Metropolitan Police Metropolitan Police announce a criminal investigation into David Walliams about "alleged serious sexual offences". The police say they are separate to those investigated by ITN and "The Guardian".
Nairobi Six people are killed and five more injured after an under construction building partially collapses in Nairobi, Kenya.
Golaghat Twenty-four people are killed and eleven more injured in a bus–truck collision in Golaghat, India.
2026 FAA ground stop The Federal Aviation Administration issues a nationwide ground stop for all flights in the United States due to “extraordinary circumstances”.
2026 New Orleans ship collision A tanker and the cruise ship "American Heritage" collide in the Mississippi River. The cruise ship, carrying 130 people, sinks. Multiple people are in the water.
2026 in American music The last recorded song by the late American country singer Dolly Parton, a duet with Bono, is released as part of U2's 16th album "Carnaval De Luz", months after her death in August.
Middle Eastern crisis Iran claims it has destroyed an early-warning radar in Bahrain as a retaliation for a US strike on telecommunication infrastructure on Sirik.
Articles The post-truth and the contextMost of the daily information we see on the mainstream media today is the news equivalent of fast-food.
International sporting sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine Finland announces visa restrictions preventing Russian athletes, including neutral competitors, from entering for sporting events beginning November 16. Norway also announces similar restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes and their support staff.
Major outage impacts multiple Microsoft A major outage impacts multiple Microsoft services, including Microsoft 365, Copilot and Teams, worldwide.
Europol Europol announces that Operation TorNado, an international investigation into illegal dark web marketplaces, resulted in 354 arrests across 14 countries and the seizure of approximately 5.7 tonnes of drugs, 209 firearms, and €211 million (US$234 million) in assets.
Mass shootings in the United States One person is killed and four more are injured in a shooting spree in Logan Circle, Washington D.C., United States. The suspected gunman later kills himself after barricading himself from police inside a nearby apartment.
Iranian external operations A British court convicts two Iranian men of spying on journalists from London-based broadcaster Iran International. One of them is also convicted of preparing a violent attack, while a third defendant is acquitted.
2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak Four more children in Bangladesh are reported to have died from measles, bringing the death toll past 1,299.
Mountain A bus veers off a mountain road in Bhimphedi, Nepal, killing ten people and wounding five more.
Gilgit-Baltistan A passenger van plunges off a road in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, killing eleven people and wounding three more.
Multiple-vehicle collision Fourteen people are killed and 30 more injured in a multiple-vehicle collision involving 18 cars and five trucks in the Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Jensen Huang spying scandal Jensen Huang resigns as chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Nvidia and leaves the company's board following reports of two extramarital affairs, including one involving a suspected Chinese intelligence agent. Chief financial officer Colette Kress becomes interim CEO.
Guatemala Guatemala receives the remains of 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Miguel Ángel Asturias from France, 52 years after his death. President Bernardo Arévalo attends a ceremony ahead of the writer's burial in Guatemala City.
27th Annual Latin Grammy Awards U.S. Rep-elect Bobby Pulido of Texas's 15th congressional district wins a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album.
Munshiganj Sadar At least 10 people, including five with gunshot wounds, are injured in Munshiganj Sadar, Bangladesh, during a clash involving gunfire and crude bomb explosions between two factions of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Russo-Ukrainian war Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and United States special envoy Jared Kushner announce that European representatives will join future peace negotiations with Russia, which Russian president Vladimir Putin agrees to while maintaining his territorial demands and rejecting foreign peacekeeping troops in Ukraine.
Haitian conflict Haitian and Salvadoran soldiers take control of the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince after two years of gang control.
2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup The United States men's national under-17 soccer team withdraws from the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar, citing safety concerns related to the Houthi–Saudi conflict.
Cybersecurity Cybersecurity firm CloudSek reports that the Kazakhstan-linked hacker group Silent Lynx used an autonomous agent to breach Tajikistan's government database and steal more than 2,000 national security-related documents.
