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- Boko Haram insurgency, war against the Islamic State
- US President Donald Trump orders strikes on the Islamic State in northwestern Nigeria. (CBS News)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
- Three people are killed in two separate Israeli airstrikes against vehicles in southern Lebanon, including a member of the Iranian Quds Force. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Terrorism in Turkey
- Turkish authorities seize weapons and documents and arrest 115 suspects in Istanbul, connected with Islamic State-planned attacks on non-Muslims at Christmas and New Year's festivities across Turkey. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- A woman is found dead and two other people are wounded in a "violent incident" in Boden, Sweden. The perpetrator is shot and killed by police. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Elections in Somalia
- Residents of Mogadishu, Somalia, vote to elect 390 district council members who will select the city's mayor, marking Somalia's first direct election since 1969, serving as a pilot for planned nationwide polls. (Reuters)
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