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Dec
04
Politics / Government

Ahali party leader Nika Gvaramia is arrested in a police raid on his office in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ahali party leader Nika Gvaramia is arrested in a police raid on his office in Tbilisi, Georgia. The arrest comes as the government continues to crack down on the opposition in response to protests against delaying negotiations to join the European Union. More than 100 demonstrators are also injured during clashes with riot police in Tbilisi. (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 4, 2024
Dec
07
Politics / Government

Palmyra offensive The U.S.-backed Revolutionary Commando Army takes control of the city of Palmyra in Homs Governorate following heavy fighting with pro-governm

Palmyra offensive The U.S.-backed Revolutionary Commando Army takes control of the city of Palmyra in Homs Governorate following heavy fighting with pro-government forces. Rebels also capture the towns of Al-Sukhnah and Al-Qaryatayn in Homs Governorate. (Yeni Safak)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 7, 2024
Dec
08
Politics / Government

US intervention in the Syrian civil war War against the Islamic State The United States launches airstrikes on ISIL targets in Syria following the collapse of t

US intervention in the Syrian civil war War against the Islamic State The United States launches airstrikes on ISIL targets in Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime. (The Telegraph) Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden praises the end of the Ba'athist Syria regime and announces that the U.S. will support Syria and its neighbors during Syria's political transition. (CNBC)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 8, 2024
Dec
08
Politics / Government

Outgoing U.S.

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden praises the end of the Ba'athist Syria regime and announces that the U.S. will support Syria and its neighbors during Syria's political transition. (CNBC)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 8, 2024
Dec
09
Politics / Government

Fall of Damascus Fall of the Assad regime Lieutenant General Ali Mahmoud, Maher al-Assad's office manager and leader of several Syrian civil war campaigns, is f

Fall of Damascus Fall of the Assad regime Lieutenant General Ali Mahmoud, Maher al-Assad's office manager and leader of several Syrian civil war campaigns, is found dead in his office in a suburb of Damascus. (SOHR) (Naharnet) The White Helmets civil defense organization announces they have freed over 20,000 prisoners from Sednaya Prison, with over 10,000 others unaccounted for. They report that there are areas of the prison hidden underground that they do not have access codes to, but can see prisoners on security cameras. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 9, 2024
Dec
11
Politics / Government

Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War United States and the Russo-Ukrainian War The United States Department of State approves a $266.4 million

Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War United States and the Russo-Ukrainian War The United States Department of State approves a $266.4 million sale of F-16 maintenance equipment to Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda) (DSCA) (Newsweek) The Parliament of Canada approves the allocation of CA$764 million (US$587 million) in military aid to Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 11, 2024
Dec
11
Politics / Government

Russo-Ukrainian War Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War United States and the Russo-Ukrainian War The United States Department of State appro

Russo-Ukrainian War Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War United States and the Russo-Ukrainian War The United States Department of State approves a $266.4 million sale of F-16 maintenance equipment to Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda) (DSCA) (Newsweek) The Parliament of Canada approves the allocation of CA$764 million (US$587 million) in military aid to Ukraine. (Ukrainska Pravda)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 11, 2024
Dec
12
Politics / Government

Federal pardons in the United States U.S.

Federal pardons in the United States U.S. President Joe Biden announces pardons for 39 people convicted of non-violent offenses, and commutes the sentences of 1,500 others who had been released from prison to house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is considered the "largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history". (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 12, 2024
Dec
14
Politics / Government

Flights are temporarily suspended at Stewart International Airport in New York, United States, after the Federal Aviation Administration alerts them to a drone

Flights are temporarily suspended at Stewart International Airport in New York, United States, after the Federal Aviation Administration alerts them to a drone sighting in the area. The incident prompts Governor Kathy Hochul to call for federal government intervention amid a series of widespread drone sightings across the Northeastern United States. (ABC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 14, 2024
Dec
16
Politics / Government

President-elect Donald Trump cancels a planned visit to Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey amid drone sightings in the state.

