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- Yemeni civil war
- 2025 Southern Yemen offensive, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
- The Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen launches airstrikes in Hadhramaut Governorate, killing seven Southern Transitional Council (STC) fighters. (AFP via The Guardian)
- The STC announces a plan to hold an independence referendum within two years. (Reuters)
- 2025 Southern Yemen offensive, Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
Business and economy
- BYD Company, based in China, surpasses the United States-based Tesla, Inc. as the world's best-selling electric vehicle automaker after selling 2.26 million vehicles in 2025, overtaking Tesla's 1.64 million. (AP) (DW)
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Guerrero earthquake
- A {{M|w|6.5}} earthquake strikes {{cvt|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} off the coast of San Marcos, Guerrero, Mexico, killing two people and injuring 12 others. (The New Zealand Herald) (Infobae in Spanish)
- At least four people are trapped when a multi-story building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP)
Health and environment
- Climate change in the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom records its hottest and sunniest year in 2025 with an average temperature of {{cvt|10.09|C|F}}, surpassing the 2022 record of {{cvt|10.03|C|F}} and becoming the second year since 1884 in which the annual mean exceeded {{cvt|10|C|F}}. (Business Day)
Law and crime
- 2025–2026 Iranian protests
- A protester is shot dead by security forces in Harsin, bringing the casualty count of the protests to at least eleven. (Hengaw)
- U.S. President Donald Trump states that if Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters as it has in the past, the United States will come to their rescue. Several protesters have been killed by security forces in these protests, while hundreds were killed in the 2022–2023 protests. (Reuters)
- Ali Shamkhani, a member of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, responds by threatening retaliation, stating, "Any intervening hand that approaches Iran’s security will be cut off with a regret-inducing response." Similarly, Ali Larijani, the current Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, warns Americans to "watch over their soldiers." (Iran International) (Associated Press)
- 2022–2025 Pakistan political unrest, Terrorism in Pakistan
- The Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentences eight journalists and online commentators, including Wajahat Saeed Khan, Adil Raja, and Shaheen Sehbai, to life imprisonment in absentia for terrorism-related offences tied to digital content supporting former prime minister Imran Khan during the unrest. (Reuters)
- Corruption in Hong Kong
- The Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong arrests 21 people over suspected bribery and bid rigging linked to renovation contracts at two private housing estates in Kwun Tong, Kowloon. (Reuters)
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