Current events: 2022-12-20

Wikipedia Current Events · Dec 20, 2022

Armed conflicts and attacks

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Bannu counterterrorism centre siege
  - Security forces storm a counterterrorism office in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, which was seized two days ago by 33 Pakistani Taliban members, killing all the insurgents. Two officers were killed during the siege and 10 to 15 injured; all the hostages are freed. (BBC News)
Sino-Indian border dispute
- India reports that it has increased its troop presence along the Sino-Indian border in response to the skirmish that occured between Indian and Chinese troops in Tawang district earlier this month. (MSN)

Disasters and accidents

2022 Ferndale earthquake A magnitude 6.4 earthquake kills at least two people, injured eleven and causes minor damage in Humboldt County, California, United States. (NBC News) 2022 Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline explosion An explosion occurred on an Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod export gas pipeline during maintenance work in Chuvashia, Russia, killing three workers and causing a halt in pumping gas through the pipeline. (Reuters)

- - - - Law and crime December 2022 Peruvian protests Mexico confirms that it has granted asylum to the family of former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard says that a safe exit from Peru is being discussed. (Reuters) The Taliban ban university education for women in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Taliban says the decree was issued today and effective immediately. (CNN)

- - - Sports'''
2022–23 PGA Tour
- Augusta National Golf Club chairperson Fred Ridley announces that professional golfers signed under the LIV Golf tour, which commenced this year as a competitor to the PGA Tour, will be permitted to play in the 2023 Masters Tournament, the first of four men's major golf championships held next year. Human rights groups and various personalities have criticized LIV Golf, which is financed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, as a sportswashing project by the country to cleanse its repressive global image. (The Independent)