December 27, 2024 (Friday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Estonia deploys its navy to protect its remaining Estlink submarine power cable following the failure of Estlink 2.

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Israeli forces forcibly evacuate the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza.

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South Korea confirms the first capture of a North Korean soldier fighting against Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast, Russia, with the soldier later dying from his injuries.

(BBC News), (Reuters)

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NATO announces that it will increase its presence in the Baltic Sea in response to the suspected sabotage of Estlink submarine power cables.

(Reuters)

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Houthi-run state television reports that American and British airstrikes have targeted the Ma'ain District of Sanaa, Yemen. No casualties are reported.

(Anadolu Agency)

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A 83-year-old Israeli woman and Holocaust survivor is fatally stabbed by a Palestinian former Shin Bet informant from the West Bank in Herzliya, Israel; the attacker was then shot and injured by police.

(The Times of Israel)

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The Houthis launch a ballistic missile from Yemen, targeting Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. The missile is intercepted before reaching Israeli airspace. It is the first time that the THAAD missile defense system is used by Israel to intercept a missile during combat operations.

(The Times of Israel), (The Guardian)

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The United Nations Security Council approves the Resolution 2767 deployment of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), effective January 1, replacing the current African Union Transition Mission in Somalia. However, Somalia rejects Ethiopia's participation in AUSSOM amid tensions over a memorandum of understanding that Ethiopia signed with Somaliland in January. Somalia considers the memorandum a violation of its sovereignty and has instead asked Egypt to contribute troops to the mission.

(Reuters), (Idil News), (UNSC)

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Business and economy

China announces the formal approval of a proposal to construct the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet.

(BBC News)

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Disasters and accidents

Azerbaijan Airlines suspends flights to seven cities in Russia following the crash of Flight 8243 on Wednesday, amid allegations that the plane had been hit by a Russian surface-to-air missile.

(DW)

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United States National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says that there is evidence that Russia shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines flight.

(The Hill)

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Kazakhstan and Israel suspend flights over Russian airspace in response to the Azerbaijan Airlines crash.

(Politico)

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A traffic collision between a truck and a bus kills eight people and injures 27 others in Veracruz, Mexico.

(AP)

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Health and environment

Kosovo reports its first case of mpox in a 30-year-old man who travelled to Africa.

(Reuters)

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International relations

Ukraine announces that it has sent a shipment of 500 tonnes of wheat to Syria after Russia suspended shipments following the fall of the Assad regime.

(The Kyiv Independent)

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The U.S. State Department announces sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream political party. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accuses the United States of "blackmail" over the move.

(BBC News), (Al Arabiya)

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Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko announces the closure of all foreign military bases in the country, citing a decision by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to remove foreign troops as part of a broader shift away from colonial-era military arrangements.

(AP)

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Law and crime

The Montenegrin Minister of Justice approves the extradition of cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon to the United States over fraud allegations resulting from the collapse of the Terra and Luna tokens.

(BBC News)

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A Chinese court sentences the perpetrator of the car attack in Zhuhai that killed 35 people to death.

(AP)

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Venezuelan attorney general Tarek William Saab announces an investigation into a previously detained Argentine National Gendarmerie non-commissioned officer for alleged links to right-wing terrorism.

(Reuters)

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