Sunday, December 28, 2025

14 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first

Conflict

  1. Western Syria clashes

    At least three people are killed and dozens of others are injured after gunfire erupts during Alawite-led protests in Latakia, Syria, demanding decentralization and for the transitional government to release Assadist detainees.

  2. Gaza war

    Israel introduces new rules for aid groups, forbidding activities or criticism that "delegitimizes" Israel, without providing specific definitions. Aid groups say that the requirements are political and may hinder criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza.

  3. Ecuadorian security crisis

    Six people, including a two-year-old girl, are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a beach in Puerto López, Manabí Province, Ecuador.

Politics

  1. 2025–26 Myanmar general election

    Citizens of Myanmar vote in the first phase to elect the nation's legislature. Two further phases of voting are expected in January.

  2. 2025 Central African general election

    Citizens of the Central African Republic vote to elect a president and 140 members of the National Assembly. Incumbent president Faustin-Archange Touadéra seeks a third term in office.

  3. 2025 Guinean presidential election

    Guineans vote for a president as incumbent Mamady Doumbouya seeks to be elected four years after leading a coup.

  4. December 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election

    Kosovans vote for the second time in a year to elect the members of the Kuvendi.

  5. December 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election

    Prime Minister Albin Kurti's Vetëvendosje party wins the election with about half of the votes and an estimated 56 of the 120 assembly seats but falls short of the 61 seats required to govern without support from minority parties.

Crime & Justice

  1. 2025 Richelieu stabbing

    Nine people are killed, including five children, and three others are injured, including the perpetrator and another child, in a mass stabbing spree at multiple houses in Richelieu, Commewijne District, Suriname.

  2. Capital punishment in Iraq

    The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal sentences a former Ba'athist lieutenant to death for the massacre of Barzanis during the Anfal campaign against Kurds.

Disasters

  1. 2025 Oaxaca train derailment

    At least 13 people are killed and 98 others are injured, including five critically, when a Tren Interoceánico train carrying 250 people derails in Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.

  2. Disasters

    Sixteen people are killed and three others sustain burn injuries after a fire breaks out at a retirement home in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

  3. Disasters

    Three people, including a toddler, are killed and three others are injured when a building collapses in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa.

Culture

  1. Culture

    After months of a high-profile legal dispute, entertainment agency ADOR terminates its contract with singer Danielle and expels her from the South Korean girl group NewJeans.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for December 28, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.