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Revision as of 05:06, 31 December 2024
December 30, 2024 (2024-12-30) (Monday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates. Ukraine says that many of those released by Russia include soldiers captured during the Siege of Mariupol in 2022. (BBC News)
- Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- The Sudanese government says at least nine people have been killed and 121 others injured in shelling by the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum. (Sudan Tribune)
- Battle of Khartoum
- Trinidad and Tobago declares a state of emergency as gang violence escalates in the country. Five people were shot dead at a shop in Laventille, Port of Spain, the day prior. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Syrian civil war
- Fall of the Assad regime
- The Syrian transitional government appoints Maysaa Sabreen as the first female Governor of the Central Bank of Syria. (Reuters)
- Fall of the Assad regime
Disasters and accidents
- Three tourists are killed and seven others are injured in a fire at a hotel on Khaosan Road in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)
International relations
- Syria–Ukraine relations
- Syria says that it hopes to form a "strategic partnership" with Ukraine following a high-level meeting in Damascus, Syria, between Syria's de-facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha, where the two countries re-established diplomatic relations. Ukraine also vowed to send additional food aid to Syria. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials formally requests an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law. (Reuters)
- 2024 Venezuelan protests
- Venezuelan prosecutor general Tarek William Saab announces the release of 413 protesters from prison. (Reuters)
- Argentina–Nicaragua relations
- An Argentine judge issues arrest warrants for Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega, Vice President Rosario Murillo, and several others for alleged crimes against humanity, invoking universal jurisdiction. (Arab News)
- Crime in Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad and Tobago declares a state of emergency amid an increase in gang violence, which killed at least six people in the past two days. (CTV News)
- Yazidi genocide
- The Supreme Court of Venezuela fines social media platform TikTok $10 million for "not implementing measures" to prevent viral challenges that led to the death of three children recently. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter
- U.S. president Joe Biden orders a state funeral for former president Jimmy Carter to be held in Washington, D.C. on January 9. Biden also orders flags to be lowered to half-staff for thirty days in accordance with federal law. (BBC News)
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- The Taliban government of Afghanistan announces it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental organizations in the country that currently employ women. (AP)
- Kenya Police fire tear gas at demonstrators in Nairobi protesting against alleged government extrajudicial abductions in the past few months. (Al Jazeera)