Portal:Current events/2024 December 30
December 30, 2024 (Monday)
Disasters and accidents
- Three tourists are killed and seven more injured during a fire at a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP)
- Scotland cancels Hogmanay celebrations due to weather warnings for rain snow and wind. (The Independent)
Law and crime
- 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials formally requests an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol over his declaration of martial law. (Reuters)
- Yazidi genocide
- Germany's federal prosecutor charged an Iraqi couple allegedly members of Islamic State with enslavement, torture and war crimes, after they allegedly kept two young Yazidi girls as slaves and sexually and physically abused them. (DW)
- Trinidad and Tobago declares a state of emergency after a spike in gang violence. (CTV News)