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November 27, 2025 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Three policemen are killed in a shooting attack by unknown militants with assault rifles on a roadside checkpoint in Hangu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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.
Business and economy
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.
Disasters and accidents
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.
Nineteen people are killed after heavy winds cause a riverboat to capsize on Lake Mai-Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
International relations
The Moldovan parliament votes to close a Russian cultural center, citing security concerns and recent Russian drone incursions.
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.
Law and crime
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.
The Spanish Supreme Court orders former transport minister and former deputy leader of the ruling PSOE JosĂ© Luis Ăbalos and ex-adviser Koldo GarcĂa into pre-trial detention without bail on charges linked to alleged kickbacks in public procurement, while also naming former lawmaker Santos CerdĂĄn as a suspect.
Politics and elections
The Bissau-Guinean military installs General Horta Inta-A Na Man as interim leader for one year, while President Umaro Sissoco EmbalĂł 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.
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.
Tunisia releases opposition lawyer and journalist Sonia Dahmani after serving half of her prison sentence for remarks deemed to be lÚse-majesté.
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.
French president Emmanuel Macron announces the revival of voluntary military service for 18 and 19-year-olds to begin in 2026.
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