Disasters and accidents
Two helicopters collide over Hammonton, New Jersey, United States, killing one person and injuring another. (CNN)
One person is killed and two others are reported missing in flash flooding in Spain's southern and eastern provinces. (Reuters)
Law and crime
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. (AP)
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 in the 1980s. (The New Region)
Politics and elections
2025–26 Myanmar general election
Citizens of Myanmar vote in the first phase to elect the nation's legislature, held under the supervision of a military junta amidst a civil war. (AP)
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. (Reuters)
2025 Guinean presidential election
Guineans vote for a president as incumbent Mamady Doumbouya seeks to be elected four years after leading a coup. (Reuters)
December 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election
Kosovans vote for the second time in a year to elect the members of the Kuvendi. (AP via ABC News)
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