Current events: 2024-12-25

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Siege of North Gaza, Gaza famine
      • The United States-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network takes down a report estimating that food insecurity conditions in northern Gaza have surpassed the highest IPC famine thresholds, after the United States envoy to Israel criticized the report as "irresponsible" for overinflating the civilian population of Gaza by several tens-of-thousands. (FEWS NET)
• Somali Civil War
  • Constitutional crisis in Somalia
    • Jubaland crisis
      • The federal government of Somalia imposes a flight ban on Jubaland State of Somalia, including all flights to and from Jubaland, particularly affecting cities Kismayo and Doolow. The flight ban was initiated after ongoing political tensions and military engagements since Jubaland forces reportedly defeated Somali Armed Forces in several locations, including Ras Kamboni, Kulbiyow, and Dolow. (Garowe Online) (The Somali Digest) (Eastleigh Voice)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure, Ukrainian energy crisis
    • A series of Russian ballistic missile and drone strikes target critical energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, and Kremenchuk in Ukraine, killing at least two people, injuring 20 others, and forcing widespread emergency blackouts. (The Kyiv Independent) (The Guardian)
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemns Russian President Vladimir Putin for the “inhumane” attacks on the infrastructure. (RTÉ)
• Sudanese civil war
  • 2024 famine in Sudan
    • The IPC Famine Review Committee determines the presence of famine in five areas in Darfur and South Kordofan, Sudan, and estimates that five more areas will face famine by May 2025 due to ongoing conflict and blocked aid distribution. (BBC News Hausa)
• Ethiopian civil conflict
  • Ethiopian military forces close the country's border with Somalia following ongoing heavy fighting in the rural area of Dacawaley under Harshin, Fafan Zone, between Ethiopia's Somali regional forces and local clan militias after the killing of a local security chief and his bodyguards. Hundreds of people, including children, flee from their homes. (Hiiraan Online) (Somali Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
  • An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 flight carrying 67 passengers onboard from Baku to Grozny crashes in Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 people and wounding 29 more. (Al Jazeera) (NPR)

International relations

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Lebanon files a new complaint to the UN Security Council over Israel's ceasefire violations. (Bastille Post)

Law and crime

• More than 1,500 inmates escape from a prison in Maputo, Mozambique, after knocking down a wall during a riot. At least 33 people are killed and 15 others are injured during the violence. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
• Syrian authorities impose a curfew from 6pm to 8am in the city of Homs following a series of protests by Alawite and Shi’ite Muslim minorities. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• 2024 in archosaur paleontology
  • Scientists confirm the discovery of the Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus dinosaur species in Kyrgyzstan, the first theropod from the Jurassic period to be discovered in Central Asia. (Tempo)

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