Armed conflicts and attacks
Tajikistan orders a reinforcement at its border with Afghanistan, as the Tajik government claims Afghan drone strikes killed two Tajik and three Chinese citizens over the past week. (Anewz)
Russo-Ukrainian war
Four people are killed and at least 40 others are injured in a Russian Iskander missile strike on Dnipro, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Russia says its forces have captured the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast after months of heavy fighting. (DW)
Sudanese civil war
The Rapid Support Forces say that they have captured Babanusa, the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in West Kordofan, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
Haitian conflict
Haitian gangs launch a large-scale attack on the Ouest and Artibonite departments, causing hundreds of people to flee. (AP)
Arts and culture
Ragebait is named word of the year by the Oxford University Press. (AP)
Health and environment
The Spanish government deploys 400 Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra and 117 Military Emergencies Unit members to help contain the spread of the African swine fever virus in Catalonia after two dead wild boars tested positive for the virus. (Reuters)
2025 Kasaï Province Ebola outbreak
The Congolese government declares that the Ebola outbreak in the country since August, which resulted in 53 confirmed cases, 43 deaths, and 11 probable cases, has ended. (AP)
Law and crime
2025 Cameroonian presidential election, 2025 Cameroonian protests
Anicet Ekane, a 74-year-old opposition politician, leader of the MANIDEM party, dies in custody after being arrested a month ago during a crackdown in Cameroon. (AP)
Trial of Sheikh Hasina
A Bangladeshi court sentences former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and British Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq to five years and two years in prison respectively for corruption involving a government land project. (AP)
Wang Fuk Court fire
Hong Kong police arrest thirteen people on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the fire, while officials report that some scaffolding netting at the site failed to meet required fire-resistance standards. (AFP via New Strait Times)
Politics and elections
2024–2025 Georgian protests, 2024–2025 Georgian political crisis
Use of camite during the 2024–2025 Georgian protests
BBC World Service publishes an investigative report uncovering evidence that the Georgian police used water cannons laced with the chemical agent camite against protesters in Tbilisi in 2024. The ruling Georgian Dream party denies the accusation, threatening to sue the BBC in an international court. (BBC News) (Civil Georgia)
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