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Portal:Current events/2019 December 25

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • Taliban militants say they have kidnapped 27 local peace activists in Farah Province as they were traveling from Herat Province. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanitan-kidnapping/27-local-peace-activists-abducted-in-western-afghanistan-idUSKBN1YT0FB (Reuters)]
  • Arbinda attack
  • In Burkina Faso, the government orders 48 hours of mourning after the jihadist attack yesterday in Soum Province. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/mourning-burkina-faso-attack-kills-dozens-191225001927810.html (Al Jazeera)]
  • A dozen Burkina Faso soldiers are killed in an armed attack in the night by militants responsible for the previous attack. [https://www.dw.com/en/burkina-faso-tense-in-mourning-amid-jihadist-attacks/a-51795594 (DW News)]
  • Two "wanted terrorists" are killed in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, after exchanging gunfire with security forces. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security/saudi-security-forces-kill-two-terrorists-after-dammam-city-shooting-tv-idUSKBN1YT0KU (Reuters)]
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is briefly brought to a bomb shelter during an election rally in Ashkelon, Israel, after a rocket is fired from the Gaza Strip. The rocket is intercepted with no casualties reported. [https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/israel-gaza-rocket-intercepted-as-pm-held-election-rally/2192244/ (NBCWashington)] [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-violence/gaza-rocket-sends-netanyahu-to-shelter-during-campaign-rally-tv-idUSKBN1YT0P6? (Reuters)]

;Arts and culture

  • Notre-Dame de Paris fire
  • Notre-Dame rector Patrick Chauvet states there is "maybe a 50 percent chance that [the building] will be saved" due to deterioration of scaffolding near the vaults, and that renovations will not start until 2021 at the soonest. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/notre-dame-rector-fragile-cathedral-saved-191225163613989.html (Al Jazeera)]

;Law and crime

  • Japanese National Diet member Tsukasa Akimoto of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is arrested for allegedly receiving up to ¥3 million in bribes from a Chinese company interested in setting up a casino in the country. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-casino-corruption/japan-ruling-party-lawmaker-arrested-on-casino-bribery-suspicion-prosecutors-idUSKBN1YT03N?il=0 (Reuters)]

;Politics and elections

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