The
ceasefire between
Israel and
Hamas ends when a deadline expires on the seventh day. Mediator
Qatar says that efforts are ongoing to renew the ceasefire and expressed regret over the resumption of Israeli bombardments.
(AP)
Aid is stranded near
Egypt’s border with Gaza, with truck drivers saying they expected further delays to a complex delivery process that had briefly speeded up during the weeklong truce.
(Al Jazeera)
Sri Lanka's efforts to restructure its debt run into difficulty when an
ad hoc group of private
creditors object that the official creditors and Sri Lanka itself are being insufficiently transparent about their talks.
(Reuters)
One person is killed and two others are injured in a knife and hammer attack near the
Eiffel Tower in
Paris,
France. The suspect is arrested by
police.
(Reuters)
More than 100 people are killed in
airstrikes near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, as Israeli forces encircle the
medical facility in use as a shelter. Witnesses say anyone attempting to leave was being shot at by Israeli
snipers.
(Al Jazeera)
Politico reports that efforts to
capRussia's oil revenues has essentially failed, due to widespread circumvention, loopholes and the ongoing fuel business.
(Politico)
In October,
Russia earned
$11.3 billion from
oil exports, exceeding the amount earned prior to the start of the war.
(Bloomberg)
The
Seychelles declares a
state of emergency after a large
explosion in an industrial area on
Mahé destroys commercial buildings and nearby residential housing, injuring people and also damaging the
Seychelles International Airport. A separate state of emergency is also declared for ongoing
floods in the country, which have killed at least three people.
(Al Jazeera)
The
Kiel Institute reports that pledges of aid to
Ukraine have significantly decreased, reaching their lowest level since the beginning of the war. The amount of aid pledged to Ukraine has dropped by nearly 90% compared to the same period in 2022.
(Al Jazeera)
Mexican authorities raid and close 31
pharmacies in
Ensenada,
Baja California. The pharmacies were found to be selling counterfeit and
fentanyl-laced pills. Working with marines and health inspection authorities, they seized 4,681 medication boxes suspected of being offered for sale without proper safety measures.
(AP)
Zhuque-2 successfully launches into orbit as the first rocket to achieve this using fuel composed of methane, the same as
SpaceX's
Starship.
(Al Jazeera)
Eleven members of
La Familia Michoacana and three civilians are killed and seven injured during a shootout between criminals and civilian farmers from Texcapilla, municipality of
Texcaltitlán, Mexico. The attack took place in a soccer camp while the criminals threatened civilians if they didn't pay tribute.
(AP)(Política Expansión)
MINUSMA officially departs
Mali after ten years of
peacekeeping in the country. The two remaining MINUSMA bases in
Gao and
Timbuktu are expected to end operations before MINUSMA's mandate expires on December 31.
(Al Jazeera)
M/T Strinda, a Norwegian-owned
chemical tanker, is hit by at least one
missile launched from
Yemen, with the vessel reportedly in flames in the
Red Sea. The
USS Mason is responding to a distress call from the ship, according to U.S. officials.
(The Drive)
Six gunmen from the
Sinaloa Cartel and
Jalisco New Generation Cartel were killed after an encounter between criminal factions, in the locality of Boquilla del Carmen, municipality of
VillanuevaZacatecas. Police and soldiers also find two people wounded, as well as one armed suspect and guns and a grenade.
(AP)(El Financiero)
The
United Nations passes a resolution by a vote of 153–10, with 23 abstentions, demanding an immediate humanitarian
ceasefire in the war in
Gaza, the unconditional and immediate release of all
hostages, and for both sides to comply with the
law of war.
(Reuters)
Five members of a family are shot by gunmen in
Guayaquil, Ecuador. Four children die instantly, while their mother died two days later, while their father is injured. The gunmen intended to target members of the Los Lagartos gang in an adjacent house, according to
Ecuadorian police.
(Express)
Six people are killed and two others are injured in a
shootout between rival
drug cartels in
Villanueva,
Zacatecas. After the encounter, authorities arrest a suspect and decommissions five assault rifles, grenades and ammunition.
(AP)(El Universal)
A commercial
tanker, Ardmore Encounter, is attacked off the coast of
Yemen in the
Red Sea with
missiles and by gunmen using
speedboats. The ship fended off the attack and suffered no damage. Separately, the
USS Mason shoots down a
drone launched by the
Houthis.
(Reuters)
Tesla recalls two million cars in the
United States due to insufficient
safety controls within the vehicles'
AutoPilot system. This applies "to almost every Tesla sold in the US since the Autopilot feature was launched in 2015." Tesla will fix the issue with an automatic software update.
(BBC News)
Thai police seize a record haul of
methamphetamine tablets in the western province of
Kanchanaburi, consisting of an estimated 50 million tablets hidden in sacks in a six-wheeler truck stopped at a joint police-military checkpoint.
(AP)
Two individuals enter the Lok Sabha chamber and release a smoke canister, causing panic and adjournment of the session. The attack takes place on the 22nd anniversary of
2001 Indian Parliament attack.
(BBC News)
Voyager 1, the farthest
spacecraft from
Earth, launched 46 years ago, stops sending data to Earth due to a technical glitch. However, the spacecraft can still receive commands.
(CNN)
Seven people are arrested in
Denmark,
Germany, and the
Netherlands after police discover possible
terrorist plans to attack
Jewish institutions in Europe. Four of the detained are identified as
Hamas members by police, a claim which Hamas has denied.
