Current events: 2022-12-19

Wikipedia Current Events · Dec 19, 2022

Armed conflicts and attacks

2022 Jordanian protests
- Three police officers and a gunman are killed during a raid on the hideout of the suspected killers of a policeman during protests in Ma'an, Jordan. Nine people are arrested. (Al Jazeera)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- About 20 Pakistani Taliban members seize control of a counterterrorism centre in Bannu, Pakistan, killing one officer and taking six hostages. The attackers are demanding safe passage to Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)
Four Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members are killed by gunmen in Saravan, Iran, near the border with Pakistan. The perpetrators have fled in the nearby country. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
- The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, the country's largest commercial bank, resumes its operations in some Tigrayan cities and towns following its suspension during the Tigray War. (AFP via RFI)
2021–2022 global energy crisis
- EU natural gas price cap
  - European Union member states agree to a natural gas price cap in an attempt to limit the damage of global energy crisis. The price cap can be triggered starting from 15 February 2023 if for three days, prices on the TTF - the European natural gas benchmark - exceed 180 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh) while also being €35/MWh higher than a reference price based on liquefied natural gas (LNG) price assessments. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Rwanda asylum plan
- The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rules that the plan of the British government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda while their application is ongoing is lawful. (CNN)
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan reject the suggestion to allow medical examination of dozens of jailed activists on hunger strike. The activists' health, in prison for protesting a border agreement with Uzbekistan, has "dramatically worsened" according to the government. (RFE/RL)