December 29, 2024 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Seven civilians are killed and several others are injured in a Sudanese Armed Forces strike on residential areas in the southern part of Khartoum, Sudan.

(Sudan Tribune)

Battle of KhartoumSudanese civil war

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Three mass graves associated with the Assad regime are discovered in Al-Qabou, Homs Governorate.

(SOHR)

Syrian mass gravesFall of the Assad regimeSyrian civil war

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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that a humanitarian crisis has developed in Manbij District following its capture by Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) forces and Turkish artillery fire, leading to continuous water scarcity, power outages, and basic needs shortages.

(SOHR)

Operation Dawn of FreedomSyrian civil war

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Disasters and accidents

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev says that Russia accidentally shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, accusing Russia of trying to "hush up" the crash, and demanding from Russia a full admission of guilt, punishment for those responsible, and compensation for the victims.

(AP)

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243

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A tourist is killed and another is injured in a shark attack at a resort in Marsa Alam, Egypt.

(Al Arabiya)

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Three police officers are killed and two others are injured in a gas explosion at the police academy in Cairo, Egypt.

(Reuters)

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Two pilots are killed when their light aircraft crashes into the sea near Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, shortly after takeoff from Al Jazeirah Airport.

(Inquirer.net)

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At least 71 people are killed and four injured when a passenger-carrying truck drives off a bridge into a river in Bona Zuria, Sidama Region, Ethiopia.

(The Guardian), (Voice of America)

Gelana Bridge disaster

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A Bangkok-departed Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 with 181 people on board crashes during landing at the Muan International Airport, in South Korea, killing 179 people and wounding two crew members.

(Bloomberg), (Yna), (Euronews)

Jeju Air Flight 2216

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Three migrants die attempting to cross the English Channel, with 45 rescued and treated for hypothermia and four hospitalized.

(BBC News)

English Channel migrant crisis

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International relations

Cambodia pardons and repatriates 13 Filipino women who were convicted of human trafficking for participating in a surrogacy scheme prohibited under Cambodian law.

(ABC News)

Cambodia–Philippines relations

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Politics and elections

Voters in Chad elect the 188 members of the National Assembly.

(Al Jazeera)

2024 Chadian parliamentary election

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Croatians vote to elect the President between incumbent Zoran Milanović and seven other candidates.

(Reuters)

2024 Croatian presidential election

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter dies at the age of 100 in Plains, Georgia, United States.

(BBC News)

Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter

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Mikheil Kavelashvili is inaugurated as the 6th President of Georgia, with outgoing president Salome Zourabichvili announcing that she would vacate her residence at the Orbeliani Palace in Tbilisi. Zourabichvili continues to claim that the new presidency is illegitimate and calls for continued protests.

(Politico), (AP)

2024 Georgian post-election protests

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At the conclusion of the annual year-end general meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the appointment of Pak Thae-song to replace Kim Tok-hun in the post of Prime Minister of North Korea is announced.

(Yonhap News Agency)

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