December 2024 is the twelfth and final month of the current leap year. The month, which began on a Sunday, will end on a Tuesday after 31 days. It is the current month.
December 1, 2024 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Northwestern Syria offensive
- Battle of Aleppo
- 2024 Aleppo University Hospital airstrike
- Turkish-backed militants say that they captured Aleppo's Ramouseh district as well as the city of As-Safira and the town of Khanasir in Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera Mubasher) (SOHR)
- At least nine people are killed and at least 62 others are injured in Russian airstrikes on Idlib. (SOHR)
- The Syrian National Army says that they captured the city of Tell Rifaat and Menagh Air Base in Aleppo Governorate. (Al Jazeera Mubasher)
- Battle of Aleppo
- Northwestern Syria offensive
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- The Rapid Support Forces establish a civilian administration in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, including the adjacent cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North. (The National News) (Dabanga Sudan)
- Battle of Khartoum
- Colombian conflict
- After three days of encounters between The Raúl Reyes Front, commanded by a.k.a Calarcá, and the Frontera Commands leaving momentarily 12 militants dead, in the municipality of Puerto Guzmán, Putumayo Department. (Deutche Welle)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Nineteen people are killed by Cyclone Fengal in India and Sri Lanka. (Reuters)
International relations
- Ukraine–United States relations
- U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that the United States will not return to Ukraine the nuclear weapons that they dismantled. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2024 Nzérékoré stampede
- At least 56 people are killed during a stampede at a football match in Nzérékoré, Guinea, after the police tear gassed the field as rival fans stormed it following a controversial referee decision. A police station is later set ablaze. (Al Jazeera)
- Hunter Biden laptop controversy
- United States President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden of tax and firearms charges. (BBC News)
- Seventy-nine people are injured in football hooliganism clashes between fans of FC Carl Zeiss Jena and BSG Chemie Leipzig following a match in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. (DW)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election
- In Iceland, the Social Democratic Alliance wins 15 seats in the Althing elections, with the incumbent Independence Party winning 14 seats. However, no party achieved a majority. (DW)
- 2024 Romanian parliamentary election
- Romanians vote for the 330 seats of the Chamber of Deputies and the 136 seats of the Senate. (RFE/RL)
December 2, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arab–Israeli conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- Hamas says that 33 hostages have been killed in the 14 months since the war started. (The Times)
- The Israel Defense Forces say that Israeli-American soldier Omer Maxim Neutra, previously believed to be a living hostage, was killed during the October 7 attacks last year and his body was kept in Gaza. (Haaretz)
- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says there will be "all Hell to pay" if all the hostages are not released prior to the start of his second term. (AP)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- The Gaza Health Ministry says that around 37 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours, increasing the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 44,466. (The Hindu)
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Syrian civil war
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces that the United States will provide Ukraine with a $725 million weapons package. (Reuters)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, Kivu conflict
- At least 10 people are killed during an attack by Allied Democratic Forces gunmen in Batangi-Mbau, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Several houses are burned. (AP)
Business and economy
- German economic crisis
- Workers of the German metalworkers' union IG Metall begin a labor strike after failed negotiations with Volkswagen following the closure of three automotive manufacturing plants. (DW)
Law and crime
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee releases their final reports on the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States investigating the origins of COVID-19, Operation Warp Speed's vaccination program, and mask mandates and lockdowns. (The Hill)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- 2024 Georgian post-election protests
- Georgian police arrest opposition leader Zurab Japaridze, accusing his party of "coordinating violence" during the protests against Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
- Maritime drug smuggling into Australia
- Australian Federal Police announces they have arrested thirteen men, including the vice president of the outlaw Comanchero Motorcycle Club and two teenagers, for illegally smuggling 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into the country after their fishing boat broke down off the coast of Urangan, Queensland, Australia. (Al Jazeera) (RNZ) (ABC News)
- Forty-four children are injured, including one critically, when a person sprays an unknown gas inside a school in Berlin, Germany. (Blue News)
- Three people are killed and eight others are injured after a mass shooting at a gathering in Gage Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States. (NBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Irish general election
- In Ireland, Fianna Fáil remains the largest party at the Dáil Éireann, increasing its number of seats to 48. Its governing partner Fine Gael wins 38 seats, with the two parties combined winning 86 seats, two shy of a majority. (AP)
- 2024 Romanian presidential election
- The Constitutional Court of Romania upholds the results of the first round of the presidential elections following a recount last week after far-right independent candidate Călin Georgescu won a plurality of the vote, triggering a run-off. (Al Jazeera) (France24)
December 3, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Red Sea crisis
- The Government of Canada officially designates the Houthi movement as a terrorist organization due to its attacks on civilian and Israeli vessels. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
- A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upholds the death penalty for real estate tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan after she was found guilty of embezzling $12.5 billion through the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank. (VnExpress) (AP)
December 4, 2024 (Wednesday)
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