Two soldiers are killed by an improvised explosive device while riding a motorcycle in Karimama, Alibori, Benin.
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December 12, 2023 (Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Ten Israeli troops are killed in clashes in the Gaza Strip, including a colonel of the Golani Brigade killed in Shuja'iyya, Gaza City, bringing the total number of IDF personnel killed to 115.
A Tehreek-e-Jihad militant blows himself up by ramming a car bomb outside a police station being used by the army in Daraban, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, before five gunmen open fire, killing at least 23 people and injuring 34 others.
Business and economy
The Entertainment Software Association announces that the annual gaming expo E3 will no longer take place, after having run for over 28 years.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports that Myanmar has surpassed Afghanistan as the world's largest producer of opium.
Kenyan President William Ruto announces that all tourists will no longer require a travel visa to enter the country from January, with the visa being replaced by electronic travel authorisation.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) resumes its US$2.9 billion bailout for Sri Lanka, releasing a $337 million tranche, after the country secures a debt restructuring agreement with China, its largest bilateral creditor.
The IMF approves a $681 million disbursement for Bangladesh, the second portion of a $4.7 billion loan package.
International relations
Vincentian prime minister Ralph Gonsalves announces that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will host a meeting between the leaders of Venezuela and Guyana on 14 December to discuss the two countries' ongoing dispute over Guayana Esequiba and to prevent an armed escalation.
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.
Law and crime
A district court in Fukushima, Japan, convicts three former soldiers for sexually assaulting a colleague, Rina Gonoi, during a military exercise in 2021, sentencing them to two years in prison and suspending them from the military for four years.
Mexico’s immigration agency detains two buses carrying 102 migrants in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The majority of the migrants came from the West African nations of Senegal and Guinea, as well as six from Djibouti, two from Congo and one from Mauritania.
Six people are killed in a shootout between drug cartel gunmen in Boquilla del Carmen, Zacatecas, Mexico. Police and soldiers also find two people wounded, as well as one armed suspect and guns and a grenade.
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.
Science and technology
NASA's Perseverance finds evidence that an ancient river delta on Mars held a crater-filling lake billions of years ago.
Sports
In association football, MKE Ankaragücü president Faruk Koca is arrested after attacking referee Halil Umut Meler following the club's match against Çaykur Rizespor.
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