Saturday 29 November 2025

2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état

Guinea-Bissau's military junta installs a 28-member provisional government after seizing power, while ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló travels to Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, where he intends to stay.

Human rights in Tunisia

Tunisian police detain National Salvation Front member Chaima Issa in Tunis to enforce a 20-year prison sentence after an appellate court recently issued prison terms of up to 45 years against several opposition leaders on charges of plotting to overthrow the president.

2025 Stockton shooting

Four people are killed and ten others injured in a mass shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, California, United States.

Human rights in Nicaragua

Nicaragua releases about 40 political prisoners, who are transferred to house arrest and required to report to authorities.

2025 Copa Libertadores final

In association football, Flamengo defeats fellow Brazilians Palmeiras 1–0 to win their fourth Copa Libertadores title, becoming the most successful Brazilian club in the continental competition.

Crime & Justice

Seven people are killed and five others are injured when armed attackers open fire inside a bar in Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Cyclone Ditwah

The toll from the landslides caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka increases to 132 people killed, 191 missing, 44,000 more displaced, and 15,000 houses destroyed.

Afghan conflict

Two Chinese citizens are shot and killed in an ambush by unidentified gunmen in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.

Cyclone Senyar

The death toll from the floods in Indonesia increases to 303 people. Two more people are confirmed killed in Malaysia.

2025 AFL Women's Grand Final

In women's Australian rules football, the North Melbourne Tasmanian Kangaroos defeats the Brisbane Lions in the grand final by 40 points to win their second premiership in a row. North Melbourne's half-back Eilish Sheerin is voted best-on-ground.

Crime & Justice

The offices of the Italian newspaper La Stampa in Turin are stormed by pro-Palestinian protesters.

Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

Two Palestinian children are killed in an Israeli drone attack as they were gathering firewood in the town of Bani Suheila in the Gaza Strip.