President-elect Donald Trump cancels a planned visit to Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey amid drone sightings in the state. Trump also calls on outgoing President Joe Biden and the U.S. military to reveal the truth about the drones, saying that "the government knows what's happening" and that they know where the drones are coming from. (The Times of India)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 16, 2024
Dec
16
Politics / Government

Chrystia Freeland resigns as Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance amid disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on increased governmen

Chrystia Freeland resigns as Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance amid disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on increased government spending and how to handle possible U.S. tariffs imposed by the incoming Trump administration. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 16, 2024
Dec
16
Politics / Government

Resignation of Chrystia Freeland Chrystia Freeland resigns as Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance amid disagreements with Prime Minister Just

Resignation of Chrystia Freeland Chrystia Freeland resigns as Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance amid disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on increased government spending and how to handle possible U.S. tariffs imposed by the incoming Trump administration. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 16, 2024
Dec
17
Politics / Government

Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz visit the summit of Mount Hermon in Syria, w

Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz visit the summit of Mount Hermon in Syria, which was captured by the Israel Defense Forces last week. (The New York Times) The Israeli military continue invading Syria beyond the 1974 buffer zone in Quneitra Governorate and take control of the Al-Wehda Dam on the Yarmouk River. (JFeed)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 17, 2024
Dec
18
Politics / Government

2024 Northeastern United States drone sightings In his first direct comments on the issue, president Joe Biden states there is "nothing nefarious, apparently" a

2024 Northeastern United States drone sightings In his first direct comments on the issue, president Joe Biden states there is "nothing nefarious, apparently" and "no sense of danger so far" behind the aircraft sightings in the northeastern United States. (NBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 18, 2024
Dec
19
Politics / Government

Georgia–United Kingdom relations, Georgia–United States relations, 2024 Georgian post-election protests The United Kingdom and the United States impose sanction

Georgia–United Kingdom relations, Georgia–United States relations, 2024 Georgian post-election protests The United Kingdom and the United States impose sanctions on Georgian officials, including Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri, in response to alleged violent crackdowns on pro-European protests. (EFE)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 19, 2024
Dec
20
Politics / Government

A funding bill ensuring full operation of the U.S.

A funding bill ensuring full operation of the U.S. federal government service with an amendment supported by President-elect Donald Trump that would enforce a two-year suspension of the federal debt ceiling is rejected in the Republican-majority House of Representatives, with multiple Republicans and nearly all Democrats opposing the bill. A government shutdown is expected to occur if no bill is passed by midnight. (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 20, 2024
Dec
20
Politics / Government

House Speaker Mike Johnson reintroduces a funding bill without Trump's debt ceiling suspension, stating that "we will not have a government shutdown".

House Speaker Mike Johnson reintroduces a funding bill without Trump's debt ceiling suspension, stating that "we will not have a government shutdown". The bill, which will fund the government until March 2025, passes the House by a vote of 336–34 and will now go to the Senate. (The Washington Post)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 20, 2024
Dec
20
Politics / Government

Sudanese civil war Darfur campaign Siege of El Fasher The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that the Rapid Support Forces have killed over 782 civilian

Sudanese civil war Darfur campaign Siege of El Fasher The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that the Rapid Support Forces have killed over 782 civilians and wounded over 1,143 others in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, since May, and urges the RSF to halt their incursions into the city. (Al Jazeera) At least 50 people, mostly from the Zaghawa ethnic group, have been killed by the Rapid Support Forces in the past week in El Fasher, North Darfur State, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 20, 2024
Dec
20
Politics / Government

Darfur campaign Siege of El Fasher The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that the Rapid Support Forces have killed over 782 civilians and wounded over

