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Armed conflicts and attacks Kivu conflict Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Kasindi church bombing Ten people are killed and 39 others injured when a bomb explodes at a Pentecostal church in Kasindi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The bombing is believed to have been carried...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure Russia strikes the city of Dnipro with cruise missiles, killing at least twelve people and injuring 64 others. (Reuters) (BBC News) (USA Today) Israeli–Palestinian...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Soledar Russia's Defence Ministry says its forces have taken full control of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast. However, Ukraine denies the fall of the city and its salt mines, accusing Russia of "information...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict A Palestinian man opens fire on Israeli soldiers in Qalandia, West Bank, and is shot dead. In a separate incident, another Palestinian man is killed by Israeli soldiers after stabbing to death an Israeli settler at a farm. (AP via The...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Order of battle for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov is appointed commander of the Joint Group of Forces participating in the war with...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Soledar The UK Ministry of Defence says that Russian forces are in control of most of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast. Both Wagner fighters and Ukrainian forces say intense fighting continues on the western...

Disasters and accidents Two people are killed in a plane crash near the town of Karataika, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, in Russia's far north. A total of twelve people were on board the plane. (RFE/RL) Health and environment COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in China China reopens its...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2022–2023 North Kosovo crisis NATO rejects Serbia's request to deploy up to 1,000 Serbian troops and military police in North Kosovo. (Reuters) 2023 Praça dos Três Poderes attack Pro-Bolsonaro protesters invade the National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court and...

Disasters and accidents Five people are killed and 23 others are injured when a bus crashes in Diyarbakır, Turkey. (Armenpress) Five people are killed and ten others are missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the coast of Tunisia. (Al Jazeera) One person is killed and ten others are...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2023 Russian Christmas truce proposal Russian forces shell the city of Kramatorsk, damaging at least fourteen homes, according to the city's mayor. There are no reports of casualties. This is despite Russia...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2022–2023 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2023 Russian Christmas truce proposal Following the suggestion of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a unilateral ceasefire on 6–7 January 2023 in connection with Orthodox Christmas. Ukraine...

Armed conflicts and attacks Somali Civil War Mahas bombings Al-Shabaab jihadists kill 35 people in a double car bombing in Mahas District, Hiran, Somalia. (BBC News) Terrorism in Pakistan Two intelligence officers, including the director of the provincial counterterrorism department, are...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2022–2023 Russian invasion of Ukraine Chulakivka military quarters shelling Ukrainian Armed Forces announced 500 killed and wounded Russian soldiers after the strike on the quarters in Chulakivka, Kherson Oblast on 31 December. (RFE/RL) Mexican drug war...

Armed conflicts and attacks Kashmir conflict Two children are killed and four other people are injured by an explosion outside the home of one of the four Hindus killed yesterday in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. (The Hindu) For the fifth day in Las Anod, Somaliland, protesters are demanding to...

Armed conflicts and attacks Afghanistan conflict 2023 Kabul airport bombing Several people are killed by a bombing outside the military airport in Kabul. (Al Jazeera) Disasters and accidents At least nine people are killed and many others are injured during a stampede at a concert in...

Disasters and accidents Eight people are killed and nine others are injured by a landslide in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters) The Lebanese Navy and United Nations forces rescue a capsizing boat of 232 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea. Two people are killed in the...

Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war Ten people are killed and two others are injured after Islamic State gunmen open fire on a bus carrying oil workers in Deir ez-Zor. (Al Jazeera) Disasters and accidents Aftermath of the Boksburg tanker explosion The death toll from the fuel...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure Russia carries out a wave of drone and cruise missile strikes on Ukraine, with strikes reported in the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv and Zhytomyr...

International relations 2022 North Kosovo crisis Kosovo closes two border crossings with Serbia after protesters in Serbia block them in order to support the ethnic Serbs mounting barricades in North Kosovo, refusing to recognize the breakaway territory’s independence. (Reuters) Law and...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Ukrainian eastern counteroffensive Ukrainian forces claim they are closing in on the city of Kreminna in Luhansk Oblast. According to governor Serhiy Haidai, Russian fighters in some parts of the city were...