Monday, December 1, 2025
29 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first
Conflict
Pokrovsk offensive
Russia says its forces have captured Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, after months of heavy fighting.
Siege of Babanusa
The Rapid Support Forces say that they have captured Babanusa, the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in West Kordofan, Sudan.
Haitian conflict
Haitian gangs launch a large-scale attack on the Ouest and Artibonite departments, causing hundreds of people to flee. Police say the gangs now control 50% of Artibonite, including the town of Pont-Sondé.
World
Tajikistan reinforces its border with Afghanistan, as the Tajik government says that the drone strikes which killed two Tajik and three Chinese citizens over the past week originated from its neighbour.
World
2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
Nigeria grants asylum to Guinea-Bissau opposition leader and presidential candidate Fernando Dias da Costa at its embassy in Bissau to protect Dias from detention by the military junta.
Canada–European Union relations
Canada agrees to join the European Union's Security Action for Europe initiative, which will allow Canadian defense firms greater access to EU markets and encourage European defense investment in Canada.
China–Spain relations
China permits Spain to resume pork exports from regions unaffected by African swine fever following a trade prohibition imposed on November 28.
Dominican Republic–United States relations
The Dominican Republic announces that its temporary agreement permitting United States military personnel to use restricted areas at Las Américas International Airport and the San Isidro Air Base for logistical counter-narcotics operations remains in effect until April 2026.
Honduras–United States relations
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is released from a prison in Preston County, West Virginia, after U.S. president Donald Trump pardoned Hernández from his conviction of aiding large-scale cocaine trafficking.
Thailand–Vietnam relations
Thailand extradites Vietnamese citizen Y Quynh Bđăp, who founded a human rights organization for ethnic minorities, amid concerns from human rights groups.
Politics
Use of camite during the 2024–2025 Georgian protests
BBC World Service says that the Georgian police used water cannons laced with the chemical agent camite against protesters in Tbilisi in 2024. The ruling Georgian Dream party denies the accusation, threatening to sue the BBC in an international court.
2025 Honduran general election
The Honduran National Electoral Council reports that presidential candidates Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla remain separated by about 500 votes in the preliminary count, which it describes as a technical tie, and announces that a manual count will begin.
2025 Saint Lucian general election
The incumbent Saint Lucia Labour Party government, led by Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, is projected to maintain a supermajority in the House of Assembly.
Kidnapping in Nigeria
Nigerian defence minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar resigns amid President Bola Tinubu's declaration of a nationwide security emergency.
Politics
Tens of thousands of people gather across Bulgaria to protest against government corruption and the proposed 2026 budget and calls for members of prime minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's cabinet to resign.
Crime & Justice
2025 Cameroonian presidential election
Anicet Ekane, a 74-year-old opposition politician and leader of the MANIDEM party, dies in custody after being arrested a month ago during a crackdown in Cameroon.
International Criminal Court investigation in Libya
A senior official of the RADA Special Deterrence Forces is transferred from Germany to The Hague, Netherlands, and placed in International Criminal Court custody for alleged war crimes while serving a senior role at a Libyan prison.
Trial of Sheikh Hasina
A Bangladeshi court sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and British MP Tulip Siddiq to five years and two years in prison, respectively, for corruption involving a government land project.
Wang Fuk Court fire
Hong Kong police arrest thirteen people on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the fire, while officials report that some scaffolding netting at the site failed to meet required fire-resistance standards.
Disasters
Cyclone Ditwah
The toll from the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka increases to 366 people killed and about 400 more missing.
Disasters
A landslide strikes two boats docked at a river port in Ucayali, Peru, killing at least twelve people and leaving around 50 others missing.
Health
2025 Kasaï Province Ebola outbreak
The Democratic Republic of the Congo declares that the Ebola outbreak in the country since August, which resulted in 53 confirmed cases, 43 deaths, and 11 probable cases, has ended.
Health
Cuba reports 33 deaths from dengue and chikungunya amid a widespread mosquito-borne disease outbreak, with health officials reporting thousands of new cases.
Health
Spain deploys 400 Mossos d'Esquadra and 117 Military Emergencies Unit members to contain the spread of the African swine fever virus in Catalonia after two dead wild boars tested positive for the virus.
Science & Tech
Mass surveillance in India
India's Ministry of Communications orders smartphone manufacturers to pre-install Sanchar Saathi, a government-run cybersecurity app on all new devices within 90 days and to push the app onto older models through a software update. The ministry says the app is essential in "curbing misuse of telecom resources for cyber frauds and ensuring telecom cyber security".
Nuclear power in Malaysia
Malaysia enacts amendments to its nuclear law that require permits for all atomic-energy activities, including the import, export, transshipment, and transit of radioactive and nuclear materials. The updated framework introduces stricter oversight and penalties, including the possibility of the death penalty.
Culture
Culture
Ragebait is named word of the year by the Oxford University Press.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for December 1, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.