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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 119207" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Crisis_%282011%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Yemeni Crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_involvement_in_the_2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" target="_blank">Royal Navy</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Diamond_%28D34%29" target="_blank">HMS Diamond</a> shoots down a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle" target="_blank">drone</a> launched from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement" target="_blank">Houthi</a>-controlled territory in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen" target="_blank">Yemen</a> over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea" target="_blank">Red Sea</a> using a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAAMS" target="_blank">Sea Viper missile</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/16/shipping-companies-suspend-red-sea-traffic-after-yemen-rebel-attacks" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Iran" target="_blank">Capital punishment in Iran</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executes" target="_blank">executes</a> an alleged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad" target="_blank">Mossad</a> agent in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchistan_province" target="_blank">Sistan and Baluchistan province</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-executes-agent-israels-mossad-intelligence-service-official-media-2023-12-16/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gansu_ultramarathon_disaster" target="_blank">Gansu ultramarathon disaster</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_system_of_China" target="_blank">court</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baiyin" target="_blank">Baiyin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gansu" target="_blank">Gansu</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28law%29" target="_blank">sentences</a> five organizers of a 2021 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon" target="_blank">ultramarathon</a> to prison terms ranging from three to five and a half years, following the deaths of 21 runners due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_front" target="_blank">extreme weather</a> during the event. <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/organisers-of-deadly-2021-china-ultramarathon-sentenced-to-jail" target="_blank">(AFP via The Straits Times)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A court in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See" target="_blank">Holy See</a> sentences <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_%28Catholic_Church%29" target="_blank">Cardinal</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Angelo_Becciu" target="_blank">Giovanni Angelo Becciu</a> to five and a half years in prison for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement" target="_blank">embezzlement</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/cardinal-nine-other-defendants-await-verdicts-vatican-trial-2023-12-15/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir_of_Kuwait" target="_blank">Emir of Kuwait</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaf_Al-Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah" target="_blank">Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah</a> dies at 86. His younger brother, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishal_Al-Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah" target="_blank">Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah</a>, becomes the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir" target="_blank">emir</a>. <a href="https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/middle-east/kuwait-crown-prince-sheikh-meshal-named-new-emir-758538" target="_blank">(AFP via TBS)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_December_16" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 119207, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Crisis_%282011%E2%80%93present%29']Yemeni Crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_involvement_in_the_2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy']Royal Navy[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Diamond_%28D34%29']HMS [I]Diamond[/I][/URL] shoots down a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_combat_aerial_vehicle']drone[/URL] launched from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement']Houthi[/URL]-controlled territory in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen']Yemen[/URL] over the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea']Red Sea[/URL] using a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAAMS']Sea Viper missile[/URL]. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/16/shipping-companies-suspend-red-sea-traffic-after-yemen-rebel-attacks']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Iran']Capital punishment in Iran[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Iran']Iran[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executes']executes[/URL] an alleged [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossad']Mossad[/URL] agent in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchistan_province']Sistan and Baluchistan province[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-executes-agent-israels-mossad-intelligence-service-official-media-2023-12-16/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gansu_ultramarathon_disaster']Gansu ultramarathon disaster[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_system_of_China']court[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baiyin']Baiyin[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gansu']Gansu[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28law%29']sentences[/URL] five organizers of a 2021 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarathon']ultramarathon[/URL] to prison terms ranging from three to five and a half years, following the deaths of 21 runners due to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_front']extreme weather[/URL] during the event. [URL='https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/organisers-of-deadly-2021-china-ultramarathon-sentenced-to-jail'](AFP via [I]The Straits Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A court in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See']Holy See[/URL] sentences [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_%28Catholic_Church%29']Cardinal[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Angelo_Becciu']Giovanni Angelo Becciu[/URL] to five and a half years in prison for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement']embezzlement[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/cardinal-nine-other-defendants-await-verdicts-vatican-trial-2023-12-15/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir_of_Kuwait']Emir of Kuwait[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaf_Al-Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah']Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah[/URL] dies at 86. His younger brother, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishal_Al-Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah']Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah[/URL], becomes the new [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir']emir[/URL]. [URL='https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/middle-east/kuwait-crown-prince-sheikh-meshal-named-new-emir-758538'](AFP via [I]TBS[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2023_December_16"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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