2019 Algerian protests Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appoints former University of Algiers professor Abdelaziz Djerrad to be the new Prime Minister.
Prostitution in China The National People's Congress abolishes the use of forced labor to punish sex workers, but states that prostitution will remain illegal.
Corruption in Vietnam A court in Vietnam sentences former information minister Nguyen Bac Son to life in prison after finding him guilty of accepting $3 million in kickbacks via an overpriced purchase of Audio Visual Global JSC for nearly 8.9 trillion dong ($383.7 million) in late 2015 by government-owned company MobiFone.
Indonesia Indonesian palm oil tanker ship MV "Namse Bangdzod" vanishes in the Java Sea. The ship, with a crew of twelve, is theorised by rescuers to be the victim of piracy, a notion dismissed by the Navy.
Walmart Five people are killed when a plane crashes near a Walmart supermarket in Lafayette, Louisiana. One occupant survives, while three others on the ground are injured.
North Korean ghost ship A North Korean ghost ship washes up on the shore of Japan's Sado Island, containing the corpses of five people onboard, suspected to be fishermen. The bodies are described by Japanese police as "partially skeletonised", suggesting the boat has been adrift at sea for a long time.
Monsey Hanukkah stabbing Five people are injured in a mass stabbing at the home of a Hasidic rabbi, during Hanukkah celebrations, in Monsey, New York. The suspect was later apprehended by the police. New York governor Andrew Cuomo calls it an "act of domestic terrorism".
War A Taliban attack on an Afghan military base in Sangin District, Helmand Province, kills at least 10 Afghan soldiers and injures 4 others.
Somali Civil War (2009–present) A suicide truck bombing at a security checkpoint in Mogadishu kills at least 79 people and injures 149 others. No group has claimed responsibility.