The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as the flare-up of violence in Syria and on other fronts, such as Sudan, but especially the change in balance at the geopolitical level and in the international economy after the assumption of the US Presidency by Donald Trump, were in the center of the news in 2025, outlining a scene of tension during most of the months of the past year.
Especially in the last days of 2025, there was an intense effort with the mediation of the American President to settle the Ukrainian crisis and to adopt the peace plan for Gaza.
The review of international events presented by KYPE briefly captures this climate.
JANUARY
4/1/2025 – The world's oldest person, Tomiko Ituka of Japan, has died at the age of 116.
7/1/2025 – Donald Trump has not ruled out military action to secure Greenland and the Panama Canal and the use of economic power against Canada after Congressional confirmation of his election.
7/1/2025 – At least 126 people have died in the powerful earthquake that hit Tibet.
1/15/2025 – An agreement for the release of hostages and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was reached in Doha, brokered by the US, Egypt and Qatar. The agreement originally called for a six-week ceasefire, the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the release of Hamas hostages and Palestinians held by Israel, and the entry into the Gaza Strip of 600 trucks of humanitarian aid on a daily basis.
19/1/2025 – The cease-fire in Gaza came into effect.
1/20/2025 – Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.
1/21/2025 – New US President Donald Trump initiated the process of withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement for the second time, while signing an executive order to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
1/30/2025 – Hostage surrender began Thursday by Palestinian militants in exchange for 110 Palestinian prisoners.
FEBRUARY
1/2/2025 – Gunmen in Syria shot and killed 10 people in the Alawite village of Arzah, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
3/2/2025 – Landslides in areas of Santorini, due to intense seismic activity.
4/2/2025 – Moldova reports drone violation of its airspace amid ongoing Russian incursion into neighboring Ukraine.
6/2/2025 – January 2025 was the warmest ever recorded on the planet, the European Copernicus observatory announced.
6/2/2025 – Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court, accusing it of “illegal and baseless actions” against the US and Israel.
18-19/2/2025 – Summit meetings via teleconference on the Ukrainian with the initiative of Macron.
2/20/2025 – Record snowfall in Japan kills at least 24 people.
2/28/2025 – Trump-Zelensky meeting in an intense atmosphere at the White House.
MARCH
2/3/2025 – About 15 leaders of Ukraine's allies met in London for a crucial summit to discuss Europe's new security guarantees in the face of fears of US disengagement.
4/3/2025 – Donald Trump signed an executive order raising tariffs on Chinese goods imported into the US to 20% from 10%. Tariffs were postponed until 7/3.
5/3/2025 – Donald Trump assured Tuesday that the US will get Greenland "one way or another".
8/3/2025 – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced that more than 500 Alevi civilians have been killed by the security forces of the Syrian de facto Government and allied organizations during clearance operations and clashes with loyalists of the country's former leader.
9/3/2025 – The total death toll in Syria is at least 1,018, including 273 members of the new government's security forces.
10/3/2025 – The number of civilian casualties in western Syria, the vast majority of whom are members of the Alawite minority, has risen to 1,068.
12/3/2025 – Yemen's Houthi rebels have announced they are resuming attacks on ships they believe are linked to Israel.
3/18/2025 – Dozens of Israeli airstrikes, unprecedented since a cease-fire agreement took effect in the Gaza Strip on January 19, have killed at least 300 people.
20/3/2025 – Five members of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) were killed in the Gaza Strip, its head, Philippe Lazzarini, announced.
27/3/2025 – An international summit was held in Paris with the participation of 31 countries, which have declared their willingness to help Ukraine in its war with Russia
3/28/2025 – At least 3,400 people were killed and 3,900 injured in the 7.7-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest to hit Myanmar in a century.
APRIL
4/4/2025 – South Korea's Constitutional Court has unanimously upheld President Yoon Seok-geil's removal from office following his decision to declare martial law.
