Sunday, December 29th, 2024 

A tourist is killed and another is injured in a shark attack in Marsa Alam, Egypt. (Al Arabiya) 

South Korean prime minister and acting president Ham Duck-soup is impeached by the National Assembly after refusing to appoint three Constitutional Court judges chosen by the Assembly to oversee president You Suck Y’all’s impeachment case. Finance minister Choi Sang-mok is appointed acting president and acting prime minister. (BBC News) 

Impeached South Korean president You Suck Y’all is accused of ordering the authorization of the use of live firearms to stop MPs from overriding the martial law vote and to force the MPs out of the National Assembly legislature building. (BBC News) 

A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 carrying 181 people crashes during landing at the Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing 179 people and wounding two crew members that merely survived. (Bloomberg) 

South Korea confirms the first capture of a North Korean soldier fighting against Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast, Russia, with the soldier later dying from his injuries. (BBC News) 

U.S. homelessness hits a record high in 2024, increasing by more than 18% in the past year, primarily due to high housing costs, natural disasters, and an increase in migration to major cities. (BBC News) 

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that Russia had accidently shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, accused Russia of trying to obfuscate and “hush up” the crash, and demanded from Russia a full admission of guilt, punishment for those responsible and compensation for the victims. (Associated Press) 

The president of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili leaves the Presidential Palace to avoid violence and bloodshed under pressure from the ruling Georgian Dream party. (Associated Press) 

Mikheil Kavelashvili is inaugurated as the new president. (Associated Press) 

Croatians vote to elect their President between incumbent Zoran Milanović and seven other candidates. (Reuters) 

Voters in Chad elect the 188 members of the National Assembly. (Al Jazeera) 

Seven civilians are killed and several are wounded after the Sudanese Armed Forces strike the southern part of Khartoum. (Sudan Tribune) 

Saturday, December 28th, 2024 

The Montenegrin Minister of Justice approves the extradition of cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon to the United States over fraud allegations resulting from the collapse of the Terra and Luna tokens. (BBC News) 

Syria’s new government announces “a large-scale sweep operation” in Latakia to arrest or eliminate all remaining pro-Assad insurgents and any threats to national security. (Al Jazeera) 

The Gaza Strip Government Media Office reports that 110,000 out of 135,000 tents used as shelters by displaced Palestinians have “completely deteriorated” and are now unusable due to strong winter winds and heavy rainfall. (Al Jazeera) 

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense announces that they targeted several locations in Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani aircraft conducting aerial bombardments within Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera) 

The death toll from the highway collapse between Maranhão, and Tocantins, Brazil, six days ago, increases to eleven with six others still missing. (Correio Brazilense) 

At least two people are killed in a tornado outbreak across the southern United States, with damage reported near Houston, Texas. (USA Today) 

Slovakia threatens reciprocal measures against Ukraine’s plans to suspend the transit of Russian oil to Slovakia on January 1, including suspending electricity supplies. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Slovakia of opening a “second energy front” against Kyiv under Moscow’s orders. (Al Jazeera) 

The Afghanistan‘s Taliban government bans windows overlooking to places “used by women”, and says that existing ones should be blocked. (RFI) 

At least 13,000 Mozambicans flee the country into Malawi amid widespread civil unrest due to the results of the recent general election. (DW) 

Friday,  December 27th, 2024 

Acting South Korean president Han Duck-soo is impeached by the National Assembly after he refused to appoint three Constitutional Court judges chosen by the Assembly to oversee president Yoon Suk Yeol‘s impeachment case. Finance minister Choi Sang-mok becomes acting president and acting prime minister. (BBC News)  

Israeli forces forcibly evacuate the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza. (BBC News) 

Assadist Ba’athist loyalists kill 14 in clashes with the incumbent Syrian National Coalition forces. (BBC) 

NATO announces that it will increase its presence in the Baltic Sea in response to the suspected sabotage of Estlink submarine power cables. (Reuters) 

Estonia deploys its navy to protect its remaining Estlink submarine power cable following the failure of Estlink 2. (BBC News) 

The Houthis launch a ballistic missile from Yemen, targeting Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. The missile is intercepted before reaching Israeli airspace.  (The Guardian) 

People are urged to seek shelter across southern and central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, as the Houthis launch ballistic missiles from Yemen. (The Times of Israel) 

Houthi-run state television reports that American and British airstrikes have targeted the Ma’ain District of Sanaa, Yemen. No casualties are reported. (Anadolu Agency) 

A 83-year-old Israeli woman is fatally stabbed by a Palestinian militant in Herzliya, Israel. (The Times of Israel) 

The United Nations Security Council approves the Resolution 2767 deployment of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), effective January 1, replacing the current African Union Transition Mission in Somalia. However, Somalia rejects Ethiopia’s participation in AUSSOM amid tensions over a memorandum of understanding that Ethiopia signed with Somaliland in January. Somalia considers the memorandum a violation of its sovereignty and has instead asked Egypt to contribute troops to the mission. (Reuters) 

China announces the formal approval of a proposal to construct the world’s largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. (BBC News) 

Azerbaijan Airlines suspends flights to seven cities in Russia following the crash of Flight 8243 on Wednesday, amid allegations that the plane had been hit by a Russian surface-to-air missile. (DW) 

United States National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says that there is evidence that Russia shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines flight. (The Hill) 

Kazakhstan and Israel suspend flights over Russian airspace in response to the Azerbaijan Airlines crash. (Politico) 

Kosovo reports its first case of mpox in a 30-year-old man who travelled to Africa. (Reuters) 

The U.S. State Department announces sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream political party. Georgian prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze accuses the United States of “blackmail” over the move. (BBC News) 

Ukraine announces that it has sent a shipment of 500 tonnes of wheat to Syria after Russia suspended shipments following the fall of the Assad regime. (The Kyiv Independent) 

The first capture of a North Korean soldier fighting against Ukrainian forces is confirmed by South Korea. (BBC News) (Reuters) 

Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko announces the closure of all foreign military bases in the country, citing a decision by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to remove foreign troops as part of a broader shift away from colonial-era military arrangements. (AP) 

A Chinese court sentences the perpetrator of the car attack in Zhuhai that killed 35 people to death. (AP) 

Venezuelan attorney general Tarek William Saab announces an investigation into a previously detained Argentine National Gendarmerie non-commissioned officer for alleged links to right-wing terrorism. (Reuters) 

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolves the Bundestag and schedules new elections for February 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz‘s coalition collapses and no parliamentary majority emerges to form a stable government. (AP) 

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