1 /wiki/canada-israel%20relations Canadian 14 /wiki/canada Israel 2 /wiki/israel MPs 37 /wiki/member%20of%20parliament%20(canada) West Bank 71 /wiki/west%20bank Canada–Israel relations Canadian Israel MPs West Bank Canada–Israel relations /feed/2025/12/16/israel-denies-entry-to-six-canadian-mps-trying-to-visit-the-occupied-west-bank-as-part-of-a-nonprofit-sponsored-tour Al Jazeera 16 7631eb1ae15dde05aa2df52fd1ce5c8be95bb5fd 12 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/16/israel-denies-entry-to-canadian-mps-trying-to-reach-occupied-west-bank 2025 Israel denies entry to six Canadian MPs trying to visit the occupied West Bank as part of a nonprofit-sponsored tour. 2025-12-16 61f6dc0a6154d646e344d54726df57802e52b419 7 Arctic 13 /wiki/arctic U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1 /wiki/u.s.%20national%20oceanic%20and%20atmospheric%20administration the 1991–2020 baseline 70 /wiki/climatological%20normal warmest year 36 /wiki/climate%20of%20the%20arctic Arctic U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the 1991–2020 baseline warmest year U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration /feed/2025/12/16/the-us-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-records-the-arctic-s-warmest-year-since-measurements-began-wit AFP via RFI 16 0d0953047ef330ac4a6b14b599b0a10031867e97 12 https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20251216-arctic-sees-unprecedented-heat-as-climate-impacts-cascade 2025 The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration records the Arctic's warmest year since measurements began, with average temperatures from October 2024 to September 2025 standing 1.60 °C (2.88 °F) above the 1991–2020 baseline. 2025-12-16 a3ca7556a1e7eefcbe60f7d31b788865adb55c3d 6 Iran 36 /wiki/iran Isfahan Province 13 /wiki/isfahan%20province taxi 1 /wiki/taxi%20cab Iran Isfahan Province taxi Taxi /feed/2025/12/16/thirteen-people-are-killed-and-several-others-are-injured-when-a-passenger-bus-overturns-on-a-highway-and-collides-with AP 16 e86b09a9fb5262894c78797214ea52cd6729b52d 12 https://apnews.com/article/iran-bus-crash-isfahan-traffic-e28f553e0c9aa83d49dc9f15c639ca6a 2025 Thirteen people are killed, and several others are injured when a passenger bus overturns on a highway and collides with a taxi in Isfahan Province, Iran. 2025-12-16 01d20506ba7a5386dc34293905bef4b3d2eb0c23 5 Fulani 14 /wiki/fula%20people Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria 1 /wiki/herder-farmer%20conflicts%20in%20nigeria Kidnapping in Nigeria 2 /wiki/kidnapping%20in%20nigeria Nigeria 116 /wiki/nigeria Plateau State 71 /wiki/plateau%20state mining 37 /wiki/mining%20industry%20of%20nigeria Fulani Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria Kidnapping in Nigeria Nigeria Plateau State mining Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria /feed/2025/12/16/at-least-12-people-are-killed-and-three-others-are-abducted-after-fulani-gunmen-attack-a-mining-site-in-plateau-state-n Reuters 16 55b3c08fee139c142d415ddd424fd3eceef626c3 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-12-killed-nigeria-mining-site-attack-group-says-2025-12-17/ 2025 At least 12 people are killed and three others are abducted after Fulani gunmen attack a mining site in Plateau State, Nigeria. 2025-12-16 6960874f1066b8e65930003bbbb2bf9ace558a5b 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71 /wiki/democratic%20republic%20of%20the%20congo M23 campaign 1 /wiki/m23%20campaign March 23 Movement 2 /wiki/march%2023%20movement South Kivu 37 /wiki/south%20kivu United States 116 /wiki/united%20states Uvira 14 /wiki/uvira Democratic Republic of the Congo M23 campaign March 23 Movement South Kivu United States Uvira M23 campaign /feed/2025/12/16/the-march-23-movement-announces-that-they-will-withdraw-from-uvira-south-kivu-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-follow Reuters 16 cc368681e4114047efaa60cfec863112b8ff1637 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rwanda-backed-m23-group-says-it-will-withdraw-seized-congo-town-after-us-request-2025-12-16/ 2025 The March 23 Movement announces that they will withdraw from Uvira, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following a request from the United States.