9/4/2025 – Nearly 7.7 million people are facing starvation in South Sudan, particularly in the northeastern part of the country where conflict has raged for weeks, the UN's World Food Program has warned.
10/4/2025 – Tariffs imposed on Chinese goods by the US now stand at 145%, according to a White House presidential order.
12/4/2025 – Start of Iran-US nuclear talks
4/14/2025 – The United Nations has announced that Gaza is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the start of the war, with no aid entering the territory for weeks.
15/4/2025 – More than 400 people have died in one week in attacks by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries in the vast Darfur region of western Sudan.
4/19/2025 – US airstrikes on a Yemeni port killed 80 people.
4/21/2025 – Pope Francis died at the age of 88, on Easter Monday.
4/24/2025 – Donald Trump said Wednesday night at the White House that he believes he has made a "deal with Russia" to end the war in Ukraine and now the Ukrainian President has to give the green light.
26/4/2025 – Funeral of Pope Francis in the presence of leaders from dozens of countries around the world, religious leaders, but also hundreds of thousands of believers.
4/28/2025 – US strikes hit migrant detention center in Yemen, killing at least 68 people.
30/4/2025 – British and US warplanes took part in a joint military operation against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
4/30/2025 – The Lebanese Army has completed dismantling over 90% of Hezbollah's military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
MAY
1/5/2025 – More than 400 people participating in the May Day celebrations were arrested in Istanbul.
2/5/2025 – At least 542 civilians have been killed in the past three weeks in the Sudanese state of North Darfur.
5/5/2025 – The National Security Council of the Government of Israel approved the expansion of Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip.
8/5/2025 – The US Department of State has announced that a new agency will take over the management of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
9/5/2025 – Historic decisions were announced at the 12th Congress of the PKK that met on May 5-7 regarding its activities, based on the call of its founder and leader Abdullah Ocalan.
10/5/2025 – Donald Trump announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to a "complete and immediate ceasefire". UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the agreement.
12/5/2025 – The PKK officially announced its self-dissolution. The handover of the weapons was decided to take place under the supervision of the UN in three stages.
16/5/2025 – First meeting between Russia and Ukraine after three years in Istanbul.
18/5/2025 – Enthronement of Pope Leontius ID, who was elected on 8/5/2025.
5/19/2025 – The ongoing escalation of Israeli operations in Gaza, which is criticized at the international level.
21/5/2025 – EU member states approve SAFE financing tool to increase defense spending.
5/26/2025 – Donald Trump has decided to extend the suspension of so-called "retaliatory" tariffs (20%) against the European Union until July 9.
5/27/2025 – The US-led NGO Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), announced that it has started delivering food to Gaza.
5/29/2025 – The Israeli Finance Minister announced the creation of 22 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
5/31/2025 – The Israeli military announced that it had killed Mohammed Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, on May 13.
JUNE
1/6/2025 – Some 1,194 migrants have arrived in the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats, a record number for this year.
2/6/2025 – The head of the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees said today that the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza has become a "death trap". The UN Secretary-General has called for an "independent" investigation after at least 31 people died.
2/6/2025 – At the Tsiragan Palace in Istanbul, the delegations of Ukraine and Russia meet for a new round of peace talks.
4/6/2025 – US vetoes UNSC vote on Gaza cease-fire Draft Resolution.
6/6/2025 – Netanyahu admitted that Israel supports an armed group in Gaza that opposes Hamas.
9/6/2025 – The Israeli military seized the Madleen sailing ship bound for Gaza.
12/6/2025 – Only one survivor of Air India passenger plane crash with 242 on board in residential area of Ahmedabad city.
6/13/2025 – First strikes by Israel against Iran. An Iranian counterattack followed.
6/18/2025 – UN Secretary General calls for immediate ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
19/6/2025 – More than 2 million refugees back to their homes after the overthrow of Assad in Syria.
6/20/2025 – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed Israeli strikes on the under-construction Hodab heavy water research reactor and adjacent facilities in Iran.
