The edition of
Sunday 21 December 2025
8 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
The Israeli cabinet approves 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite such settlements being considered illegal under international law.
Pakistan agrees to sell military technology to the Libyan military for over US$4 billion, violating an arms embargo imposed by the United Nations on Libya.
Politics
In Extremadura, Spain, the ruling People's Party of Extremadura of regional president María Guardiola wins the elections for its first time since 2011, while PSOE Extremadura reports its worst result ever and the far-right Vox party more than doubles its share of the vote.
Business
The Philippine agriculture department extends its import ban on sugar until December 2026.
The Law
Nigerian presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale reports that all remaining 130 students and staff abducted in November from a Catholic school in Niger State have been released.
Nine people are killed and ten others are injured in a mass shooting when 12 gunmen open fire near a tavern in Bekkersdal, Gauteng, South Africa.
Gunmen abduct 28 people after intercepting a vehicle traveling to a Maulud gathering in Bashar, Plateau State.
Environment
Eleven people are killed and nine others are injured after a collision between a pickup and an oil tanker near Nok Kundi, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 21 December 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.