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Thursday 11 December 2025

15 stories, biggest first.

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    Politics2025–2026 United States redistricting

    The Indiana Senate rejects a proposal backed by U.S. President Donald Trump that would redraw the congressional districts in the U.S. state of Indiana in a 31-19 vote, with 21 state Republicans joining all 10 Democrats in voting against the proposal.

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    News2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict

    The death toll during the clashes between the Thai Army and the Cambodian Army at the border increases to eight Thai soldiers, eleven Cambodian civilians and four Thai civilians.

  3. 3

    NewsNigerian bandit conflict

    Eleven bandits are killed and several more injured in an ambush by the Nigerian Army in Sabon Birni, Sokoto State, Nigeria. The bandits allegedly planned an attack on a nearby village.

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    News2025 Sumy offensive

    Two people are killed and two others injured by a Russian guided bomb strike on a shop in Velyka Pysarivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.

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    Politics2025 Portuguese general strike

    The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers and the General Union of Workers, which together represent nearly 1 million workers in Portugal, launch a general strike across the country to protest against the government's planned changes to labour laws.

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    Politics2025 Bulgarian budget protests

    The Zhelyazkov Government resigns after weeks of massive protests against economic policies and alleged corruption.

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    Politics2025 Falkland Islands general election

    Falklanders vote to elect eight members of the Legislative Assembly.

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    News

    Two people are killed and two others are trapped when an under-construction library collapses in Gwangju, South Korea.

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    News

    One person is killed and several others are injured when a boat carrying migrants overturns on the Sava river near Slavonski Brod, Croatia.

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    Crime

    Brazilian police arrest former Peruvian foreign minister Augusto Blacker Miller in Rio de Janeiro, where he is located after evading authorities following an Albanian court conviction for fraud and an active Interpol notice.

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    Crime

    A military court in Pakistan sentences former Inter-Services Intelligence director general Faiz Hameed to 14 years in prison on charges related to engaging in political activities and violations of the Official Secrets Act.

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    CrimeHijab and burqa controversies in Europe

    Austria passes a law banning hijabs and burqas being worn in schools by girls aged under 14.

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    SportMatch fixing in tennis

    The International Tennis Integrity Agency fines French player Quentin Folliot US$70,000 and suspends him from play for 20 years for alleged match-fixing. He is the sixth player to be fined in a wider investigation involving other French and Italian players.

  14. 14

    CultureThe Game Awards 2025

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 receives thirteen nominations and nine wins, the most in the show's history, including Game of the Year.

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    Money

    Greek economic minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis is elected the new president of the Eurogroup, succeeding Paschal Donohoe.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 11 December 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.