6/22/2025 – UN Secretary-General warns of 'dangerous escalation' after US attack on Iran.
6/23/2025 – Iran launched Operation "Victory Message" targeting US bases in Iraq and Qatar.
6/24/2025 – Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran had gone into effect. End of 12-day war with 935 dead and 4,870 wounded in Iran and 28 dead and 3,000 wounded in Israel.
JULY
1/7/2025 – US President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally lifting a number of long-standing United States sanctions against Syria, citing a "fundamental change in the leadership and policies of the Syrian Arab Republic."
1/7/2025 – French minority government faces impeachment motion in National Assembly.
7/1/2025 – After nearly six decades of operation, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is no longer operating, as President Donald Trump's administration has determined that it no longer serves US interests.
2/7/2025 – Trump calls for two-month ceasefire deal in Gaza.
2/7/2025 – Dead in Spain and France from heat wave and fires, Izmir fire out of control, with one dead and burnt houses.
3/7/2025 – A fire rages in Rafina, ten houses burned, the fire in Koropi subsides, three settlements were evacuated.
5/7/2025 – Fires rage in Syria, Turkey sends aid.
6/7/2025 – Hamas-Israel talks continue, according to mediators.
6/7/2025 – At least a hundred dead in Texas floods.
7/7/2025 – The Minister is dead in his private car. Transport of Russia.
10/7/2025 – No progress on an Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal.
11/7/2025 – UN: At least 798 dead at humanitarian aid distribution points in Gaza.
7/15/2025 – The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Smykhal resigned.
7/16/2025 – Over 200 dead in Druze-Bedouin clashes in Syria, Israel hits Sweden in Syria, says it will protect Druze.
7/16/2025 – The UN calls for an “urgent” end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
21/7/2025 – New heat wave in the Balkans, fires in N. Macedonia and Croatia.
7/24/2025 – Russia: Plane crashes with 49 on board, no survivors.
25/7/2025 – France's decision to recognize the state of Palestine is final, international reactions.
26/7/2025 – Ukraine's appeal to the UN: We demand an immediate ceasefire.
28/7/2025 – Great mobilization for a fire in Athens.
28/7/2025 – Malnutrition in Gaza is at “alarming” levels, says WHO.
7/29/2025 – For the first time, Arab and Muslim countries condemn Hamas and call for its disarmament.
30/7/2025 – France and 14 other states call for recognition of a Palestinian state, the UK will recognize a Palestinian state in September if Israel does not meet certain conditions.
AUGUST
8/1/2025 – Trump signs executive order for higher tariffs on dozens of countries.
1/8/2025 – UN: 1,400 Palestinians killed since May while receiving food.
2/8/2025 – US has plan to end war in Gaza and return hostages, Witkoff said.
3/8/2025 – Netanyahu says shocked, shock in Israel, over hostage videos, emergency Security Council meeting on Israeli hostages.
4/8/2025 – Gaza: 68 people killed by Israeli army fire, according to Civil Protection.
8/8/2025 – France: The worst fire in 50 years in the south of the country is under control.
8/8/2025 – Trump announces Azerbaijan-Armenia “historic peace summit” in Washington.
8/8/2025 – Thousands evacuated as fire spreads north of Los Angeles.
8/8/2025 – The authorities proceeded with the release of 124 citizens due to the fire in Eastern Attica.
11/8/2025 – More than 1,000 people evacuated due to wildfires in Spain.
12/8/2025 – Calls for independent investigation into violence in Suwayda, Syria.
8/18/2025 – Trump welcomes Zelensky to White House, West will “formalize” security guarantees for Ukraine “within ten days,” Zelensky said.
18/8/2025 – Rutte: Security guarantees for Ukraine discussed, but not NATO membership.
8/18/2025 – The Qatar-Egypt peace proposal was “sent to Israel”, Cairo announced.
8/19/2025 – Israel demands release of all hostages in any Gaza deal.
8/21/2025 – First security guarantees, then summit with Putin, says Zelensky.
