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Revision as of 10:57, 19 December 2024 by 178.81.55.110 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) December 19, 2024 (2024-12-19) (Thursday)Armed conflicts ands attacks
- Red Sea crisis
- December 2024 Israeli airstrikes in Yemen
- Israel carries out a series of airstrikes against the Houthis in western Yemen, hitting the Ras Isa oil facility, the port of as-Salif and some power stations. At least nine people are killed. (Al Jazeera)
- December 2024 Israeli airstrikes in Yemen
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- North Korean involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- At least 100 North Korean soldiers have been reported killed in action of the war, says Lee Sung-kwon, a member of the South Korean National Assembly, based on an intelligence gathered by NIS. (BBC)
- Military aids during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, United Kingdom and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- British Ministry of Defence Secretary State John Healey announces a proposal to send British military advisors to train Ukrainian forces. (BBC)
- North Korean involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
International relations
- Syrian civil war
- 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
- Ahmed al-Sharaa, the emir of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), makes an announcement claiming that the country is exhausted by perpetual warfare and is not a threat to its neighbors or to the Western world. (BBC)
- 2024 Syrian opposition offensives
- China–United States relations
- Chinese espionage in the United States
- Two Americans of Chinese descent have pleaded guilty to running a covert secret police surveillance stations on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security to monitor, threaten and coerce ethnic Chinese in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, NY. At least 100 such stations have been reported worldwide across 53 countries, with human rights monitoring NGOs accusing China of using the outposts to threaten and monitor Chinese nationals abroad. (BBC)
- Chinese espionage in the United States
- France's Directorate-General for External Security reports that four French nationals detained in Burkina Faso on allegations of being foreign intelligence agents are released following mediation by Morocco. (Barron's)
Law and crime
- A Malaysian high court acquits Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, of 12 money laundering and five tax evasion charges due to insufficient evidence. (Reuters)