2025-12-5 1882b95370152c0a6a0c14c47848484546d096f1 15 Pensions in Germany 1 /wiki/pensions%20in%20germany pension 2 /wiki/pension tax-free 14 /wiki/taxation%20in%20germany Pensions in Germany pension tax-free Pensions in Germany /feed/2025/12/5/the-bundestag-approves-a-pensions-bill-that-maintains-pension-levels-until-2031-and-introduces-higher-tax-free-earnings Reuters 5 bc71a2fdf7780ec58b191615331b45086c8a834b 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-parliament-vote-pensions-tests-merzs-authority-2025-12-05/ 2025 The Bundestag approves a pensions bill that maintains pension levels until 2031 and introduces higher tax-free earnings for retirees. 2025-12-5 4ce5daa1d91d67eb87a59fb5065aa5d9742a5741 14 Bundestag 14 /wiki/bundestag Conscription in Germany 1 /wiki/conscription%20in%20germany German 2 /wiki/germany government 37 /wiki/merz%20cabinet military 71 /wiki/bundeswehr recruitment 116 /wiki/military%20recruitment Bundestag Conscription in Germany German government military 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/wiki/canada-syria%20relations Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham 71 /wiki/hay'at%20tahrir%20al-sham Syria 14 /wiki/syria Syrian transitional government 172 /wiki/syrian%20transitional%20government state sponsors of terrorism 37 /wiki/state-sponsored%20terrorism terrorist entities 116 /wiki/list%20of%20organizations%20designated%20as%20terrorist%20by%20canada Canada Canada–Syria relations Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Syria Syrian transitional government state sponsors of terrorism terrorist entities Canada–Syria relations /feed/2025/12/5/canada-removes-syria-from-its-list-of-state-sponsors-of-terrorism-and-hay-at-tahrir-al-sham-from-its-list-of-terrorist-e Reuters 5 54217b607dc502b4891477a19252fb6c6cc6678d 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-removes-syria-its-list-foreign-state-supporters-terrorism-2025-12-05/ 2025 Canada removes Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism and Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from its list of terrorist entities following a review of the Syrian transitional 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Discovery for US$72 billion in one of the largest takeovers in entertainment industry history. 2025-12-5 06422dcb901c29361a73f1067900735136c50920 6 Myanmar 37 /wiki/myanmar Myanmar civil war 1 /wiki/myanmar%20civil%20war Sagaing 14 /wiki/sagaing Tatmadaw 2 /wiki/tatmadaw Myanmar Myanmar civil war Sagaing Tatmadaw Myanmar civil war /feed/2025/12/5/the-tatmadaw-conducts-an-airstrike-on-a-tea-shop-in-sagaing-myanmar-killing-18-civilians-and-wounding-20-more AP 5 a724c5bbf094462bbd5b1a9f2c875e35f2a91be0 12 https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-army-resistance-bombing-football-match-d0017d296f587cfb4d299421de38943c 2025 The Tatmadaw conducts an airstrike on a tea shop in Sagaing, Myanmar, killing 18 civilians and wounding 20 more. 2025-12-5 f9c47d08b9ffb5caeda4400e9a76fd7ba2fbcf0d 5 Chocó 116 /wiki/choco%20department Clan del Golfo 14 /wiki/clan%20del%20golfo Colombia 2 /wiki/colombia Colombian conflict 1 /wiki/colombian%20conflict Córdoba 172 /wiki/cordoba%20department Doha 37 /wiki/doha Qatar 71 /wiki/qatar extradition 239 /wiki/extradition municipalities 317 /wiki/municipalities%20of%20colombia Chocó Clan del Golfo Colombia Colombian conflict Córdoba Doha Qatar extradition municipalities Colombian conflict /feed/2025/12/5/colombia-and-the-clan-del-golfo-agree-in-doha-qatar-that-the-group-s-combatants-will-begin-assembling-in-three-designa Reuters 5 d67387bd0e50a5fc83313e3ec5ba4e01df6559f3 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-clan-del-golfo-crime-gang-agree-three-concentration-areas-combatants-2025-12-05/ 2025 Colombia and the Clan del Golfo agree in Doha, Qatar, that the group's combatants will begin assembling in three designated zones in Chocó and Córdoba starting March 1, with arrest and extradition orders suspended during the process. Colombia also designates additional municipalities for pilot peace programs as part of broader negotiations aimed at reducing violence. 2025-12-5 3e4fbecb2b8ea9f6d2c029fe791f8fd32fea0d40 4 Rapid Support Forces 2 /wiki/rapid%20support%20forces South Kordofan 14 /wiki/south%20kordofan Sudan 37 /wiki/sudan Sudanese civil war 1 /wiki/sudanese%20civil%20war Rapid Support Forces South Kordofan Sudan Sudanese civil war Sudanese civil war /feed/2025/12/5/fifty-people-are-killed-including-33-children-after-the-rapid-support-forces-strike-a-kindergarten-in-south-kordofan AP 5 81637fbc557a3f07f8fc85bcce1ac5f5c6473156 12 https://apnews.com/article/war-sudan-kordofan-drone-rsf-children-8fe0bb92a2db9977826be64f8a1119a2 2025 Fifty people are killed, including 33 children, after the Rapid Support Forces strike a kindergarten in South Kordofan, Sudan. 2025-12-5 303d3c6687ba96edc323023ea232cb7cf7370d13 2 Afghan 2 /wiki/afghanistan Afghan soldiers 14 /wiki/afghan%20armed%20forces Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes 1 /wiki/afghanistan-pakistan%20clashes Helmand 317 /wiki/helmand%20province Kandahar 406 /wiki/kandahar%20province Pakistan 37 /wiki/pakistan Taliban 239 /wiki/taliban Zabul 506 /wiki/zabul%20province artillery 172 /wiki/artillery military 71 /wiki/pakistan%20armed%20forces provinces 617 /wiki/provinces%20of%20afghanistan the border 116 /wiki/durand%20line Afghan Afghan soldiers Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes Helmand Kandahar Pakistan Taliban Zabul artillery military provinces the border Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes /feed/2025/12/5/the-afghan-military-and-pakistani-military-exchange-fire-along-their-border-with-pakistani-artillery-targeting-several Reuters 5 d7c636020fa9aacf57861a207c1dda9b5df6f904 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-afghanistan-exchange-heavy-fire-along-border-officials-say-2025-12-05/ 2025 WTOP News 5 c8b6fcfdd7d2e906076222a71f816af0e419e3f5 12 https://wtop.com/world/2025/12/pakistan-and-afghanistan-trade-fire-along-the-border-but-no-casualties-are-reported/ 2025 The Afghan military and Pakistani military exchange fire along their border, with Pakistani artillery targeting several Taliban outposts in the Helmand, Kandahar, and Zabul provinces. Both sides accuse the other of instigating the clashes.