8/21/2025 – The disarmament of the Palestinian camps in Lebanon begins.
8/22/2025 – Famine has hit Gaza according to UN agency.
8/23/2025 – Russia announced capture of two more villages in Donetsk, prisoner swaps with Kiev.
8/24/2025 – Historic Pakistan-Bangladesh agreements.
8/25/2025 – Trump talks of a “very serious” diplomatic effort in Gaza.
8/26/2025 – Germany will not recognize Palestinian state, Chancellor Merz says.
8/27/2025 – Three dead and 20 injured in a gunman's attack on a school in Minneapolis.
8/30/2025 – The former Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament was assassinated.
8/30/2025 – US denies Mahmoud Abbas visa to attend UN General Assembly.
8/30/2025 – The State Department has approved the potential sale of $179 million worth of equipment to Ukraine.
8/31/2025 – Houthi leader vows to step up attacks on Israel - UN offices raided, after their 'prime minister' killed in Israeli airstrike.
SEPTEMBER
1/9/2025 – Israel's military pushes deeper into Gaza City.
3/9/2025 – Congressional Committee Releases Epstein Case Files.
4/9/2025 – Afghanistan earthquake death toll exceeds 2,200.
4/9/2025 – Cable car derailment in Lisbon, at least 15 dead.
5/9/2025 – Government reshuffle in Britain, Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper.
7/9/2025 – The Japanese Prime Minister announced his resignation
7/9/2025 – Multiple fire fronts in central Portugal and Spain.
8/9/2025 – Terminal evacuation at Heathrow Airport.
9/9/2025 – Iran and IAEA agree to resume inspections of nuclear facilities.
9/9/2025 – France: President Macron appointed Sébastien Lecorny as new Prime Minister.
9/9/2025 – Analena Berbock assumes the presidency of the United Nations General Assembly.
9/9/2025 – The Israeli army issued an order to evacuate Gaza City.
9/9/2025 – 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered in Evia.
11/9/2025 – New York marks the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
11/9/2025 – Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot in Utah, has died.
9/13/2025 – Magnitude 7.1 earthquake east of Kamchatka and tsunami warning.
9/14/2025 – Ukraine strikes with at least 361 drones against Russia, targets major refinery.
9/15/2025 – Venezuelan President denounces US for “aggressive behavior”.
9/15/2025 – New outbreak of Ebola in Congo, vaccination started.
16/9/2025 – Donald Trump makes his second official visit to the UK.
9/17/2025 – The main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has been released from prison in Germany.
18/9/2025 – Draft decision again before the UN Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza.
9/20/2025 – Israel continues attack on Gaza City, 34 Palestinians dead.
20/9/2025 – The 80th session of the UN General Assembly begins.
9/22/2025 – Will not allow flotilla to break blockade of Palestinian lands, Israel says.
9/22/2025 – Portugal recognizes Palestinian state.
9/22/2025 – 4.8 Richter earthquake on Mount Athos.
9/24/2025 – The Houthis claim responsibility for the Eilat drone attack.
9/26/2025 – Over 150 companies linked to Israeli settlements on UN list.
9/26/2025 – Sarkozy, who was sentenced to five years in prison, will be sent to Paris prisons.
9/26/2025 – Will not allow West Bank annexation by Israel, Trump says.
9/27/2025 – More than 50 people killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza today.
9/27/2025 – Iran will support any Gaza deal, country's President says.
9/27/2025 – Russia-China proposal to suspend sanctions on Tehran rejected.
28/9/2025 – Moldovans go to the polls for the parliamentary elections.
9/28/2025 – Ukraine says Russia launched 595 drones and 48 missiles overnight, Poland closes part of its airspace.
9/29/2025 – Typhoon Bualoi sweeps Vietnam.
9/29/2025 – Four dead and eight injured in a gunman's attack on a Mormon church in the US.
9/29/2025 – National Guard deployment to Portland announced by Pentagon.
