Sunday

December 28, 2025

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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