Fourteen people are killed, including three children who died of hypothermia, amid a severe storm in the Gaza Strip. At least 13 homes previously damaged by Israel have also collapsed.
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December 12, 2025 (Friday)
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Disasters and accidents
At least eight people are killed and multiple others are injured when a tank truck crashes and explodes in Tiko, Southwest Region, Cameroon.
Four people are killed and eleven others are rescued when an under-construction building on top of a Hindu temple collapses in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
International relations
The United States Treasury Department lifts sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, citing a shift in U.S. foreign policy.
Law and crime
Civil society groups and church representatives file complaints against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte at the Office of the Ombudsman, accusing her of plunder, violations of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, bribery, and betrayal of public trust.
A Bolivian judge orders former president Luis Arce into five months of pre-trial detention in La Paz while authorities investigate alleged embezzlement linked to the diversion of public funds for projects in Indigenous communities during his tenure as economy minister under Evo Morales.
Police in Mashhad, Iran, arrest Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi during a ceremony honoring deceased lawyer and human rights activist Khosrow Alikordi.
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