9/30/2025 – Trump's Gaza plan delivered.
9/30/2025 – Netanyahu says he did not agree on Palestinian state in talks with Trump.
9/30/2025 – Qatar has received security guarantees from the US and Israel that it will not be attacked again.
9/30/2025 – Denmark has raised the security alert level for its energy facilities.
9/30/2025 – Strong earthquake causes damage in the central island of the Philippines.
OCTOBER 2025
1/10/2025 – Donald Trump signs executive order to protect Qatar's security.
2/10/2025 – Sumud flotilla ships intercepted by Israel.
2/10/2025 – Two dead in Manchester synagogue attack.
2/10/2025 – Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners of war.
3/10/2025 – Czechs go to the polls in a general election.
3/10/2025 – Syria votes for first parliament.
6/10/2025 – Lecorny resigns in Paris a few hours after the Cabinet announcement.
6/10/2025 – Indirect negotiations to end the war in Gaza have begun.
7/10/2025 – France faces possibility of not passing 2026 budget.
8/10/2025 – National Guard 'may' be deployed to Memphis, Police say.
10/10/2025 – Venezuela calls for urgent UN Security Council meeting over US “attacks”.
10/10/2025 – Gaza ceasefire in effect.
10/10/2025 – Seven-point support for Middle East presented by Chancellor Mertz.
11/10/2025 – Guatemala welcomes first flight from US with deported migrants.
11/10/2025 – Over 500,000 people returned to Gaza after ceasefire.
13/10/2025 – A total of 1,968 Palestinians were released in exchange for the return of 20 hostages.
13/10/2025 – Gaza reconstruction begins now, US President says after meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh.
15/10/2025 – Order of urgent evacuation of residents from Kupyansk in Ukraine.
18/10/2025 – "The time has come" for an agreement, the American President told Zelensky.
10/18/2025 – Hamas: Gaza death toll exceeds 68,000.
19/10/2025 – Jewels of priceless value stolen from Louvre, robbers acted in 7 minutes.
10/19/2025 – Trump calls Colombian President 'drug dealer', suspends aid.
20/10/2025 – Sanae Takaichi the first female Prime Minister in Japan.
21/10 The man who shot the Slovak Prime Minister gets 21 years in prison.
10/22/2025 – Israel announces that the remains of two more hostages have been identified.
10/22/2025 – US strikes ship in Pacific allegedly carrying drugs.
23/10/2025 – WHO: At least $7 billion needed to rebuild Gaza health system.
25/10/2025 – The funeral of Dionysis Savvopoulos takes place in Athens, the body in a popular pilgrimage to the Metropolis of Athens.
10/25/2025 – US deploys aircraft carrier fueling fears of war with Venezuela.
10/26/2025 – Trump co-signs ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand.
10/26/2025 – The PKK announced the complete withdrawal of its forces from Turkey.
26/10/2025 – Change of "successor" by Mahmoud Abbas.
27/10/2025 – The Argentine President hailed the victory of his party in the elections.
27/10/2025 – A. Ouattara is re-elected President of Ivory Coast.
28/10/2025 – Kyiv ready for talks but won't cede territory, Zelensky says.
10/28/2025 – Ukrainian and European officials to discuss details of ceasefire plan.
29/10/2025 – The Israeli military has announced that it is returning to enforcing the ceasefire in Gaza.
29/10/2025 – Cyclone Melissa leaves destruction and dead behind.
29/10/2025 – The two suspects in the Louvre robbery admitted their involvement, Prosecutor said.
30/10/2025 – Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to resume talks.
10/30/2025 – Israel has received the bodies of two hostages from Gaza.
10/30/2025 – Dead by US fire on board drug boat in Eire. Ocean.
30/10/2025 – UN: 24,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza after ceasefire.
31/10/2025 – Wilders denounces irregularities in the counting of votes in the Netherlands.
10/31/2025 – Resignation in Israel after video of torture of Palestinian prisoners leaked.
