Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
A mortar attack in Afghanistan's central Wardak province kills at least 12 people. (Tolo News)
Military intervention against ISIL
In an act of solidarity with France following the Paris massacre, Germany's parliament (the Bundestag) approves measures to move past the military's primary defensive role, to send six of its 29 operational, yet aged, Tornado reconnaissance aircraft, and as many as 1,200 soldiers to support the coalition missions against Islamic State militants in Syria. The airplanes will be limited to support activities; they will not fly combat missions. (The Los Angeles Times), (Reuters), (CNN)
2015 San Bernardino shooting
Tashfeen Malik, the female suspect in the San Bernardino, California shootings pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant online. (BBC)
2015 Cairo restaurant fire
A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo killing 17 people. (Reuters)
Business and economy
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit hears arguments about whether the net neutrality rules of the Federal Communications Commission are within the FCC's statutory mandate. (Reuters)