Cyberwarfare by Russia The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) reports that it stopped a December 2025 cyberattack against an unidentified government institution, attributing it to the Russia-linked trojan package Turla. The SRI finds no evidence that sensitive information was stolen.
Independence March Polish president Karol Nawrocki and at least 500,000 people participate in the annual patriotic march celebrating the National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland.
Gibran Rakabuming Raka diploma controversy Indonesian vice president Gibran Rakabuming Raka submits his resignation amid questions about his educational qualifications. Bloomberg News reports that President Prabowo Subianto accepts the resignation, although the government has not publicly confirmed its acceptance.
Spain Millions of workers across Spain launch a general strike to demand government intervention over the country's housing crisis, as an escalation of the ongoing protests.
2026 Brazilian general election The Brazilian Superior Electoral Court fines Meta Platforms R$7.5 million (US$1.34 million) for failing to comply with judicial orders concerning the 2026 presidential election, while finding insufficient evidence of deliberate electoral interference.
2026 United States Senate elections After a week of counting affidavit ballots, the Associated Press and CNN project the election to the U.S. Senate in Mississippi for Democratic candidate Scott Colom, defeating the incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and becoming the first black senator from the state since Blanche Bruce in the 1874–75 elections.
Red Brigades Former Red Brigades member Leonardo Bertulazzi escapes house arrest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while awaiting extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence for kidnapping and membership in an armed group. Argentine security forces launch a manhunt for him.
Colombian conflict Two people are arrested in connection with an explosive attack on the headquarters of Colombian broadcaster RCN Televisión in Cali, Valle del Cauca.
2026 European infrastructure disruption More than 6,000 schools across Italy are evacuated following bomb threats.
Kenya–Sudan relations Kenyan president William Ruto signs a deal for Sudan to lift its 20-month ban on imports of tea from Kenya.
France–Russia relations Russia bans two French lawmakers, Arthur Delaporte and Sacha Houlié, and two journalists, Ariane Chemin and Paul Gogo, from entering the country for allegedly harassing Xenia Fedorova, the head of RT France, from 2017 to 2023.
China–Germany relations Germany announces that its military will discontinue using Chinese-made drones for military training and exercises, replacing them with German or other European models to address security concerns.
Argentina–Iran relations Iran designates the Argentinian naval and air forces as terrorist organizations, in response to Argentina designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as such in March.
United States The American ocean liner SS States is sunk off the coast of Destin–Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States, to become the world's largest artificial reef.
2026 Ebola epidemic The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo surpasses 11,000, with at least 5,387 deaths, affecting 8 of the country's 26 provinces.
The Kenyan health ministry reports that the country has discharged its last Ebola patient from a hospital in Nairobi after eleven contact cases were treated. Kenya will be declared Ebola-free on December 23 if no one else exhibits symptoms.
Collapses A 3-story apartment building collapses near a construction site in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, killing eight people and wounding 19 more.
2026–27 European windstorm season Portugal closes approximately 8,000 schools nationwide and suspends non-essential public services as Storm Charles approaches. The second day of the Web Summit in Lisbon is also cancelled.
2026 Paraguay banking crisis The Central Bank of Paraguay reports providing partial refunds to 1,812,348 eligible Ueno Bank depositors following the bank's collapse.
2026 Iran war fuel crisis The German cabinet approves draft legislation establishing a strategic natural gas reserve of 24 terawatt-hours, equivalent to approximately 10% of national storage capacity, to maintain gas supplies during emergencies.
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistani Taliban carries out an ambush against police personnel in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killing ten officers. Eighteen gunmen are also killed in the ensuing shootout.
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency At least 22 people are killed by Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces rebels across eight locations in Mambasa Territory, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Middle Eastern crisis Israel launches an airstrike against the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, killing six Palestinians, including a surgeon, and wounding over 20 more. Four more people are also killed in other airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.