Armed conflicts and attacks

Seven civilians are killed and several others are injured in a Sudanese Armed Forces strike on residential areas in the southern part of Khartoum, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)

• https://sudantribune.com/article295230/

Disasters and accidents

Three migrants die attempting to cross the English Channel, with 45 rescued and treated for hypothermia and four hospitalized. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rn2z2npwvo

Disasters and accidents

At least 71 people are killed and four injured when a passenger-carrying truck drives off a bridge into a river in Bona Zuria, Sidama Region, Ethiopia. (The Guardian) (Voice of America)

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/29/more-than-60-people-dead-after-road-accident-in-southern-ethiopia
• https://www.voanews.com/a/ethiopia-traffic-accident-kills-dozens/7918105.html

Disasters and accidents

Two pilots are killed when their light aircraft crashes into the sea near Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, shortly after takeoff from Al Jazeirah Airport. (Inquirer.net)

• https://globalnation.inquirer.net/259668/uae-light-plane-crash-leaves-pilot-co-pilot-dead-aviation-authority

Politics and elections

At the conclusion of the annual year-end general meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the appointment of Pak Thae-song to replace Kim Tok-hun in the post of Prime Minister of North Korea is announced. (Yonhap News Agency)

• https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20241229000500315?section=nk/nk