31/10/2025 – Latvia withdraws from the Istanbul Convention.
NOVEMBER
1/11/2025 – The UN Security Council has renewed the mandate of the UN Mission in Libya.
1/11/2025 – More than 1.16 million Syrian refugees have returned to their country since the fall of Assad.
2/11/2025 – Russia-Ukraine attacks on both sides with casualties and infrastructure damage.
3/11/2025 – Bodies of three hostages from Gaza taken by Israel.
3/11/2025 – Samia Sulukhu Hassan sworn in as President of Tanzania, despite election violence.
5/11/2025 – Bodies of 15 Palestinian prisoners in Israel says Gaza hospital received.
6/11/2025 – Former Argentine President Kirchner on trial for bribes.
6/11/2025 – Israeli bombardment begins against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
7/11/2025 – If it doesn't rain by the end of 2025, Tehran will have to evacuate, the President said.
10/11/2025 – More than 1,500 US flight cancellations, thousands delayed due to shutdown.
14/11/2025 – Dead and injured after bus crashes at bus stop in central Stockholm.
16/11/2025 – The Ukrainian President is in Athens for contacts, energy in focus.
11/16/2025 – Presidential elections are held in Chile.
11/19/2025 – Zelensky contacts Erdogan and Witkov in Ankara to restart peace process.
20/11/2025 – WHO: Over 10,000 children vaccinated in eight days for various diseases in Gaza.
11/21/2025 – US draft gives Ukraine security guarantees similar to NATO Article 5, according to Axios.
22/11/2025 – Climate talks deadlocked at COP30.
11/23/2025 – Airlines cancel flights to and from Venezuela after US threats.
23/11/2025 – Hamas delegation in Cairo for talks amid escalation.
11/24/2025 – Trump sends Vitkov to Moscow for talks with Putin on Ukrainian.
11/26/2025 – Shooting incident near the White House.
27/11/2025 – Earthquake of 4.8 on the Richter scale in Crete.
11/27/2025 – End of war when Ukraine leaves territories it holds, Putin said.
28/11/2025 – Zelensky will not cede territory to Russia, says his chief of staff.
28/11/2025 – Death toll in Hong Kong apartment building fire rises to 128.
28/11/2025 – Hundreds dead in Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka due to floods and landslides.
11/28/2025 – Poland: Two Ukrainians and three Belarusians arrested on suspicion of espionage.
11/29/2025 – Peru has declared a state of emergency on its border with Chile.
11/29/2025 – Trump says airspace over and around Venezuela will be closed, with military drills Caracas responds.
11/30/2025 – Netanyahu asked for a favor from President Herzog.
30/11//2025 – In Lebanon for a visit by Pope Leo.
11/30/2025 – Ukrainian delegation meets with high-ranking US officials in Florida.
DECEMBER
1/12/2025 – The Israeli army killed dozens of Palestinians in the tunnels in Rafah.
1/12/2025 – The Presidents of France and Ukraine discussed how to end the war.
3/12/2025 – Russia-US No Compromise, Kremlin Adviser Says.
3/12/2025 – Rafah crossing to open for Gazans to Egypt, Israel says.
4/12/2025 – Israeli delegation in Cairo for talks to return body of last hostage.
5/12/2025 – Trump and the leaders of DR Congo and Rwanda sign a peace deal.
6/12/2025 – Russian warnings of 'serious consequences' to EU over assets.
6/12/2025 – Flooding of rivers in Thessaly, due to bad weather Byron in Greece.
8/12/2025 – Greece: Farmers occupied Heraklion and Chania airports.
9/12/2025 – Zelensky says "improved documents" on peace plan will be ready soon.
10/12/2025 – Macron, Mertz and Starmer had teleconference with Trump about Ukrainian.
12/12/2025 – The Bulgarian Parliament voted in favor of the resignation of the Zeliazkov Government.
12/12/2025 – At least 16 dead in Gaza from torrential rains.
14/12/2025 – At least 12 dead and about 30 injured in Sydney beach attack.
