Armed conflicts and attacks
Trinidad and Tobago declares a state of emergency as gang violence escalates in the country, after five people were shot dead at a shop in Laventille, Port of Spain, the previous day. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates. Ukraine says that many of those released by Russia are soldiers captured during the Siege of Mariupol in 2022. (BBC News)
Sudanese civil war
The Sudanese government says at least nine people are killed and 121 others injured in shelling by the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum. (Sudan Tribune)
Israeli invasion of Syria
Israel Defense Forces operating in the Syrian side of the 1974 buffer zone, in Quneitra Governorate, advance into the Syrian town of Madinat al-Baath. (The Times of Israel)
Business and economy
Syrian civil war
The Syrian transitional government appoints Maysaa Sabreen as the first female governor of the Central Bank of Syria. (Reuters)
Moldova–Russia relations
Moldovan prime minister Dorin Recean states his country is envisaging the possible nationalization of the Moldovagaz energy company, which Russia's Gazprom owns 50% of, following the announcement by Gazprom that the current gas supply deal that expires on December 31 will not be renewed. (Reuters)