Current events: 2024-12-31

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• War against the Islamic State
  • Somali Civil War
    • Ten Islamic State militants are killed by Puntland forces while repulsing an attempted attack involving suicide bombers on a military base in Dharjaale, Bari region. It was launched after the semi-autonomous state in Somalia announced a military offensive against the Islamic State and Al-Shabaab. (Garowe Online) (Reuters) (Idil News)
  • Opération Chammal
    • The French Air Force conducts airstrikes against several Islamic State targets in Syria. (Le Parisien)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The U.S. Air Force launches at least 12 airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Puerto Rico suffers a New Year's Eve power outage, leaving 1.3 million clients impacted. (The New York Times) (NBC News)

International relations

• Foreign relations of France, Françafrique
  • France–Ivory Coast relations
    • In his New Year's speech, President Alassane Ouattara announces that the French military base in Abidjan will be handed over to the Ivorian Government in January 2025. (France 24)
  • France–Senegal relations
    • In his New Year's speech, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announces the closure of French facilities and the withdrawal all foreign military forces from Senegal starting in 2025. (Le Figaro)

Law and crime

• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • A South Korean court in Seoul, the Seoul Western District Court, issues an arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol. (The Japan Times)
• Capital punishment in Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe approves a law abolishing the death penalty in the country with immediate effect. (BBC)
• A man steals an excavator in Grünsfeld, Germany, and rams it against vehicles, wounding four police officers, before being shot dead. (DW)

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