Sunday, December 14, 2025

13 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. 2025 Bondi Beach shooting

    Two gunmen open fire during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, killing 15 people and leaving 42 others injured. One perpetrator is killed, while the other is arrested. Two bombs are found at the scene and detonated by police.

  2. 2025 Cambodia–Thailand conflict

    Thailand confirms that a rocket launched from Cambodia killed a Thai villager, the first civilian death in Thailand as a result of the ongoing conflict.

  3. Gaza war

    Hamas Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Zamzam is shot and killed by a gunman inside the Maghazi refugee camp in the Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip. The perpetrator is arrested.

  4. Israel–Hezbollah conflict

    Three people are killed in three separated Israeli airstrikes against vehicles in southern Lebanon.

  5. Syrian conflict

    Four security force members are killed and another is injured in a mass shooting when gunmen open fire on a patrol in Idlib, Syria.

Politics

  1. 2025 Chilean general election

    Chileans vote for their president in a runoff between Jeannette Jara and José Antonio Kast.

  2. 2025 Chilean general election

    Kast is elected president of Chile.

  3. 2025 Czech parliamentary election

    Czech president Petr Pavel appoints prime minister Andrej Babiš's cabinet following ANO's victory in the recent election.

Crime & Justice

  1. 2025 Brown University shooting

    A person of interest is taken into custody for yesterday's mass shooting that killed two people and injured nine others at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The person is later released from custody the same day, with authorities announcing that they are still searching for a suspect.

  2. Crime in Guatemala

    Guatemalan president Bernardo Arévalo declares a state of emergency in two municipalities in western Guatemala a day after gunmen attacked a military post and a police station, cut off roads, and hijacked buses, killing at least five people.

  3. Killing of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner

    American filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner are stabbed to death at their home in Los Angeles, California, United States. Their son, Nick, is later charged with the alleged murders.,

Disasters

  1. Disasters

    At least 37 people are killed and 14 more injured during flash floods in Safi, Morocco.

  2. Disasters

    A school bus carrying students returning from a field trip falls off a cliff in Remedios, Antioquia, Colombia, killing 17 people and injuring 20 others.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for December 14, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.