Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • Houthi involvement in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
    • 2023 attack on the USS Carney
      • The USS Carney, along with multiple civilian-owned commercial ships, is attacked by the Houthis in the Red Sea. (Washington Post)
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 700 Palestinians have been killed during the last 24 hours by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. Rights groups have raised concerns against Israel’s stepped-up attacks in southern Gaza, which was declared a “safe zone” by Israel. (Al Jazeera)
• Moro conflict; Terrorism in the Philippines
  • 2023 Marawi bombing
    • Four people are killed and about 50 others injured by a bombing during a Catholic Mass at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Bangsamoro, Philippines. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters)
• Kivu conflict
  • The East African Community's task force begins withdrawing from North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after the country refused to renew the force's mandate. (AFP via France 24)

Disasters and incidents

• 2023 Africa floods
  • At least 20 people are killed and 70 others injured in landslides caused by flooding in Katesh, Manyara, Tanzania. (AFP via 24 Digital)

Health and environment

• 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference
  • COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber dismisses proposals for a fossil fuel phase-out, for which he is accused of climate change denial. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• A man kills four of his family members and wounds another during a mass stabbing in Queens, New York, United States, and injures two responding police officers, before being shot dead. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis
  • 2023 Venezuelan referendum
    • Venezuelans vote in a referendum to measure popular support on the territorial claim to Guayana Esequiba, which is part of Guyana. (BBC News)
• Human rights in Ukraine
  • Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko says Ukraine is heading toward authoritarianism in a interview with Der Spiegel. Klitschko believes the President's Office views mayors as an impediment to power consolidation. (Kyiv Independent)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • More than 190 Palestinians are killed and hundreds more are wounded by Israeli airstrikes on different parts of the Gaza Strip, including Khan Younis in southern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
    • The United Nations said the fighting would worsen the extreme humanitarian emergency in Gaza. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said that the people of Gaza had nowhere safe to go and very little to survive on. (Al Jazeera)
  • The United States provides BLU-109 bunker buster bombs and other munitions to Israel. Similar bombs made by the US have been used by Israel in the Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes, including a strike that levelled an apartment block, killing more than 100 people. (Al Jazeera)
• Spillover of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Eight people are killed and 26 more injured as unknown gunmen open fire against a bus on the Karakoram Highway near the town of Chilas, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
• Islamic terrorism in Europe, Terrorism in France
  • One person is killed and two others are injured in a stabbing near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The suspect is arrested by police. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The cooling tower of the decommissioned Voerde power plant is blown up. (NRZ) (RWE) (WDR)

Disasters and accidents

• December 2023 Mindanao earthquake
  • A person is killed after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines. Tsunami warnings are issued for the Philippines and Japan, but are later lifted. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Human rights in Ukraine
  • Ukraine's security service stops former president Petro Poroshenko from leaving the country. Poroshenko's political party, European Solidarity, said he had scheduled meetings in Poland and the United States. (Reuters via France 24)

December 3

• 1283 – During the First Mongol invasion of Burma, the fort at Ngasaunggyan was overrun after a two-month siege.
• 1927 – Putting Pants on Philip, the first official film featuring the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, was released.
• 1967 – Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard (pictured) performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
• 1979 – Following the result of a two-day referendum, the current Constitution of Iran was adopted.
• 1990 – Mary Robinson was inaugurated as the first female President of Ireland.