Source:
AP 
December 14
Politics and elections
Armed conflicts and attacks
Hamas Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Zamzam is shot and killed by a gunman inside the Maghazi refugee camp in the Deir al-Balah Governorate. The perpetrator is arrested.
Source:
Palestine Chronicle
Two gunmen open fire during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, killing 11 people and leaving 29 others injured. One of the perpetrators is killed, while the other is arrested. Bombs are reported at the scene.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Thailand confirms that a rocket launched from Cambodia killed a Thai villager; the first civilian death in Thailand as a result of the ongoing conflict between both nations.
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AP
December 13
Law and crime
Two people are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The suspect fled the scene and is not in custody.
Source:
BNO News
Belarus releases 123 political prisoners, including Nobel Peace prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and protest leader Maria Kalesnikava, from prisons after the United States lifts its sanctions.
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BBC
Spanish authorities dismantle a drug-trafficking network that uses helicopters to transport large quantities of hashish from Morocco into southern Spain, arresting six suspects in a joint operation involving several European countries.
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Arab News
Munich police arrest five men, including three Moroccans, one Egyptian, and one Syrian of allegedly planning to attack a Christmas market in Dingolfing, Bavaria, Germany.
Source:
DW
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Israeli military kills Ra'ad Sa'ad, a senior Hamas military commander, in an airstrike against a vehicle in Gaza City, in an apparent violation of the ceasefire. Four other people were also killed in the attack, and 25 more injured.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Israeli Defence Forces issue an evacuation order in southern Lebanese villages in preparation for planned airstrikes on Hezbollah targets.
Source:
The Jerusalem Post
An attacker identified by the United States Central Command as a member of ISIL opens fire on a joint Syrian and American convoy in Palmyra, killing two US service members and one American civilian interpreter and injuring three others, before being killed by return fire.
Source:
SANA via Al Jazeera
A Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drone strike kills at least three people in El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan.
Source:
Al Jazeera
An RSF drone strike on a United Nations base in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, kills six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injures eight others.
Source:
Al Jazeera
In response to resumed clashes with Thailand, Cambodia shuts down its border crossings with Thailand.
Source:
BBC News
United States president Donald Trump says a new ceasefire has been brokered. However, hours later, Thai leaders announce an increased commitment to fighting Cambodian forces.
Source:
France 24
December 12
Disasters and accidents
Fourteen people are killed, including three children who died of hypothermia, amid a severe storm in the Gaza Strip. At least 13 homes previously damaged by Israel have also collapsed.
Source:
Al Jazeera
At least eight people are killed and multiple others are injured when a tank truck crashes and explodes in Tiko, Southwest Region, Cameroon.
Source:
Africanews
Four people are killed and eleven others are rescued when an under-construction building on top of a Hindu temple collapses in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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SABC
Law and crime
A Bolivian judge orders former president Luis Arce into five months of pre-trial detention in La Paz while authorities investigate alleged embezzlement linked to the diversion of public funds for projects in Indigenous communities during his tenure as economy minister under Evo Morales.
Source:
Reuters
Civil society groups and church representatives file complaints against Philippine vice president Sara Duterte at the Office of the Ombudsman, accusing her of plunder, violations of Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, bribery, and betrayal of public trust.
Source:
Rappler
Police in Mashhad, Iran, arrest Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi during a ceremony honoring deceased lawyer and human rights activist Khosrow Alikordi.
Source:
AP
International relations
Philippine authorities accuse China of injuring three fishermen and damaging their boats with water cannons off the coast of Sabina Shoal, which is disputed between the two countries, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Source:
AP
The United States Treasury Department lifts sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, citing a shift in U.S. foreign policy priorities.
Source:
AFP via France 24
December 11
Law and crime
Brazilian police arrest former Peruvian foreign minister Augusto Blacker Miller in Rio de Janeiro, where he is located after evading authorities following an Albanian court conviction for fraud and an active Interpol notice.
Source:
Reuters
A military court in Pakistan sentences former Inter-Services Intelligence director general Faiz Hameed to 14 years in prison on charges related to engaging in political activities and violations of the Official Secrets Act.
Source:
AP
Chief of the Indonesian National Police Police General Listyo Sigit Prabowo openly challenges the Indonesian Constitutional Court ruling barring police personnel from holding civilian government positions by decreeing that the police personnel can hold civilian positions in up to 17 government bodies.
Armed conflicts and attacks
Two people are killed and two others injured by a Russian guided bomb strike on a shop in Velyka Pysarivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.
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Source:
Ukrainska Pravda
The death toll during the clashes between the Thai Army and the Cambodian Army at the border increases to eight Thai soldiers, eleven Cambodian civilians and four Thai civilians.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Eleven bandits are killed and several more injured in an ambush by the Nigerian Army in Sabon Birni, Sokoto State, Nigeria. The bandits allegedly planned an attack on a nearby village.
Source:
The Guardian
Business and economy
Greek economic minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis is elected the new president of the Eurogroup, succeeding Paschal Donohoe.
Source:
Reuters
Disasters and accidents
Two people are killed and two others are trapped when an under-construction library collapses in Gwangju, South Korea.
Source:
Reuters
One person is killed and several others are injured when a boat carrying migrants overturns on the Sava river near Slavonski Brod, Croatia.
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AP
Sports
The International Tennis Integrity Agency fines French player Quentin Folliot US$70,000 and suspends him from play for 20 years for alleged match-fixing. He is the sixth player to be fined in a wider investigation involving other French and Italian players.
Source:
AP
Politics and elections
The Zhelyazkov Government resigns after weeks of massive protests against economic policies and alleged corruption.
Source:
The Guardian
Falklanders vote to elect eight members of the Legislative Assembly.
Source:
Falkland Islands TV
The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers and the General Union of Workers, which together represent nearly 1 million workers in Portugal, launch a general strike across the country to protest against the government's planned changes to labour laws.
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AP