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- Yemeni civil war
- 2025 Hadhramaut offensive
- The Southern Transitional Council captures all eight southern governorates of Yemen, opening possibilities for it to claim independence. Saudi Arabia retires all of its troops from Aden. (The Guardian)
- Yemen's airspace briefly closes as a result of the STC offensive. (AP)
- 2025 Hadhramaut offensive
- 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis
- A Thai soldier is killed and eight others are injured after Cambodia shells Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand. (Bangkok Post)
- Royal Thai Air Force F-16 jets carry out airstrikes on Cambodian military targets in Oddar Meanchey province and Preah Vihear, killing four Cambodian civilians and wounding ten more. (Al Jazeera)
- Sudanese civil war
- The Rapid Support Forces capture Heglig, Sudan's largest oilfield, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the area. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- 83rd Golden Globe Awards
- Nominations for the Golden Globe Awards honoring productions in 2025 are released, with One Battle After Another topping the film categories with 9 nominations, while The White Lotus tops the television categories with 6 nominations. This is also the first year the awards will have a Best Podcast category. (AP) (NPR)
Business and economy
- China–United States trade war
- China's trade surplus passes US$1 trillion for the first time despite significant pressure from U.S. tariffs. (NPR)
- Czech Republic–Turkey relations
- Turkish low-cost airline Pegasus announces an agreement to acquire Czech Airlines and its subsidiary Smartwings, which is the largest Czech airline, for {{Euro}}154 million (US$180 million). (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Sanriku earthquake
- A {{M|w|7.6}} earthquake strikes the coast of Aomori Prefecture, Japan, causing some public services to be suspended. (Mainichi) (CNBC)
- Four tourists are killed and one other is missing when a wave hits a seawater pool in Los Gigantes, Tenerife, Spain. The victims had previously ignored the warnings and the closure of the seawater pool. (AP)
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