The Southern Transitional Council (STC) seized the Hadramout governorate, gaining control of all eight governorates in what was formerly known as 'South Yemen'. 

The STC, considered the largest military faction in Southern Yemen, is backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The group had participated in a power-sharing agreement with the internationally recognised government through the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC).

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has written to Anura Kumara Dissanayake, raising concerns regarding the Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions and Powers) Regulations, No.1 of 2025, issued on 28 November.

Sri Lanka’s tea plantations have been left in ruins after Cyclone Ditwah tore across the island last week, uprooting fully grown crops, destroying entire hamlets and pushing thousands of already vulnerable plantation workers into deeper precarity.  The cyclone, described as the worst to strike the island in a century, has killed at over 600 people and affected more than two million, leaving an already fragile economy in tatters.

Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector has suffered extensive devastation following Cyclone Ditwah, with preliminary assessments showing that more than 200,000 hectares of farmland have been damaged across the island, according to a report in The Morning.

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has written to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, raising concerns regarding the Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions and Powers) Regulations, No.1 of 2025, issues on 28 November.

While recognising the scale of the disaster caused by Cyclone Ditwah and challenges of recovery, the HCRSL expressed anticipation that its observations and recommendations would assist in ensuring fundamental rights during the recovery process.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has pledged to ensure “uninterrupted” oil shipments to India as he met prime minister Narendra Modi in Delhi for the annual India–Russia summit, where he said both countries were working towards a more “multipolar” world.

Vanni District parliamentarian Thurairasa Ravikaran has raised urgent concerns over what he described as an ongoing attempt by Sinhala groups to encroach on the ancestral lands of Tamil residents in Kokkuthoduvai 15th kattai, a border village in the Mullaitivu–Karaithuraipattu Divisional Secretariat Division.

Moody’s Ratings has warned that the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah will have its most severe fiscal and credit impact on Sri Lanka, citing Colombo’s weak financial position, limited resilience, and high exposure to climate risk.

Sri Lanka has issued fresh landslide and monsoons warnings as the death toll from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah rose to at least 638, with 191 more still missing and more than two million people affected across the island.