2025-12-21 5ee0775172e48cbb708a47ebb7d6a181c82e1af0 8 Bekkersdal 13 /wiki/bekkersdal Gauteng 36 /wiki/gauteng South Africa 70 /wiki/south%20africa mass shooting 1 /wiki/mass%20shootings%20in%20south%20africa Bekkersdal Gauteng South Africa mass shooting Mass shooting /feed/2025/12/21/nine-people-are-killed-and-ten-others-are-injured-in-a-mass-shooting-when-12-gunmen-open-fire-near-a-tavern-in-bekkersda AFP via CBS News 21 f77d823c9e36661177aa47d363fa37f962fc8c3e 12 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deadly-shooting-south-africa-bekkersdal-near-johannesburg/ 2025 Nine people are killed and ten others are injured in a mass shooting when 12 gunmen open fire near a tavern in Bekkersdal, Gauteng, South Africa. 2025-12-21 3427141685119d64a3935afe898084fe1d3d72d3 7 Bashar 14 /wiki/bashar,%20plateau%20state Kidnapping in Nigeria 1 /wiki/kidnapping%20in%20nigeria Maulud 2 /wiki/mawlid Plateau State 37 /wiki/plateau%20state Bashar Kidnapping in Nigeria Maulud Plateau State Kidnapping in Nigeria /feed/2025/12/21/gunmen-abduct-28-people-after-intercepting-a-vehicle-traveling-to-a-maulud-gathering-in-bashar-plateau-state AFP via France 24 21 2b7744bed635bb0683f0a9ab1e6d13d8379a02b6 12 https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20251223-gunmen-kidnap-muslim-religious-event-central-nigeria 2025 Gunmen abduct 28 people after intercepting a vehicle traveling to a Maulud gathering in Bashar, Plateau State. 2025-12-21 66d7d080c55751e61b4ca693ab3ac1a709dbbf7d 6 Ajuri Ngelale 37 /wiki/ajuri%20ngelale Catholic school 71 /wiki/catholic%20school Kidnapping in Nigeria 1 /wiki/kidnapping%20in%20nigeria Niger State 116 /wiki/niger%20state Nigeria 2 /wiki/nigeria presidential 14 /wiki/president%20of%20nigeria Ajuri Ngelale Catholic school Kidnapping in Nigeria Niger State Nigeria presidential Kidnapping in Nigeria /feed/2025/12/21/nigerian-presidential-spokesperson-ajuri-ngelale-reports-that-all-remaining-130-students-and-staff-abducted-in-november AFP via ''The Guardian 21 1c559d87e8029b7130004d0fb542fb99887daed2 12 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/21/more-kidnapped-schoolchildren-freed-in-nigeria 2025 Nigerian presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale reports that all remaining 130 students and staff abducted in November from a Catholic school in Niger State have been released. 2025-12-21 c8c093b78925a139f73d1a4f7f3dde0f8a42b36f 4 Libya 37 /wiki/libya Libya–Pakistan relations 1 /wiki/libya-pakistan%20relations Pakistan 2 /wiki/pakistan United Nations 172 /wiki/united%20nations arms embargo 116 /wiki/arms%20embargo military 71 /wiki/libyan%20armed%20forces military technology 14 /wiki/military%20technology Libya Libya–Pakistan relations Pakistan United Nations arms embargo military military technology Libya–Pakistan relations /feed/2025/12/21/pakistan-agrees-to-sell-military-technology-to-the-libyan-military-for-over-us-4-billion-violating-an-arms-embargo-impo Reuters 21 405beabeed9affaf0df83cc34189063b1f2f9f83 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-strikes-4-billion-deal-sell-weapons-libyan-force-officials-say-2025-12-22/ 2025 Pakistan agrees to sell military technology to the Libyan military for over US$4 billion, violating an arms embargo imposed by the United Nations on Libya. 2025-12-21 506da2c5420abdbb00dcf234d8ebbdb32ced4d7e 3 Philippines 2 /wiki/philippines Sugar industry in the Philippines 1 /wiki/sugar%20industry%20in%20the%20philippines agriculture department 14 /wiki/department%20of%20agriculture%20(philippines) Philippines Sugar industry in the Philippines agriculture department Sugar industry in the Philippines /feed/2025/12/21/the-philippine-agriculture-department-extends-its-import-ban-on-sugar-until-december-2026 The Rahnuma Daily 21 77dcfa561c6d8921ebeb97631a24983a499c05b0 12 https://therahnuma.com/philippines-extends-sugar-import-ban-until-december-2026/ 2025 The Philippine agriculture department extends its import ban on sugar until December 2026. 2025-12-21 75afc4f6b9e69a9fba63ebc2adc6f87297073672 2 Israel 2 /wiki/israel Israeli cabinet 14 /wiki/cabinet%20of%20israel Israeli occupation of the West Bank 1 /wiki/israeli%20occupation%20of%20the%20west%20bank West Bank 71 /wiki/west%20bank illegal under international law 116 /wiki/icj%20case%20on%20israel's%20occupation%20of%20the%20palestinian%20territories settlements 37 /wiki/israeli%20settlement Israel Israeli cabinet Israeli occupation of the West Bank West Bank illegal under international law settlements Israeli occupation of the West Bank /feed/2025/12/21/the-israeli-cabinet-approves-19-new-settlements-in-the-occupied-west-bank-despite-such-settlements-being-considered-ill AP 21 c567976372c9db3a22db9d666c8c577993b13b34 12 https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-settlements-west-bank-6923448a5956ff4d90b240d871db33e6 2025 BBC News 21 7bf47d168b6e0e7d762447da6131db296b84eb9e 12 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjg18xe0wwo 2025 The Israeli cabinet approves 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite such settlements being considered illegal under international law.