Sunday, December 4th, 2022 

The Indonesian government raises the volcanic alert status to the highest level after the Semeru in East Java erupts, forcing the evacuation of around 2,000 people. (AFP via The Hindu) 

Iran says that it has executed four prisoners convicted of spying for Israel. (Arab News) 

Iranian prosecutor-general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announces the dissolution of the Guidance Patrol, though Iranian state media disputes this. (AFP via Khaleej Times) (The New York Times) (BBC News) 

Over 40,000 customers are without power after two power substations in Moore County, North Carolina, United States, are deliberately damaged by gunfire on Saturday night. A curfew has been ordered, and power restoration is expected to take until Thursday. (CNN) 

The African National Congress meets to debate the political future of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa amid an emerging scandal concerning Ramaphosa’s ownership of a farm in alleged breach of anti-corruption laws. Ramaphosa has stated that he does not intend to resign. (AP) 

Donald Trump claims in his social media platform Truth Social that the alleged fraud during the 2020 American presidential elections justifies the “termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution“. (BBC News) 

Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 

The Iranian government gives its first official report regarding deaths from the protests that followed the death of Mahsa Amini in September. The report states that more than 200 people have died in what the government has labelled as “riots”. (Al Jazeera) 

Internal documents released by Twitter CEO Elon Musk show that staff at the company suppressed posts discussing the October 2020 New York Post article on the Hunter Biden laptop story. (Forbes) 

Former South Korean national security director Suh Hoon is arrested on charges of tampering with evidence related to the killing of a Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries official by North Korean agents near the Northern Limit Line in September 2020. (AP) 

Australia, the European Union, and the G7 member states decide to impose a US$60-per-barrel price ceiling on Russian seaborne oil. (AP) 

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom adds Cuba, Nicaragua, and the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group to its blacklist of countries and organizations violating international religious freedom, signalling possible sanctions by the U.S. government. (AFP via France 24) 

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