Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni civil war
  • 2025 Hadhramaut offensive
    • The Southern Transitional Council captures all eight southern governorates of Yemen, opening possibilities for it to claim independence. Saudi Arabia retires all of its troops from Aden. (The Guardian)
    • Yemen's airspace briefly closes as a result of the STC offensive. (AP)
• 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis
  • A Thai soldier is killed and eight others are injured after Cambodia shells Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand. (Bangkok Post)
  • Royal Thai Air Force F-16 jets carry out airstrikes on Cambodian military targets in Oddar Meanchey province and Preah Vihear, killing four Cambodian civilians and wounding ten more. (Al Jazeera)
• Sudanese civil war
  • The Rapid Support Forces capture Heglig, Sudan's largest oilfield, after the Sudanese Armed Forces withdraw from the area. (Al Jazeera)

• 83rd Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominations for the Golden Globe Awards honoring productions in 2025 are released, with One Battle After Another topping the film categories with 9 nominations, while The White Lotus tops the television categories with 6 nominations. This is also the first year the awards will have a Best Podcast category. (AP) (NPR)

• China–United States trade war
  • China's trade surplus passes US$1 trillion for the first time despite significant pressure from U.S. tariffs. (NPR)
• Czech Republic–Turkey relations
  • Turkish low-cost airline Pegasus announces an agreement to acquire Czech Airlines and its subsidiary Smartwings, which is the largest Czech airline, for 154 million (US$180 million). (AP)

• 2025 Sanriku earthquake
  • A earthquake strikes the coast of Aomori Prefecture, Japan, causing some public services to be suspended. (Mainichi) (CNBC)
• Four tourists are killed and one other is missing when a wave hits a seawater pool in Los Gigantes, Tenerife, Spain. The victims had previously ignored the warnings and the closure of the seawater pool. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2025 Beninese coup attempt
  • Elements of the Benin Armed Forces, led by Pascal Tigri, announce a coup d'état against president Patrice Talon and the creation of a military junta, the Military Committee for Refoundation, after seizing state television. The coup attempt is ultimately unsuccessful. (Al Jazeera)
  • The Nigerian Air Force launches precision airstrikes against pro-coup forces in Cotonou in support of the Beninese government, killing several putschists. (Sahara Reporters) (Zagazola)
  • ECOWAS announces the deployment of ground troops to Benin from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. (Sahara Reporters)

• 2025 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
  • Cyclone Ditwah
    • The death toll from the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka increases to 618. (Al Jazeera)
  • Cyclone Senyar
    • The death toll from the floods in Indonesia increases to 908, while 410 people remain missing. In Thailand, at least 216 people are also confirmed killed. (Al Jazeera)
• A Fire and Rescue NSW firefighter is killed and dozens of homes are destroyed as bushfires spread across parts of New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia. (Reuters)

• Papiri kidnapping
  • Nigerian authorities secure the release of 100 of the 315 students and staff abducted from a school in Niger State, while more than 160 others remain unaccounted for. (AFP via The Guardian)
• Brazilian police report that two armed individuals stole eight Henri Matisse engravings and five works by Candido Portinari from the Mário de Andrade Library in São Paulo after threatening a security guard and visitors. (AFP via France 24)

• 2025 Hong Kong legislative election
  • Hong Kong citizens vote for the members of the Legislative Council. (Reuters)

• 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup
  • In futsal, Brazil wins the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup after defeating Portugal 3–0 in the final held in Metro Manila, Philippines. Emilly is awarded the tournament's Golden Ball. (GMA News)
• 2025 Formula One World Championship
  • In 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 points at the end of the season's final race in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (BBC)