Current events: 2024-12-28

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Winter of 2024–25 in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip evacuations
    • The Gaza Strip Government Media Office reports that 110,000 out of 135,000 tents used as shelter by displaced Palestinians have "completely deteriorated" and became unusable due to strong winter winds and heavy rainfall. (Al Jazeera)
• Syrian civil war
  • Western Syria clashes
    • Syria's new government announces “a large-scale sweep operation” in Latakia to arrest or eliminate remaining pro-Assad insurgents and any threats to national security. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
  • Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense stated that they targeted several locations in Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani aircraft conducting aerial bombardments within Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• Homelessness in the United States
  • U.S. homelessness hits a record high in 2024, increasing by more than 18% the past year, due to causes such as high housing costs, natural disasters, and a spike in migration to major cities. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

• Tornado outbreak of December 28, 2024
  • At least one person is killed in a tornado outbreak across the southern United States, with damage reported south of Houston. (USA Today)

International relations

• Lukoil oil transit dispute, Ukrainian energy crisis, Slovakia–Ukraine relations
  • Slovakia threatens reciprocal measures against Ukraine's plans to cut off transit of Russian oil to the nation on 1 January 2025, including halting electricity supplies. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Slovakia of opening a "second energy front" against Kyiv under Moscow's orders. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Chadian parliamentary election
  • Voting begins in Chad to elect the 188 members of the National Assembly. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Mozambican general election
  • 2024 Mozambican protests
    • At least 13,000 Mozambicans flee the country into Malawi amid widespread civil unrest due to the results of the recent general election. (DW)
• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • Impeachment of Han Duck-soo
    • Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol is accused of ordering the authorization of use of guns to stop martial law vote and to force the MPs out of the National Assembly legislature building. (BBC)

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