December 25, 2017 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- A suicide blast near the National Directorate of Security headquarters in Kabul kills 10. Amaq News Agency claims ISIL is responsible for the attack. (Reuters)
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- More than 70 civilians are believed to have been killed in two-days of airstrikes by the Royal Saudi Air Force targeting Houthi forces. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 19 people are killed and 25 others injured in a jeepney-bus collision in La Union, Philippines. (CNN) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- A public transport bus crashes into Slavyansky Bulvar subway station entrance in Moscow, Russia, killing four and injuring eleven. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Russian presidential election, 2018
- The Russian Central Election Commission refuses to register opposition leader Alexei Navalny as a candidate in the presidential election due to a previous embezzlement conviction, which he claims is politicized. Navalny has called for his supporters to boycott the upcoming election in response. (BBC)