Armed conflicts and attacks
Gaza war
Palestinian internal political violence
The Israeli-backed militant organization Counter-Terrorism Strike Force says it has assassinated Mahmoud Al-Astal, head of a Hamas-run police unit in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
A drone strike in the Gaza Strip kills three people who had crossed the ceasefire line. (AP)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle kills six officers near the Afghan border in northwestern Pakistan. (AP)
Myanmar civil war, Bangladesh–Myanmar relations
Bangladesh detains 53 Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army members that crossed into Bangladesh amid fighting with the Arakan Army in Rakhine State, Myanmar. (AFP via The Straits Times)
Sudanese civil war
A Rapid Support Forces missile strike kills ten civilians and wounds nine others in Singa, Sennar State, Sudan. (AA)
International relations
Somalia–United Arab Emirates relations
Somalia terminates all agreements signed with the United Arab Emirates, including ownership contracts for ports in Berbera, Bosaso, and Kismayo, over the UAE's support for Somaliland. (Middle East Eye)
Law and crime
Swedish police seize three-tonnes of cocaine found in a shipping container from South America at the Port of Helsingborg, making it the country's single-largest ever seizure of the illegal drug. (Reuters)
Spanish police, in coordination with the U.S. DEA and UK National Crime Agency, seize 10 tonnes of cocaine hidden among a cargo of salt on a cargo ship off the Canary Islands. It is the country's largest ever seizure of drugs at sea. Thirteen people on board the vessel are arrested. (The Guardian)
The Venezuelan government releases between 41 and 116 prisoners, who were detained due to an accusation of committing "acts associated with disrupting the constitutional order".(Al Jazeera)
Scam centers in Cambodia, Cambodia–South Korea relations
Cambodian and South Korean police arrest 26 suspects accused of impersonation scams and sexual exploitation that allegedly defrauded 165 South Korean victims of about ₩26.7 billion (US$18.25 million), with authorities set to extradite the suspects to South Korea. (Reuters)
Corsican conflict
Former National Liberation Front of Corsica leader Alain Orsoni is assassinated by a gunman at his mother's funeral in Vero, Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France. (Reuters)
Science and technology
After the Australian Online Safety Amendment came into effect on December 10, 2025, Meta shuts down over 544,000 accounts of users under the age of 16 on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. (DW)
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