Saturday

December 27, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Sudanese civil war (2023–present)

Darfur genocide (2023–present)

The Rapid Support Forces kill over 200 civilians in ethnically motivated attacks in West Darfur and during advances in North Darfur according to the Sudan Doctors Union. (The Express Tribune)

2025 Cambodia–Thailand conflict

Cambodia and Thailand sign a new ceasefire agreement, calling for a pause in military movements and airspace encroachment for military purposes. (AP)

Russo-Ukrainian war

Kyiv strikes, Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure

Two people are killed and 32 others injured during a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine. Damage to critical infrastructure leaves 40% of Kyiv's residential areas and surrounding districts without heating. (BBC News)

Business and economy

Trade policy of China

The National People's Congress of China passes a revised trade law that will expand the government's authority to counter trade restrictions, regulate exports of strategic goods, and update provisions on digital, green, and intellectual-property trade from March 1, 2026. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Fifteen people are killed and 19 more injured as a bus plunges in to a ravine while driving on the Inter-American Highway in Sololá Department, Guatemala. (Al Jazeera)

At least nine people are killed and eight other injured when a bus carrying 19 charity workers overturns on a mountain in Phinh Ho, Lào Cai province, Vietnam. (Reuters) (Tuổi Trẻ News)

A Mw7.0 earthquake, rated intensity-four on the Central Weather Administration seismic intensity scale, strikes 32 km off the coast of Yilan, Taiwan, causing a temporary power outage for over 3,000 households. (DW) (CNN)

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