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December 2025

31 days, the opening story of each.

  1. 31WednesdayThe Six Flags Qiddiya City amusement park officially opens to the public in Saudi Arabia, with the Falcons Flight attraction breaking records as the world's tallest…
  2. 30TuesdayYemen ends its defense pact with the UAE, with its leader Rashad al-Alimi ordering all Emirati forces to depart within 24 hours. He also declares a 90-day national state…
  3. 29MondayTwo people are killed and British boxer Anthony Joshua is injured when a car crashes into a stationary truck on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State, Nigeria.
  4. 28SundaySix people, including a two-year-old girl, are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a beach in Puerto López, Manabí Province, Ecuador.
  5. 27SaturdayDenis Kapustin, leader of the Ukraine-aligned neo-Nazi Russian Volunteer Corps, is reported to have been killed in a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It is…
  6. 26FridayTwo Israeli civilians are killed and another two are injured, including a child, in a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack by a Palestinian man in Beit She'an and Afula…
  7. 25ThursdayThe United States Armed Forces launch airstrikes on over 70 locations in Sokoto State, Nigeria, targeting Islamic State camps on orders of U.S. president Donald Trump…
  8. 24WednesdayAt least six people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 35 others are injured in a suicide bombing by a Boko Haram terrorist at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno…
  9. 23TuesdayThe U.S. Department of Justice releases 30,000 more pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, including allegations of his ties to U.S. President Donald Trump.
  10. 22MondayA Mexican Navy Beechcraft Super King Air plane carrying eight people, including a pediatric patient, crashes into a bay while on approach to Scholes International…
  11. 21SundayThe Israeli cabinet approves 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite such settlements being considered illegal under international law.
  12. 20SaturdayThe United States Coast Guard intercepts and seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela after previously seizing another last week.
  13. 19FridayThe U.S. Department of Justice releases a heavily redacted fraction of the Epstein files, potentially violating the law that determines their full release by December…
  14. 18ThursdaySeven people, including stock car racer Greg Biffle and his family, are killed after Biffle's Cessna Citation II jet crashes while landing at Statesville Regional…
  15. 17WednesdayRussian president Vladimir Putin signs a law to redistribute ownerless homes on occupied territories to those who have lost homes during the conflict.
  16. 16TuesdayHonduran president Xiomara Castro announces that she will denounce an alleged "electoral coup" to the European Union, the Organization of American States, and the United…
  17. 15MondayTen people are killed when a Cessna Citation III aircraft flying from Acapulco to Toluca crashes near a football field in San Mateo Atenco, Edomex, Mexico.
  18. 14SundayTwo gunmen open fire during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, killing 15 people and leaving 42 others injured. One perpetrator is killed, while…
  19. 13SaturdayThe Israeli military kills Ra'ad Sa'ad, a senior Hamas military commander, in an airstrike against a vehicle in Gaza City, in violation of the ceasefire. Four other…
  20. 12FridayFour people are killed and eleven others are rescued when an under-construction building on top of a Hindu temple collapses in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  21. 11ThursdayThe Indiana Senate rejects a proposal backed by U.S. President Donald Trump that would redraw the congressional districts in the U.S. state of Indiana in a 31-19 vote…
  22. 10WednesdayThe United States Coast Guard seizes an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The ship was flying the Guyanese flag, despite not being registered in that country, and…
  23. 9TuesdayM23 captures Sange, South Kivu, from the Congolese government and Burundian troops.
  24. 8MondayA Mw 7.6 earthquake strikes off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, Japan, causing some public services to be suspended.
  25. 7SundayIn auto racing, McLaren's Lando Norris wins his first Formula One World Drivers' Championship after outscoring the defending champion, Red Bull's Max Verstappen, by two…
  26. 6SaturdayTwenty-five people are killed, including 21 workers and four tourists, and approximately 50 others are injured in an explosion and fire at a nightclub in Arpora, Goa…
  27. 5FridayThe Afghan military and Pakistani military exchange fire along their border, with Pakistani artillery targeting several Taliban outposts in the Helmand, Kandahar, and…
  28. 4ThursdayThe United States Navy strikes a boat in the Pacific Ocean alleged to have been carrying illegal narcotics, killing four people onboard the vessel, according to the…
  29. 3WednesdayThe Houthis release eleven seamen from the Eternity C carrier.
  30. 2TuesdayA government administrator, two of his guards and a passerby are killed in an ambush against a vehicle in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
  31. 1MondayHaitian gangs launch a large-scale attack on the Ouest and Artibonite departments, causing hundreds of people to flee. Police say the gangs now control 50% of…