December 26, 2025 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Palestinian political violence
- 2025 Harod Valley attack
- 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. (AP) (DW) (The New York Times)
- 2025 Harod Valley attack
- Syrian conflict
- Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque bombing
- 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. (Al Jazeera) (France 24)
- Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque bombing
- 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. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 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). (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Two people are killed and 26 others are injured in a 50-vehicle collision on the Kan-etsu Expressway in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. (Kyodo News) (The Independent)
International relations
- Israel–Somaliland relations, International recognition of Somaliland
- Israel becomes the first country to recognize Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state. Somaliland also officially recognises Israel. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
- 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. (AP)
- 2022–2023 Brazilian coup plot
- 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. (Reuters)
- Fifteen people are injured in a mass stabbing and liquid attack at a factory in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The perpetrator is arrested. (CBS News)