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'''Armed conflicts and attacks'''
*[[Israel–Hamas war]]
**[[2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip]]
***Ten [[Israeli Ground Forces|Israeli troops]] are killed in clashes in the [[Gaza Strip]], including a [[colonel]] of the [[Golani Brigade]] killed in [[Shuja'iyya]], [[Gaza City]], bringing the total number of [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] personnel killed to 115.  [https://www.reuters.com/world/netanyahu-says-israel-us-differ-about-post-war-gaza-rule-2023-12-12/ (Reuters)] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/13/gaza-israel-soldiers-killed-hamas-ambush (''The Guardian'')]
*[[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
**[[Daraban police station attack]]
***A [[Tehreek-e-Jihad]] militant [[Suicide attack|blows himself up]] by [[vehicle-ramming attack|ramming]] a [[car bomb]] outside a [[police station]] being used by the [[Pakistan Army|army]] in [[Daraban]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]], before five gunmen [[Mass shooting|open fire]], killing at least 23 people and injuring 34 others. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/12/894 (Al Jazeera)]
*[[Islamist insurgency in the Sahel]]
**Two [[Benin Armed Forces|soldiers]] are killed by an [[improvised explosive device]] while riding a motorcycle in [[Karimama, Benin|Karimama]], [[Alibori Department|Alibori]], [[Benin]]. [https://guardian.ng/news/benin-landmine-blast-kills-two-soldiers-security-sources/ (AFP via ''The Guardian'')]
*[[Mexican drug war]]
**Six gunmen from the [[Sinaloa Cartel]] and [[Jalisco New Generation Cartel]] were killed after an encounter between criminal factions, in the locality of Boquilla del Carmen, municipality of [[Villanueva, Zacatecas|Villanueva]] [[Zacatecas]]. Police and soldiers also find two people wounded, as well as one armed suspect and guns and a grenade. [https://apnews.com/article/mexico-killings-drug-cartel-zacatecas-521c68631f44cb1a78cf90234dd903d7 (AP)][https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/estados/2023/12/12/villanueva-zacatecas-enfrentamiento-cjng-cartel-de-sinaloa-seis-muertos/ (El Financiero)]
'''Business and economy'''
*[[2021–2023 inflation]]
**[[Sri Lankan economic crisis (2019–present)|Sri Lankan economic crisis]]
***The [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) resumes its [[United States dollar|US$]]2.9 billion [[bailout]] for [[Sri Lanka]], releasing a $337 million tranche, after the country secures a [[debt restructuring]] agreement with [[China]], its largest bilateral [[creditor]]. [https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/imf-resumes-2-9-loan-billion-bailout-for-sri-lanka-4665621 (AFP via NDTV)]
**The IMF approves a $681 million [[disbursement]] for [[Bangladesh]], the second portion of a $4.7 billion loan package. [https://efe.com/en/economy/2023-12-13/imf-agrees-to-release-681-million-loan-for-bangladesh/ (EFE)]
*[[Visa policy of Kenya]]
**[[President of Kenya|Kenyan President]] [[William Ruto]] announces that all [[Tourism in Kenya|tourists]] will no longer require a [[travel visa]] to enter the country from January, with the visa being replaced by [[Electronic visa|electronic travel authorisation]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenya-scrap-visas-all-visitors-president-says-2023-12-12/ (Reuters)]
*The [[Entertainment Software Association]] announces that the annual gaming expo [[E3]] will no longer take place, after having run for over 28 years. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2023/12/12/e3-permanently-canceled/ (''The Washington Post'')]
*The [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]] reports that [[Opium production in Myanmar|Myanmar]] has surpassed [[Opium production in Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] as the world's largest producer of [[opium]]. [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231212-myanmar-overtakes-afghanistan-as-world-s-biggest-opium-producer-un (AFP via France 24)]
'''International relations'''
*[[2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis]]
**[[Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Vincentian prime minister]] [[Ralph Gonsalves]] announces that [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] will host a meeting between the leaders of [[Venezuela]] and [[Guyana]] on 14 December to discuss the two countries' ongoing dispute over [[Guayana Esequiba]] and to prevent an armed escalation. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/10/leaders-of-venezuela-and-guyana-to-meet-amid-border-dispute (Al Jazeera)]
*[[International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war]]
**[[United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/22]]
***The [[United Nations]] passes a resolution by a vote of 153–10, with 23 abstentions, demanding an immediate humanitarian [[ceasefire]] in the war in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], the unconditional and immediate release of all [[2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis|hostages]], and for both sides to comply with the [[law of war]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-general-assembly-set-demand-gaza-ceasefire-2023-12-12/ (Reuters)]
'''Law and crime'''
*[[Illegal immigration to Mexico]]
**[[Mexico]]’s [[National Institute of Migration|immigration agency]] detains two buses carrying 102 migrants in the southern Mexican state of [[Oaxaca]]. The majority of the migrants came from the [[West Africa]]n nations of [[Senegal]] and [[Guinea]], as well as six from [[Djibouti]], two from Congo and one from [[Mauritania]]. [https://apnews.com/article/mexico-migrants-africa-smuggle-bus-oaxaca-3479582208c4b086eac2ae3c08f194fb (AP)]
*Several [[drug dealer]]s and a [[Royal Jordanian Army|soldier]] are killed during a [[shootout]] at [[Jordan]]'s [[Jordan–Syria border|border]] with [[Syria]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/12/jordian-army-kills-several-drug-runners-amid-soaring-captagon-trade (Al Jazeera)]
*A [[Judicial system of Japan|district court]] in [[Fukushima (city)|Fukushima]], [[Japan]], convicts three former [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force|soldiers]] for [[Chikan (body contact)|sexually assaulting]] a colleague, [[Rina Gonoi]], during a [[military exercise]] in 2021, sentencing them to two years in prison and suspending them from the military for four years. [https://www.wionews.com/world/japan-court-jails-three-ex-soldiers-for-sexual-abuse-of-female-colleague-668877 (AFP via WION)]
*Five members of a family are shot by gunmen in [[Guayaquil, Ecuador]]. Four children die instantly, while their mother died two days later, while their father is injured. The gunmen intended to target members of the Los Lagartos gang in an adjacent house, according to [[National Police of Ecuador|Ecuadorian police]]. [https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1845609/hitmen-wrong-address-execute-family-children-Ecuador (Express)]
'''Science and technology'''
*[[NASA]]'s ''[[Perseverance (rover)|Perseverance]]'' finds evidence that an ancient [[river delta]] on [[Mars]] held a crater-filling lake billions of years ago. [https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-2020-perseverance/perseverance-rover/nasas-perseverance-rover-deciphers-ancient-history-of-martian-lake/ (NASA)]
'''Sports'''
*[[2023–24 Süper Lig]]
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***In [[association football]], [[MKE Ankaragücü]] president {{ill|Faruk Koca|tr}} is arrested after attacking [[Referee (association football)|referee]] [[Halil Umut Meler]] following the club's match against [[Çaykur Rizespor]]. [https://www.itv.com/news/2023-12-12/despicable-attack-turkish-domestic-football-suspended-after-referee-attacked (ITV News)]
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