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December 7
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Amnesty International reports that United States-made munitions were used in two Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on residential buildings that killed 43 civilians. Survivors in both instances received no warning of the impending airstrikes. (The Independent)
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Mahé explosion
- The Seychelles declares a state of emergency after a large explosion in an industrial area on Mahé destroys numerous commercial buildings and nearby residential housing. A number of people are reportedly injured. The Seychelles International Airport is also damaged. A state of emergency is also declared for ongoing floods in the country, which have killed at least three people. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- A person is killed and five others are injured when a 14-year-old girl opens fire at a school in Bryansk, Russia, before killing herself. (AP)
December 6
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Israel–Hamas war
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Twenty-two members of a family are killed in an Israeli airstrike on the home in which they were sheltering in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. (Al Jazeera)
- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invokes Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in Gaza and adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire. (Al Jazeera)
- UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk says his "colleagues describe the situation as apocalyptic" in Gaza, with a "heightened risk of atrocity crimes". (Al Jazeera)
- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns that the situation in Gaza is "getting worse each minute", and that “another wave of displacement is underway" amidst further military operations by Israel. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- War in Sudan
- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses both sides of the conflict of committing war crimes during the war, including crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- A Guyana Defence Force helicopter goes missing while on a border operation near the border with Venezuela. (Newsday)
Health and environment
- Authorities says that dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, as at least 21 deaths and 600 cases linked to the disease are reported. (AP)
International relations
- China–Italy relations
- Italy withdraws from China's Belt and Road Initiative. Both countries have indicated a desire to maintain open channels of political dialogue. (AFP via The Hindu)
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The United States Senate blocks a supplemental funding bill that included financial aid for Ukraine. (The Guardian)
- International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian crude oil price cap sanctions
- Politico reports that efforts to cap Russia’s oil revenues has essentially failed, due to widespread circumvention, loopholes and the ongoing fuel business. (Politico)
- In October, Russia earned $11.3 billion from oil exports, exceeding the amount earned prior to the start of the war. (Bloomberg)
- G7 nations agree to impose trade restrictions on non-industrial diamonds from Russia. (AFP via RFI)
- 2022 Russian crude oil price cap sanctions
Law and crime
- 2023 University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting
- Three people are killed and three more injured during a mass shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The perpetrator is killed by police. (BBC News)
- Former People's Deputy of Ukraine Illia Kyva, who defected to Russia in March 2022, is found dead in Moscow Oblast. (Meduza)
- Four people are injured in a shooting on a shopping street in Brussels, Belgium. The incident is being investigated as a gang-related crime. (Politico)
Politics and elections
- 118th United States Congress
- Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy announces that he will resign from the United States House of Representatives at the end of the year. (CBS News)
- Rwanda asylum plan
- Robert Jenrick resigns as Minister of State for Immigration, citing disagreements with the UK government's asylum plan. (AFP via NDTV)
Science and technology
- Nuclear power in China
- China announces the world's first fourth-generation nuclear reactor has started commercial operations at the Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Plant. (Reuters)
On This Day
December 7: Feast day of Saint Ambrose (Christianity); National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the United States (1941)
- 43 BC – Cicero, widely considered one of ancient Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was killed after having been proscribed as an enemy of the state.
- 1837 – British troops swiftly defeated rebels led by William Lyon Mackenzie and Anthony Van Egmond at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only major confrontation of the Upper Canada Rebellion.
- 1942 – Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.
- 1988 – A earthquake struck the Spitak region of Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people (aftermath pictured).
- 2011 – The United States transferred its last base in the Al Anbar Governorate to the Iraqi government, ending the Anbar campaign.
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