Monday

December 15, 2025

Disasters and accidents

Ten people are killed when a Cessna Citation III aircraft flying from Acapulco to Toluca crashes near a football field in San Mateo Atenco, Edomex, Mexico. (UNO TV in Spanish)

International relations

Laos–South Korea relations

Laos and South Korea agree to upgrade their bilateral relations to a comprehensive partnership. (Reuters)

Laos–Thailand relations, 2025 Cambodia–Thailand conflict

Thailand's military stops fuel shipments through its border crossing with Laos in Chong Mek, Ubon Ratchathani province, after intelligence indicates that supplies are being diverted to Cambodian forces amid an ongoing conflict between Cambodia and Thailand. (Reuters)

Law and crime

A court in Moscow, Russia, designates protest music group Pussy Riot as an extremist group, banning its activities within Russia. (Reuters)

Danske Bank completes its three-year corporate probation with the United States Department of Justice, concluding all regulatory proceedings related to suspicious transactions at its former Estonian branch, after pleading guilty to bank fraud conspiracy and forfeiting US$2 billion as part of a 2022 settlement. (Reuters)

A judge in the Dominican Republic sentences seven former government officials to over a year in preventative detention in a $250 million corruption case involving the health ministry. (AP)

Nick Reiner, a son of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, is arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department in connection with their deaths in Los Angeles. (CBS News)

2024 anti-tourism protests in Spain

The Spanish government fines homestay company Airbnb 63.9 million ($75 million) for advertising unlicensed tourist rentals as protests blaming companies like Airbnb and Booking.com for driving up property prices for residents across the country continue. (AP)

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