Darfur campaign Siege of El Fasher The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that the Rapid Support Forces have killed over 782 civilians and wounded over 1,143 others in El Fasher, North Darfur, Sudan, since May, and urges the RSF to halt their incursions into the city. (Al Jazeera) At least 50 people, mostly from the Zaghawa ethnic group, have been killed by the Rapid Support Forces in the past week in El Fasher, North Darfur State, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 20, 2024
Dec
20
Politics / Government

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Malaysian Minister of Transport Anthony Loke announces a new search effort for Malaysia Air

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Malaysian Minister of Transport Anthony Loke announces a new search effort for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which went missing in March 2014, to be conducted by American marine robotics company Ocean Infinity. (DW)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 20, 2024
Dec
21
Politics / Government

Constitutional crisis in Somalia The Puntland region of Somalia announces that it will introduce a new regional currency in 2025.

Constitutional crisis in Somalia The Puntland region of Somalia announces that it will introduce a new regional currency in 2025. The region had previously shifted to use of the United States dollar in 2021, due to severe inflation of the Somali shilling. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online) (Horseed Media)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 21, 2024
Dec
23
Politics / Government

2024 Romanian parliamentary election Following the December 1 parliamentary elections, President Klaus Iohannis asks incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to

2024 Romanian parliamentary election Following the December 1 parliamentary elections, President Klaus Iohannis asks incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to form a new majority coalition cabinet, comprising of the Social Democratic Party, National Liberal Party and Democratic Alliance of Hungarians parties. The government is named and confirmed by the Chamber of Deputies, and takes office the same day. (France 24)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 23, 2024
Dec
23
Politics / Government

Following the December 1 parliamentary elections, President Klaus Iohannis asks incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to form a new majority coalition cabinet

Following the December 1 parliamentary elections, President Klaus Iohannis asks incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to form a new majority coalition cabinet, comprising of the Social Democratic Party, National Liberal Party and Democratic Alliance of Hungarians parties. The government is named and confirmed by the Chamber of Deputies, and takes office the same day. (France 24)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 23, 2024
Dec
23
Politics / Government

Capital punishment by the United States federal government U.S.

Capital punishment by the United States federal government U.S. President Joe Biden commutes the death sentences of 37 out of the 44 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment. The exceptions are Dylann Roof, Robert Gregory Bowers, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who received death sentences for terrorism or hate-motivated mass murder-related crimes, as well as all four prisoners on US Military death row. (CBS News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 23, 2024
Dec
23
Politics / Government

Joel Greenberg, a former IRS employee of Florida is sentenced to 11 years in prison on 6 federal charges for underage sex trafficking, wire fraud, stalking, ide

Joel Greenberg, a former IRS employee of Florida is sentenced to 11 years in prison on 6 federal charges for underage sex trafficking, wire fraud, stalking, identity theft, producing a fake ID card, and conspiring to defraud the US federal government, receiving a reduced sentence after testifying against eight other men including Gaetz, after initially facing 33 federal charges. (CNN)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 23, 2024
Dec
24
Politics / Government

Denmark–United States relations The Danish government announces an increase in defense spending for Greenland hours after US president-elect Donald Trump repeat

Denmark–United States relations The Danish government announces an increase in defense spending for Greenland hours after US president-elect Donald Trump repeated his interest in purchasing Greenland, although they affirm that the two are unrelated. (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 24, 2024
Dec
27
Politics / Government

Georgia–United States relations The U.S.

Georgia–United States relations 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) (Al Arabiya)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 27, 2024
Dec
28
Politics / Government

Gaza war Winter of 2024–25 in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip evacuations The Gaza Strip Government Media Office reports that 110,000 out of 135,000 tents used as sh

Gaza war Winter of 2024–25 in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip evacuations 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)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 28, 2024
Dec
28
Politics / Government

Winter of 2024–25 in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip evacuations The Gaza Strip Government Media Office reports that 110,000 out of 135,000 tents used as shelters by

Winter of 2024–25 in the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip evacuations 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)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Dec 28, 2024
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