The edition of
Friday 26 December 2025
9 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
Two 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, Israel. The perpetrator is shot by police and hospitalized.
Israel becomes the first country to recognize Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state. Somaliland also officially recognises Israel.
Eight people are killed and 18 more are injured in an explosion caused by Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah at an Alawite mosque in Homs, Syria.
Two soldiers are killed and another is critically wounded in a drone strike against a military base in Tine, Wadi Fira, Chad. The perpetrators are unknown.
Business
The Takaichi Cabinet of Japan approves a ¥122.3 trillion (US$785 billion) budget for the next fiscal year, the largest national budget in Japan's history, while reducing the debt-dependence ratio to 24.2 percent, supported by projected tax revenues of a record ¥83.7 trillion ($535 billion).
The Law
The Malaysian Federal Court sentences former prime minister Najib Razak to 15 years in prison and a RM13.5 billion (US$3.3 billion) fine for abuse of power and money laundering.
The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court orders the preventive detention of former federal highway police chief Silvinei Vasques after he was captured in Paraguay while attempting to flee Brazil despite electronic tagging, following his conviction for involvement in the attempted coup.
Fifteen people are injured in a mass stabbing and liquid attack at a factory in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The perpetrator is arrested.
Environment
Two people are killed and 26 others are injured in a 50-vehicle collision on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 26 December 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.