Shi Taifeng Authorities name Shi Taifeng Acting Governor of Jiangsu province in China, replacing Li Xueyong, who retired due to age.
US Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear an appeal case concerning Puerto Rico's restructuring of debt.
Obama administration The Obama Administration and the International Rescue Committee ask a federal judge to reject attempts by Texas to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the state. Later, the Texas Attorney General withdraws the state’s December 2, 2015 request for a temporary restraining order.
2015 South Indian floods Many parts of Chennai still remain flooded, including almost all of South Chennai. Food and other basics are in short supply throughout the city.
U.S. Court of Appeals 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.
Firebomb is thrown into a restaurant A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo killing 17 people.
A 2015 terror attack Tashfeen Malik, the female suspect in the San Bernardino, California shootings pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant online.
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.