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- Syrian civil war
- War crimes in the Syrian civil war, Fall of the Assad regime
- Syrian mass graves
- Several mass graves across Syria are uncovered following the fall of the Assad regime, with a central site in al-Qutayfah estimated to contain the human remains of at least 100,000 individuals. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Syrian mass graves
- Operation Dawn of Freedom
- Senior American officials report that Turkey is building up its forces along the Syrian border, raising fear of a possible ground invasion of territories held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. (WSJ)
- 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria
- While the Israeli Defense Forces continue their ground operation beyond the buffer zone in southern Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense minister Israel Katz visit the peak of Mount Hermon, which was seized by the IDF last week. (The New York Times)
- War crimes in the Syrian civil war, Fall of the Assad regime
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, head of the NBC Protection Troops, and his assistant are assassinated by an IED hidden inside of an e-scooter in Moscow. A Ukrainian source claims that the Security Service of Ukraine is responsible for the killings, after charging Kirilov in absentia for the use of chemical weapons on the previous day. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, says that the Ukrainian leadership would face an "imminent revenge" for the killings. (BBC News), (Deccan Herald)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia–NATO relations
- NATO's Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine command center in Wiesbaden, Germany, takes over coordination of Western military support to Ukraine from the United States. (Reuters)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Two police officers are killed and three more wounded after a mass shooting at a security checkpoint in Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
- Three police officers are killed by a roadside bomb targeting a vehicle carrying polio workers in Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024–25 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
- The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Chido climbs to 34, with 23,600 homes destroyed in the country. (DW)
- 2024 Port Vila earthquake
- A 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu's capital Port Vila, prompting a tsunami warning to be issued. At least 14 people are killed and over 200 others are injured. (RNZ)
Law and crime
- Killing of Brian Thompson
- A grand jury indicts Luigi Mangione for the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- Second presidential transition of Donald Trump
- The U.S. Electoral College formally certifies U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's victory against U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. (WNYW) (CNN)
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