15/12/2025 – Far-right Antonio Cast new President of Chile.
15/12/2025 – Moscow says it maintains full control of the city of Kupyansk.
12/16/2025 – Afghanistan's hunger crisis is worsening, UN says.
17/12/2025 – Zelensky calls on Europe to use frozen Russian assets.
18/12/2025 – Sydney's Bondi Beach reopens after attacks.
12/19/2025 – Suspected drug-related US strike kills 5 on ships in Pacific.
12/19/2025 – Gaza meeting in Florida.
12/19/2025 – Trump administration prepares to release all Epstein case files.
12/20/2025 – US announces deployment of 7,500 troops as multinational force to Haiti.
12/20/2025 – US intervention in Venezuela would be disastrous says Brazilian President Trump does not rule out war in Venezuela.
12/21/2025 – Witkoff sees 'progress' in Trump's Gaza plan, violence continues in West Bank.
21/12/2025 – Leaders of Iraqi armed groups agree to discuss their disarmament.
21/12/2025 – Zelensky in favor of wider consultations with European partners.
22/12/2025 – Israeli Supreme Court ruling on press access to the Gaza Strip.
22/12/2025 – His talks with Ukrainians and Russians are constructive, Witkov says.
12/22/2025 – Cambodian-Thai officials to discuss possible truce, more than 500,000 displaced in Cambodia.
22/12/2025 – Denmark summons the US Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the appointment of an envoy for Greenland.
23/12/2025 – The Ukrainian army withdrew from the city of Siversk.
23/12/2025 – Kasparov's arrest warrant issued by a Moscow court.
23/12/2025 – Odessa was once again targeted by Russian drones.
24/12/2025 – New peace plan does not call for renouncing NATO membership, Zelensky says after Miami talks.
24/12/2025 – US military operations in the Caribbean discussed at UN meeting.
24/12/2025 – Investigation by the Ankara Prosecutor's Office into the crash of an aircraft with the Chief of General Staff of Libya.
12/25/2025 – Right-wing Asfura wins presidential election in Honduras.
25/12/2025 – 115 persons in custody in Turkey on suspicion of being members of IS.
12/26/2025 – Ukrainian forces hit Russian refinery with Storm Shadow missiles.
26/12/2025 – Trump announced US bombing in Nigeria against IS.
12/26/2025 – Senior Iranian commander in Lebanon says he has neutralized Israel.
27/12/2025 – Thailand-Cambodia cease-fire agreement.
27/12/2025 – Reactions to the recognition of Somaliland by Israel.
29/12/2025 – The French President announced a meeting of allies of Kiev in early January.
12/29/2025 – Zelensky says peace framework provides US guarantees for 15 years.
29/12/2025 – Russia says it will review its position in negotiations after the alleged attack on Putin's home.
12/29/2025 – With praise for Netanyahu, Trump calls for Gaza truce to enter phase 2 with disarmament of Hamas.
12/30/2025 – US backs Israel at UNSC to recognize 'Somaliland'.
12/30/2025 – Trump talks about possible new attack on Iran for nukes – ballistic missiles.
12/30/2025 – US destroyed dock in Venezuela linked to drugs, Trump says.
30/12/2025 – Tehran threatens "harsh" retaliation against any aggressive action.
12/30/2025 – Evacuation of communities in northern Ukraine due to Russian strikes.
12/30/2025 – Moderate mood in Israel for Trump-Netanyahu meeting.
30/12/2025 – UAE withdraws remaining forces from Yemen in crisis with Saudi Arabia.
30/12/2025 – Israel threatens to suspend international NGO access to Gaza.
12/30/2025 – “Chinese military drills failed,” Taipei claims.
12/31/2025 – Cocaine factory in Venezuela they say the US bombed.
12/31/2025 – Russian strikes in Odessa with dead and injured.
12/31/2025 – One killed by Israeli fire in Nablus, tried to lure soldiers away, IDF says.
