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Pictures of the year 2025: Powerful images that defined the past 12 months

The Standard reveals its selection of the best photographs from a momentous year

Evening Standard · Dec 26, 2025

US launches 'numerous' strikes targeting Islamic State militants in Nigeria, Trump says

The "powerful and deadly" strikes were carried out against so-called Islamic State group militants "targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians," the US president wrote on social media on Thursday night.

Euronews · Dec 26, 2025

As the planet warmed, politics wobbled: The defining climate moments of 2025

Record warming met weak political resolve as climate pressures mounted this year.

Euronews · Dec 26, 2025

What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria

The United States airstrikes targeting militants affiliated with the Islamic State in northwestern Nigeria are a major escalation of an offensive that Nigeria’s overstretched military has struggled with for years

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025

Cold War Warms Up: Canada Draws a Line in the Ice Against US Expansion

Canada joins Denmark to reject US attempts to annex Greenland. Ottawa defends Arctic sovereignty and Indigenous rights as tensions rise over security and minerals.

International Business Times UK · Dec 26, 2025

Trump news briefing: President praises military after launching Christmas Day strikes on IS in Nigeria

Trump also wishes ‘merry Christmas to all, including the dead terrorists’, after strikes. Key US politics stories from Thursday 25 December

The Guardian - US · Dec 26, 2025

Why has Trump ordered strikes in Nigeria and what has it got to do with the persecution of Christians?

Parts of the US right have for years been amplifying claims that Christians face violence in Nigeria, a notion the US president has helped to encourage

The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2025

CNN panel identifies 2028 frontrunners for Democrats - with a new name added to the mix

Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia was named as a possible candidate to be the 2028 Democratic presidential nominee

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025

Japan's Cabinet OKs record defense budget that aims to deter China

Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen for the coming year

The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2025

U.S. forces strike ISIS targets in Nigeria, Trump says

The U.S. military conducted "numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing," Trump said.

Axios · Dec 26, 2025