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December 30

Armed conflicts and attacks

Saudi Arabia announced that it bombed the Yemeni port city of Mukalla over a separatist weapons shipment delivered there from the United Arab Emirates.
Source: AP external link

December 29

Politics and elections

Protests erupt in Tehran, Iran, for a second day after the Iranian rial drops in value and inflation rates increase by 42.2%. The leader of the Central Bank of Iran resigns in response.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel introduces new rules for aid groups, forbidding activities or criticism that "delegitimizes" Israel, without providing specific definitions. Aid groups say that the requirements are political and may hinder criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza.
Source: ABC News external link
Three police officers and six Islamic State gunmen are killed in a shootout during a raid at a house in Elmalık, Yalova Province, Turkey. Eight other officers and a civilian are also wounded.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

International relations

China conducts the largest live fire exercises to date around Taiwan, designating multiple sea and air zones for drills by naval and air units to rehearse island encirclement and to signal opposition to recent United States arms sales to Taiwan.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission raids multiple companies and freezes six bank accounts while investigating alleged bribery linked to army procurement contracts, as army chief Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan is placed on leave pending the inquiry.
Source: Reuters external link
President Vladimir Putin enacts a law allowing Russia to disregard criminal judgments issued by foreign or international courts that lack a treaty basis or a United Nations Security Council mandate.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

Three people are killed and another is injured when an avalanche hits a ski resort on the Pyrenees in Panticosa, Aragon, Spain.
Source: Daily Express external link
Two people are killed and British boxer Anthony Joshua is injured when a car crashes into a stationary truck on the Ogun–Lagos state expressway near Lagos, Nigeria.
Source: BBC News external link

December 28

Law and crime

Nine people are killed, including five children, and three others are injured, including the perpetrator and another child, in a mass stabbing spree at multiple houses in Richelieu, Commewijne District, Suriname.
Source: AP external link
The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal sentences a former Ba'athist lieutenant to death for the massacre of Barzanis during the Anfal campaign against Kurds.
Source: The New Region external link

Arts and culture

After months of a high-profile legal dispute, entertainment agency ADOR terminates its contract with singer Danielle and expels her from the South Korean girl group NewJeans.
Source: Korea JoongAng Daily external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Six people, including a two-year-old girl, are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a beach in Puerto López, Manabí Province, Ecuador.
Source: TRT World external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 13 people were killed and 98 others were injured, including five critically, when a Tren Interoceánico train carrying 250 people derails in Asunción Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Source: in Spanish external link
Three people, including a toddler, are killed and three others are injured when a building collapses in Soweto, South Africa.
Source: AP external link

Politics and elections

Citizens of Myanmar vote in the first phase to elect the nation's legislature. Two further phases of voting are expected in January.
Source: AP external link
Citizens of the Central African Republic vote to elect a president and 140 members of the National Assembly. Incumbent president Faustin-Archange Touadéra seeks a third term in office.
Source: Reuters external link
Guineans vote for a president as incumbent Mamady Doumbouya seeks to be elected four years after leading a coup.
Source: Reuters external link
Kosovans vote for the second time in a year to elect the members of the Kuvendi.
Source: AP via ABC News external link

December 27

Law and crime

The Iranian justice ministry seizes a foreign-flagged oil tanker carrying 25,000 barrels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz and detains its sixteen crew members on allegations of carrying illegal items.
Source: AP external link
A joint operation between the Italian state police and the financial police results in the arrest of nine people for allegedly raising about 7 million (US$8.2 million) through charities and diverting most of the funds to Hamas following the 2023 attack on Israel.
Source: UPI external link

Disasters and accidents

Fifteen people are killed and 19 more injured as a bus plunges in to a ravine while driving on the Inter-American Highway in Sololá Department, Guatemala.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
An accident involving two cars after an improper overtaking kills eleven people on the BR-101 highway near Mucuri, Bahia, Brazil.
Source: UOL external link
At least nine people are killed and eight others are injured when a bus carrying 19 charity workers overturns on a mountain in Phình Hồ, Lào Cai province, Vietnam.
Source: Tuổi Trẻ external link
Three of five members of a Spanish tourist family are killed after a boat carrying eleven people sinks near Padar, Indonesia.
Source: AP external link
A M 7.0 earthquake, rated intensity four on the Central Weather Administration seismic intensity scale, strikes 32 km (20 mi) off the coast of Yilan, Taiwan, causing a temporary power outage for over 3,000 households.
Source: CNN external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Two people are killed and 32 are injured during a Russian missile and drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine. Damage to critical infrastructure leaves 40% of Kyiv's residential areas and surrounding districts without heating.
Source: BBC News external link
Denis Kapustin, leader of the Ukraine-aligned neo-Nazi Russian Volunteer Corps, is killed in a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Source: The Moscow Times external link
The Rapid Support Forces kill over 200 civilians in ethnically motivated attacks targeting non-Arabs in West Darfur and during advances in North Darfur, according to the Sudan Doctors Union.
Source: The Express Tribune external link
The Nigerien government declares a nationwide mobilization that authorizes the conscription of citizens and the requisition of property and services to support operations against jihadist insurgent groups.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Cambodia and Thailand sign a new ceasefire agreement, calling for a pause in military movements and airspace encroachment for military purposes.
Source: AP external link

Business and economy

China sanctions 20 United States defense-related companies and ten executives for providing weapons to Taiwan last week.
Source: AP external link
Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco and private miner SQM create a joint venture to develop lithium in the Atacama salt flat until 2060, with the Chilean state set to receive the majority of operating margins.
Source: Barron's external link
The National People's Congress of China passes a revised trade law that will expand the government's authority to counter trade restrictions, regulate exports of strategic goods, and update provisions on digital, green, and intellectual-property trade from March 1, 2026.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Citizens of the Ivory Coast vote for the 255 members of the National Assembly despite the opposition Democratic Party boycotting due to alleged election fraud by the ruling RHDP party.
Source: DW external link
The Italian Parliament approves a reform that reduces the powers of the Court of Audit over public spending, caps financial penalties for negligent administrators at 30% of losses or two years of salary, and introduces automatic approval if the court does not respond within 30 days.
Source: Reuters external link