Allied Karenni rebel groups and local PDF forces launch attacks on junta bases in Kawkareik, Karen State.
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December 1, 2023 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The UNSC adopts a resolution to end the mandate of its United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) by December 3.
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.
Israeli shelling kills a woman and her son in Hula in southern Lebanon.
Eleven Dawla Islamiyah and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters militants are killed during a raid by the Philippine Army in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur.
More than 180 Palestinians are killed and hundreds more are injured by Israeli airstrikes on different parts of the Gaza Strip, including the community of Abasan al-Kabira and a home northwest of Gaza City.
Hundreds of Malawians travel to Israel to work as farm labourers. Kondwani Nankhumwa, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, has questioned the secrecy of the deal amidst the governments awareness of the ongoing war.
The Turkish Air Force launches airstrikes on Kurdistan Workers' Party positions in northern Iraq, reportedly destroying 16 of their targets and killing a number of separatist militants.
At least eleven civilians are killed in an attack by an armed group in Miqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) lifts an arms embargo on the Somali Armed Forces and the Somali government, while continuing sanctions against the al-Shabaab jihadist group.
Arts and culture
For his role in the film Passages, Franz Rogowski is honored by the New York Film Critics Circle as best leading actor of the year.
Business and economy
International relations
The Philippine Coast Guard establishes a surveillance station on the disputed Thitu Island in the South China Sea.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) orders Venezuela to refrain from any action that would alter the status quo in Guayana Esequiba ahead of a referendum on its rights to the disputed territory, but does not forbid Venezuela from going ahead with the referendum as Guyana requested.
The International Committee of the Red Cross suspends the Belarus Red Cross after its Secretary General Dzmitry Shautsou refuses to resign following statements that the organization was involved in bringing Ukrainian children to Belarus for health improvement purposes.
Law and crime
A serial killer is suspected of having fatally shot three homeless men during the past week in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Politics and elections
Madagascar's supreme court confirms Andry Rajoelina's election as president after dismissing several challenges against the provisional results.
George Santos is expelled from the United States House of Representatives over criminal corruption charges and accusations of misspending campaign money.
Science and technology
South Korea launches its first military reconnaissance satellite from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States, carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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