December 22, 2024 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

An Assad regime mass grave containing the remains of 93 civilians, including several women and children, is discovered in Qarfa, Daraa Governorate, Syria, with all of the bodies reportedly burnt alive.

(SOHR)

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In the highest-ranking state visit since the regime change, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan holds a meeting with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus to support the transitional government.

(Reuters)

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Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip kill at least 28 people.

(France 24)

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The US military states that the USS Gettysburg guided-missile cruiser accidentally shot down a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet and injured one of its pilots in a friendly fire incident following a series of airstrikes on Yemen. However, the Houthis claim that they shot down the fighter jet.

(CNN), (Middle East Monitor)

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Business and economy

Residents of Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, win the world's biggest lottery, the Spanish Christmas Lottery's El Gordo €2.7 billion prize.

(DW)

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Disasters and accidents

An Airbus EC135 ambulance helicopter crashes near a hospital in Muğla, Turkey, killing all four people onboard.

(AP)

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The death toll from Cyclone Chido in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, increases to 94.

(DW)

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The death toll from the stampede at two food distribution events in Abuja and Okija, Nigeria, increases to 32.

(DW)

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Ten people are killed and seventeen others are injured when a Piper PA-42 Cheyenne crashes into shops and a hotel while taking off from the Canela Airport in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

(CNN), (ASN)

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Four people are killed and 13 others are missing when a highway bridge across the Tocantins River between Estreito, Maranhão, and Aguiarnópolis, Tocantins, Brazil, partially collapses.

(Xinhua), (G1)

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Seven people are killed when a private Cessna 207 crashes into a hill in El Montoso, Jalisco, Mexico.

(Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archive)

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International relations

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico holds a previously unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

(The Moscow Times)

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Politics and elections

New Zealand rejects the Cook Islands' proposal to establish its own passports and citizenship but expresses willingness to discuss independence if initiated by Cook Islanders.

(Reuters)

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Around 100,000 people gather at the Slavija Square in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest against the government response to the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse and demand the resignation of President Aleksandar Vučić and the ruling Serbian Progressive Party. President Vučić is dismissive of the protests and accuses the opposition of manipulating the protestors to gain political power.

(Al Jazeera), (DW), (N1)

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December 22, 2024 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Politics and elections