Armed conflicts and attacks

Russia launches the largest wave of drones and missiles on Ukrainian cities since the start of the war in a widespread overnight assault across the country, killing at least 39 people and injuring at least 160 others. (AP) (Ukrainian Pravda)

• https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-aerial-attack-missiles-drones-fe3fb596cdea0035573a6a677f17070c
• https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/12/29/7435141/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Six people are killed and 26 others are injured in a mass shooting at a party in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. The shooting's target, a cartel member, is among those killed. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/mexico-6-killed-cartel-killings-sonora-1efa27100f3e190633064d78004ce7c8

Disasters and accidents

Around 120 people are rescued from a breakaway ice floe on Upper Red Lake near Bemidji, Minnesota, United States. (CNN)

• https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/29/us/minnesota-ice-rescue-122-people/index.html

International relations

Argentine president Javier Milei sends a letter to BRICS, rejecting the bloc's invitation for Argentina to join it. (La Nación) (BBC News)

• https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-gobierno-de-javier-milei-oficializo-que-la-argentina-no-entrara-a-los-brics-nid29122023/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67842992

Law and crime

South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/south-africa-seeks-international-court-justice-genocide-order-against-israel-2023-12-29