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December 21, 2024 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - At least seven Ukrainian drones strike Kazan, Russia, six of which reportedly hit residential areas including a 32-story apartment building. (Ukrainska Pravda) (Reuters)
2024 Magdeburg car attack
- German authorities identify the perpetrator of yesterday's vehicle-ramming attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which killed five people and injured over 200, as Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen, a psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia known for extreme anti-Islam and far-right activism. (Blick)
Red Sea crisis
- Sixteen people are injured in a Houthi missile attack on the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area in Israel. (CNN)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Sixteen Pakistani soldiers are killed and five are critically injured after militants launch an overnight raid on an army post in Makeen, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near the Afghan border. (Al Arabiya)
Several bombs explodes outside banks and post offices between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, in Russia. (112.ua)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

Thirty people are killed and 13 more are injured when a bus departing from São Paulo collides with a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais, Brazil. (AP)
Ten people are killed after a stampede at a church in Abuja, Nigeria, amid distribution of food and clothes. (AP)
At least ten people killed when a bus plunges into a ravine in Lorestan, Iran. (Al Arabiya)

International relations

Syria–United States relations
- The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act expires due to its sunset clause that said the Act will cease to be effective 5 years after its enactment. The Act was signed by President Donald Trump and became law in 2019. The Syrian transitional government has repeatedly called for the removal of all economic sanctions against Syria so that the country can start reconstruction on its infrastructure after 13 years of civil war left the country in ruins. (U.S. Congress)

Politics and elections

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 *[[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
 **Sixteen [[Pakistan]]i [[Pakistan Armed Forces|soldiers]] are killed and five are critically injured after militants launch an overnight raid on an army post in [[Makeen]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], near the [[Durand Line|Afghan border]]. [https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/12/21/pakistan-militant-raid-kills-16-soldiers-intelligence-officials- (Al Arabiya)]
+*Several bombs explodes outside banks and post offices between [[Moscow]] and [[Saint Petersburg]], in [[Russia]]. [https://112.ua/en/u-moskvi-ta-sankt-peterburzi-progrimili-vibuhi-pid-udarom-posta-ta-banki-49959 (112.ua)]
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