In a year packed with top international tournaments, Al Jazeera picks the top five must-watch events of 2025.

Identification checks at Bulgaria and Romania's land borders have ceased, opening free travel to the rest of the EU.

Ivory Coast is latest West African nation to expel troops of former colonial power after Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger.

Forcibly displaced families struggle to keep their children warm as cold weather kills infants amid Israeli genocide.

US Central Command has released video saying it struck 'Houthi targets' in Sanaa and other locations in Yemen.

Department of the Treasury calls cyberattack a 'major incident', accuses China-backed hackers.

Here are the key developments on the 1,042nd day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Amjad Shawa, the head of the Palestinian NGOs Network in Gaza, says that the international community has failed Gaza

Babies are at higher risk of dying from severe cold as they generate less heat than adults. Hunger compounds the risks.

A record number of Indian fisherfolk were arrested by Sri Lanka in 2024 amid depleting catch in Indian waters.

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino has vowed the canal will forever stay under Panama's control.

Five-year gas transit deal between Russia and Ukraine expired on Wednesday as Kyiv refuses to extend the deal amid war.

Officials say all 179 victims from deadliest crash on South Korean soil have been identified.

Israeli media announced the army may stay past the 60-day agreed upon withdrawal date.

Russia's failure to let the plane land and its refusal to take responsibility for the crash are upsetting a key partner.

Chief of Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials warns that anyone blocking arrest can be prosecuted.

Jakarta has banned sales of the iPhone16 and Google Pixel under regulations that require phones to use local components.

The government says the rule change will raise £460m extra to spend in state schools in 2024/25.

Cultivation of banned drug brings relative riches to farmers willing to risk conflict with the law.

President José Raúl Mulino offered a moment of silence for the late Jimmy Carter who helped engineer the canal's return.