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Armed conflicts and attacks 2025-12-11

Eleven bandits are killed and several more injured in an ambush by the Nigerian Army in Sabon Birni, Sokoto State, Nigeria. The bandits allegedly planned an attack on a nearby village. (The Guardian)

Nigerian bandit conflict

Armed conflicts and attacks 2025-12-11

Two people are killed and two others injured in a Russian guided bomb strike at a shop in Velyka Pysarivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda)

Russo-Ukrainian war 2025 Sumy offensive, Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war

Disasters and accidents 2025-12-11

One person is killed and several others are injured whena boat carrying migrants overturn on the Sava river near Slavonski Brod, Croatia. (AP)

Disasters and accidents 2025-12-11

Two people are killed and two others are trapped when an under-construction library collapses in Gwangju, South Korea. (Reuters)

Law and crime 2025-12-11

A military court in Pakistan sentences former Inter-Services Intelligence director general Faiz Hameed to 14 years in prison on charges related to engaging in political activities and violations of the Official Secrets Act. (AP)

Politics and elections 2025-12-11

The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers and the General Union of Workers, which together represent nearly 1 million workers in Portugal launch a general strike across the country to protest against the government's planned changes to labour laws. (AP)

Politics and elections 2025-12-11

The Zhelyazkov Government resigns after weeks of massive protests against economic policies and alleged corruption. (The Guardian)

2025 Bulgarian budget protests

Sports 2025-12-11

The International Tennis Integrity Agency fines French player Quentin Folliot 🇺🇸 US$70,000 and suspends him from play for 20 years for alleged match-fixing. He is the sixth player to be fined in a wider investigation involving other French and Italian players. (AP)

Match fixing in tennis

Armed conflicts and attacks 2025-12-10

At least 34 people are killed and 80 more injured in a Tatmadaw airstrike on a hospital in Mrauk U, Rakhine State, Myanmar. (ABC News) (BBC News)

Myanmar conflict Conflict in Rakhine State

Armed conflicts and attacks 2025-12-10

M23 takes control of Uvira, South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP via ABC News)

M23 campaign, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict 2025 Uvira offensive

Armed conflicts and attacks 2025-12-10

The United States Coast Guard seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. (CNBC) (Reuters)

2025 United States naval deployment in the Caribbean, United States–Venezuela relations Operation Southern Spear

Armed conflicts and attacks 2025-12-10

Three members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are killed after an ambush by gunmen in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP)

Insurgency in Balochistan Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency

Arts and culture 2025-12-10

Iceland announces that it will join Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, and Slovenia in boycotting next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Austria in protest of Israel's participation. (Reuters)

Eurovision Song Contest 2026, Boycotts of Israel

Business and economy 2025-12-10

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection files a proposal to request mandatory checks on email and social media accounts for all future Visa Waiver Program applicants. (Nine News 🇦🇺 Australia) (BBC)

Tourism in the United States

Disasters and accidents 2025-12-10

At least one person is killed and two others are injured when a fire engulfs a large market in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (NDTV)

Disasters and accidents 2025-12-10

Twenty-two people are killed and several more injured during the collapse of two adjacent buildings in Fez, Morocco. (Reuters)

2025 Fez buildings collapse

International relations 2025-12-10

Bolivia and Israel formally restore diplomatic relations, which were severed in response to the Gaza war by former Bolivian president Luis Arce in 2023. (AP)

Bolivia–Israel relations

Law and crime 2025-12-10

Benin's government reports that Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri, identified as the leader of the failed coup attempt, flees to Togo, becoming the subject of an extradition request following arrests linked to the plot. (Reuters)

2025 Beninese coup attempt

Law and crime 2025-12-10

Canada designates 764, Islamic State – Mozambique Province, Terrorgram, and Maniac Murder Cult as terrorist entities. (CBC News) (Reuters)

Terrorism in Canada

Law and crime 2025-12-10

Former 🇧🇴 Bolivian president Luis Arce is arrested as part of an investigation into alleged embezzlement during his tenure as economy minister. (Reuters)

Law and crime 2025-12-10

Philippine president Bongbong Marcos announces the cancellation of former Ako Bicol representative Zaldy Co's passport and directs government agencies to facilitate Co's return to the Philippines as investigators examine his alleged involvement in a large-scale flood control corruption scheme. (Gulf News)

Flood control projects scandal in the Philippines

Law and crime 2025-12-10

The French cultural ministry reports to the Senate that the Louvre's closed-circuit television camera captured the October jewel theft but was unmonitored at the time, adding that the lapses form part of a wider inquiry into related procedural and equipment failures. (ABC News)

2025 Louvre heist

Politics and elections 2025-12-10

Supporters of the ruling Liberty and Refoundation party hold protests across Honduras, demanding the results of the presidential election to be annulled after prolonged delays in the vote count and allegations of fraud, and calling for a rerun of the election. (AAP via The Canberra Times)

2025 Honduran general election

Politics and elections 2025-12-10

Tens of thousands of people hold nationwide protests in Bulgaria, calling for Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's government to resign over alleged corruption and dissatisfaction with proposed fiscal measures. (AP)

2025 Bulgarian budget protests

Politics and elections 2025-12-10

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approves a bill that reduces penalties for certain crimes, including attempted coup, which could significantly shorten former president Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence. (AFP via 🇫🇷 France 24)

Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro

Politics and elections 2025-12-10

The Vietnamese National Assembly adopts amendments to its press and state secrets laws that expand government authority to compel journalists to disclose sources and broaden the range of information classified as state secrets. (Reuters)

Censorship in Vietnam

Science and technology 2025-12-10

Brazil and China begin constructing a joint laboratory for radio astronomic technology with the Federal University of Campina Grande and the Federal University of Paraíba to support space research as both countries work on the BINGO radio telescope. (Reuters)

Brazil–China relations

Sports 2025-12-10

Cambodia withdraws its entire delegation from the SEA Games, citing security concerns arising from its escalating border conflict with the host nation Thailand. (AFP via 🇫🇷 France 24)

2025 SEA Games

Armed conflicts and attacks 2025-12-09

At least 20,000 people flee from Uvira across the Burundi–DRC border and reach Bujumbura. (Actualité in 🇫🇷 French)

M23 campaign, Democratic Republic of the Congo–Rwanda conflict 2025 Uvira offensive

Armed conflicts and attacks 2025-12-09

Dozens of people are killed in a drone strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces on an oil field in Heglig, West Kordofan, Sudan. (AP)

Sudanese civil war