(Reuters)
Finland announces the creation of a defense cooperation agreement with the
United States. The agreement will grant Finland access to
American military resources for use in defensive operations, while the US will gain military access to Finland in the event of conflict.
(Reuters)
Alex Batty, a British boy who went missing in
Spain in 2017 when he was 11, is found alive in
France.
(BBC News)
A
United StatesNavy officer,
Ridge Alkonis, jailed in
Japan after being found guilty of the
negligent driving deaths of two local civilians, has been transferred into American custody, where he was booked into a federal detention center.
(AP)
The
International Energy Agency forecasts that global
coal consumption is expected to reach a record high this year, as demand in emerging and
developing economies remains strong. The demand for coal is predicted to increase by 1.4 percent this year, surpassing 8.5 billion tonnes for the first time.
(Al Jazeera)
One person is killed and another is hospitalized after a boat carrying more than 60
migrants experienced difficulties as it attempted to cross the
English Channel from
France to the
United Kingdom.
(AP)
Fourteen workers at the
Tenerife South Airport in
Tenerife,
Canary Islands,
Spain, are arrested on suspicion of stealing items from checked-in luggage. Police seize allegedly stolen items worth almost
€2 million.
(AP)
Chile's
police arrest at least 55 people in one of the country's largest
fiscal fraud cases, amounting to about $275 million and implicating small- and mid-sized companies in different parts of the country. The suspects will stand trial for tax crimes, criminal association,
money laundering, customs fraud and making false declarations.
(AP)
Three people are killed and two others injured when a wall of the Gate of Floggers collapses while it is being renovated in
Kairouan,
Tunisia.
(The Guardian)
A
Norwegian-owned
tanker en route to
Réunion, M/V Swan Atlantic, is attacked in the
Red Sea. The owner of the ship saying that it was hit by an "unidentified object" that struck its port side causing a small fire but no injuries.
(Reuters)
Forty-nine
Lok SabhaMPs are suspended from
parliament for taking part in protests relating to a security breach in parliament, bringing the total number of suspensions to 141: 95 from the Lok Sabha, and 46 from the
Rajya Sabha.
(BBC News)
Malaysian prime ministerAnwar Ibrahim announces that Israel-registered ships, and all foreign vessels heading to Israel, are banned from docking within their ports or receiving cargo.
(Al Jazeera)
Fifteen people are killed and 24 others are injured in a
mass shooting at
Charles University in
Prague,
Czech Republic. The perpetrator, a student at the university, kills himself after police arrived. The perpetrator had also killed his father prior to the shooting and is also suspected of killing a man and his daughter on December 15.
(AP)
An unidentified victim of
Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, is identified by authorities as Lori Anne Razpotnik after 38 years.
(CNN)
In
Pakistan, police assault and arrest several protestors during a march from
Turbat to
Islamabad, where around 200 people planned to rally to draw attention to the killing of a man in
police custody in
Balochistan in November.
(AP)
A
Stanford Internet Observatory investigation finds more then 3,200 images of suspected
child sexual abuse in the AI database
LAION, an index used to train AI image-makers such as
Stable Diffusion. In response, LAION temporarily removes its datasets.
(AP)
The
International Trade Commission rejects Apple’s appeal to a order blocking the company from using technology underlying the Blood oxygen measurement feature on its
smart watches. In response, Apple suspends sales of the products.
(AP)
Four
Indian soldiers are killed and three others are wounded after suspected rebels ambushed military vehicles in the southernmost border district of
Rajouri in
Kashmir.
(AP)
Suspected
3R gunmen attack an
army outpost in the village of
Nzakoundou,
Central African Republic, killing a soldier and injuring many others, before attacking and burning civilian homes in the village and killing 20 villagers.
(AP)
Nineteen civilians and a policeman are killed, while nine other people are injured, in an attack by the RED–Tabara rebel group in
Vugizo,
Makamba,
Burundi.
(AFP via The Hindu)
China passes a series of regulations aimed at limiting video game
microtransactions. The new rules include banning rewards for logging on for multiple consecutive days and banning rewards for players if they spend money in a game for the first time.
(Reuters)
At least 113 people are killed and over 300 others are injured following coordinated attacks by local "bandits" on more than 20 communities in
Bokkos and
Barkin Ladi,
Plateau State, with hostilities continuing into early Monday.
(AFP via The Hindu)
Locals in
Indian-controlled
Kashmir say the
Indian Armytortured three detainees to death, with five other surviving detainees reporting that they were also subjected to torture.
(AP)
Fifteen
Israeli soldiers are killed in clashes with
Hamas in the
Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of
IDF personnel killed to 153 since its ground invasion began.
(Sky News)
Police in
Sri Lanka announce the arrests of 14,766 people during a week-long
military-backed crackdown, leading to the seizure of nearly 440 kilograms (970 lb) of
narcotics.
(AFP via CNA)
Bulgaria and
Romania reach an agreement with
Austria to become members of the
Schengen Area through sea and air routes in March, with discussions regarding the opening of land borders scheduled to begin next year.
(AFP via Le Monde)
Russia launches the largest wave of
drones and
missiles on
Ukrainian cities since the start of the war in a widespread overnight assault across the country, killing at least 39 people and injuring at least 160 others.
(AP)(Ukrainian Pravda)
Googlesettles a $5 billion
privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on users using "incognito" mode in its
Chromebrowser, misleading users by implying their internet activities would not be tracked, while advertising technologies continued to collect information.
(ABC News)