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- 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)
- Somali Civil War
- 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)
- France–Ivory Coast relations
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
- 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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