The day

Thursday 27 November 2025

22 stories, biggest first.

1
Politics
Alejandro Gertz Manero resigns as Attorney General of Mexico, citing an invitation from President Claudia Sheinbaum to serve as ambassador to an unspecified country. His departure comes amid scrutiny over his role in overseeing multiple prominent investigations, the most recent being the Miss Universe 2025 controversy involving its co-owner, Rubén Rocha, who has been accused of cooperating in drug, fuel, and weapons trafficking in Mexico.
2
News2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
A Russian court sentences eight people to life imprisonment for terrorism after a truck bomb attack on the Crimean Bridge in Crimea killed five people in October 2022.
3
NewsIsraeli occupation of the West Bank
The Israeli military and police say they are reviewing a raid in Jenin, West Bank, in which forces fatally shot two Palestinians who had exited a surrounded building after a prolonged surrender procedure.
4
NewsInsurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Three policemen are killed in a shooting attack by unknown militants with assault rifles on a roadside checkpoint in Hangu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
5
NewsCyclone Ditwah
More than 40 people are killed, and 21 others are missing after landslides caused by heavy rains hit Sri Lanka, mainly between Badulla and Nuwara Eliya.
6
NewsCyclone Senyar
Flooding on Sumatra, Indonesia, kills 49 people, leaves 67 others missing, and submerges over 2,000 buildings, with many of the worst-affected areas still unreachable a day after Cyclone Seynar's landfall.
7
Politics2025 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
The Bissau-Guinean military installs General Horta Inta-A Na Man as interim leader for one year, while President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is flown to Senegal, with opposition candidate Fernando Dias da Costa alleging the coup was orchestrated to block the release of the election results he claims to have won.
8
Politics2025 Vincentian general election
NDP leader Godwin Friday is projected to become the next prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, ending 24 years of ULP government under the premiership of Ralph Gonsalves.
9
PoliticsHuman rights in Tunisia
Tunisia releases opposition lawyer and journalist Sonia Dahmani after serving half of her prison sentence for remarks deemed to be lèse-majesté.
10
NewsCyclone Senyar
The death toll from flooding in Songkhla province, Thailand, rises to 104.
11
News2024 Iranian operations inside Australia
Australia adds Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to its list of terrorist organisations as a state sponsor due to its role in orchestrating and executing terrorist attacks in Australia last year.
12
News
Three Chinese citizens are killed in a drone–shooting attack at a gold mine in Shamsiddin Shohin District, Tajikistan.
13
NewsPoland–Russia relations
Russia orders Poland to close its consulate in Irkutsk in response to Poland's closure of the Russian consulate in Gdańsk following a railway explosion earlier this month that Poland attributes to Russian involvement.
14
MoneyGreen economy policies in Canada
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Alberta premier Danielle Smith sign an agreement removing planned federal emissions caps and eases clean-energy rules in exchange for strengthened provincial carbon pricing and support for carbon-capture projects, while also committing to enable a privately financed oil pipeline to British Columbia.
15
Crime2022 Peruvian self-coup attempt
The Peruvian Supreme Court sentences former president Pedro Castillo to 11 and a half years in prison for criminal conspiracy when he tried to dissolve Congress and attempted a self-coup in 2022.
16
CrimeKoldo Case
The Spanish Supreme Court orders former transport minister and former deputy leader of the ruling PSOE José Luis Ábalos and ex-adviser Koldo García into pre-trial detention without bail on charges linked to alleged kickbacks in public procurement, while also naming former lawmaker Santos Cerdán as a suspect.
17
PoliticsConscription in France
French president Emmanuel Macron announces the revival of voluntary military service for 18 and 19-year-olds to begin in 2026.
18
News
Nineteen people are killed after heavy winds cause a riverboat to capsize on Lake Mai-Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
19
News
Eleven people are killed and two more are injured in Kunming, China, when a train hits a group of railway maintenance workers.
20
NewsMoldova–Russia relations
The Moldovan parliament votes to close a Russian cultural center, citing security concerns and recent Russian drone incursions.
21
Crime2025 Washington
One of two U.S. National Guard troops who were shot in Washington, D.C., a day earlier dies.
22
Science
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs estimates that Jakarta, Indonesia, has surpassed Tokyo, Japan, as the largest city in the world.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 27 November 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.