diff --git a/components/ILIAS/News/Dashboard/class.DashboardNewsManager.php b/components/ILIAS/News/Dashboard/class.DashboardNewsManager.php
index cfbfce82b0a9..51488af22791 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/News/Dashboard/class.DashboardNewsManager.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/News/Dashboard/class.DashboardNewsManager.php
@@ -110,11 +110,9 @@ public function getPeriodOptions(): array
      */
     public function getContextOptions(): array
     {
-        $context_count = $this->repo->news()->countByContextsBatch(
-            $this->domain->resolver()->getAccessibleContexts(
-                $this->domain->user(),
-                new NewsCriteria(period: $this->getDashboardNewsPeriod(), only_public: false)
-            )
+        $context_count = $this->domain->collection()->countNewsByContext(
+            $this->domain->user(),
+            new NewsCriteria(period: $this->getDashboardNewsPeriod(), only_public: false)
         );
 
         $options = [];
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/News/Dashboard/class.InternalGUIService.php b/components/ILIAS/News/Dashboard/class.InternalGUIService.php
index 6e85e96fcabf..13bcd9f5f20c 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/News/Dashboard/class.InternalGUIService.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/News/Dashboard/class.InternalGUIService.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
 /**
  * This file is part of ILIAS, a powerful learning management system
  * published by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.
@@ -18,6 +16,8 @@
  *
  *********************************************************************/
 
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
 namespace ILIAS\News\Dashboard;
 
 use ILIAS\DI\Container;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public function getFilter($force_re_init = false): FilterAdapterGUI
                     (string) $this->manager->getDashboardNewsPeriod(),
                     true
                 )
-                ->select("news_ref_id", $lng->txt("context"), $context_options, true, null, true);
+                ->select("news_ref_id", $lng->txt("context"), $context_options, true, "0", true);
         }
         return $this->filter;
     }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public function getFilter($force_re_init = false): FilterAdapterGUI
     public function getTimelineGUI(): \ilNewsTimelineGUI
     {
         $ctrl = $this->gui->ctrl();
-        if ($ctrl->isAsynch() && ! $this->gui->standardRequest()->getFilterOff()) {
+        if ($ctrl->isAsynch() && !$this->gui->standardRequest()->getFilterOff()) {
             $period = $this->manager->getDashboardNewsPeriod();
             $news_ref_id = $this->manager->getDashboardSelectedRefId();
         } else {
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Data/LazyNewsCollection.php b/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Data/LazyNewsCollection.php
index a87b9ef2f795..f08fe9161cda 100644
--- a/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Data/LazyNewsCollection.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Data/LazyNewsCollection.php
@@ -248,4 +248,9 @@ public function limit(?int $limit): static
     {
         return parent::limit($limit)->withFetchCallback($this->fetch_callback);
     }
+
+    public function orderByDate(): static
+    {
+        return parent::orderByDate()->withFetchCallback($this->fetch_callback);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Data/NewsCollection.php b/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Data/NewsCollection.php
index e05fe0415f61..1785d6e68534 100644
--- a/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Data/NewsCollection.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Data/NewsCollection.php
@@ -432,6 +432,22 @@ public function exclude(array $news_ids): static
         return $filtered;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a new collection with news items ordered by creation date
+     */
+    public function orderByDate(): static
+    {
+        $ordered = new static();
+        $ordered->addNewsItems($this->news_items);
+
+        uasort(
+            $ordered->news_items,
+            fn(NewsItem $a, NewsItem $b): int => $a->getCreationDate() <=> $b->getCreationDate()
+        );
+
+        return $ordered;
+    }
+
     public function load(array $news_ids = []): static
     {
         return $this;
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Domain/NewsCollectionService.php b/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Domain/NewsCollectionService.php
index c3984d57073b..0728ea231f52 100644
--- a/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Domain/NewsCollectionService.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/News/News/src/Domain/NewsCollectionService.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public function getNewsForContainer(
             if (!\ilContainer::_lookupContainerSetting($context_obj_id, 'cont_use_news', '1')
                 || (
                     !\ilContainer::_lookupContainerSetting($context_obj_id, 'cont_use_news', '1')
-                       && !\ilContainer::_lookupContainerSetting($context_obj_id, 'news_timeline')
+                    && !\ilContainer::_lookupContainerSetting($context_obj_id, 'news_timeline')
                 )) {
                 return new NewsCollection();
             }
@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ public function getNewsForContainer(
         return $this->applyFinalProcessing($this->getNewsForContexts([$context], $criteria, $user_id, $lazy), $criteria);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return list<array{0: NewsContext, 1: int}>
+     */
+    public function countNewsByContext(\ilObjUser $user_id, NewsCriteria $criteria): array
+    {
+        $contexts = $this->user_context_resolver->getAccessibleContexts($user_id, $criteria);
+        $contexts = $this->fetchContextData($contexts);
+        return $this->repository->countByContextsBatch($contexts);
+    }
+
     public function invalidateCache(int $user_id): void
     {
         $this->cache->invalidateNewsForUser($user_id, new NewsCriteria());
diff --git a/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilNewsTimelineGUI.php b/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilNewsTimelineGUI.php
index f6e958a0dd3a..256ad2e4a305 100755
--- a/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilNewsTimelineGUI.php
+++ b/components/ILIAS/News/classes/class.ilNewsTimelineGUI.php
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class ilNewsTimelineGUI
     protected ilToolbarGUI $toolbar;
     protected ilObjUser $user;
     protected ilAccessHandler $access;
+    protected ilObjectDataCache $object_data_cache;
     protected static int $items_per_load = 20;
     protected bool $user_edit_all = false;
     protected StandardGUIRequest $std_request;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ protected function __construct(
         $this->access = $DIC->access();
         $this->http = $DIC->http();
         $this->notes = $DIC->notes();
+        $this->object_data_cache = $DIC['ilObjDataCache'];
 
         $this->std_request = $DIC->news()
             ->internal()
@@ -182,15 +184,17 @@ public function show(ilPropertyFormGUI $form = null): void
 
     protected function readNewsData($excluded = []): void
     {
+        $context_obj_id = $this->object_data_cache->lookupObjId($this->ref_id);
+
         $this->news_collection = $this->manager->getNewsData(
             $this->ref_id,
-            $this->ctrl->getContextObjId(),
-            $this->ctrl->getContextObjType(),
+            $context_obj_id,
+            $this->object_data_cache->lookupType($context_obj_id),
             $this->period,
             $this->include_auto_entries,
             self::$items_per_load,
             $excluded
-        );
+        )->orderByDate();
     }
 
     public function getHTML(ilPropertyFormGUI $form = null): string