U.S. launches strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria

The United States carried out an airstrike against ​Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the ‌request of Nigeria’s government, U.S. President Donald ​Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday (December 25, 2025), claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.

Another Hindu man killed by mob in Bangladesh

Hours after a citizen belonging to Bangladesh’s minority religious population was lynched to death by an angry mob on Wednesday (December 24, 2025), the interim government in Dhaka said that the matter was “unfortunate” but added that it was “not at all a communally motivated incident”.

Railway Ministry notifies fare hike; new ticket prices come into effect on Dec. 26