Nagaland Legislative Assembly The Nagaland Legislative Assembly publicly demands that the Government of India repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, which has been in effect since 1958. This comes after a massacre occurred in Mon district, Nagaland on December 4.
Human rights in Egypt Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is sentenced to five years in prison by Egyptian authorities for spreading fake news. His family continues to protest the verdict.
Russia–NATO relations Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby says a small Department of Defense team has returned from Ukraine after assessing the country's air defences.
Poland and Lithuania join Ukraine in calling for stronger Western sanctions on Russia, with Polish President Andrzej Duda saying that "everything must be done" to prevent a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, and that he was "absolutely against any policy of concessions to Russia".
COVID-19 pandemic Colombia reports its first case of the Omicron variant in two Colombia people who travelled from the United States and a U.S. citizen who travelled from Spain.
Panama reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 50-year-old person who recently travelled from South Africa.
Costa Rica reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a eight-year-old boy who recently travelled from the United States along with his family.
The United States reports its first confirmed death related to the Omicron variant in a unvaccinated man in his 50s in Harris County, Texas who had underlying health issues.
Quebec closes all bars, gyms, spas, cinemas, and concert halls as well as suspends in-person learning and mandates remote working after the province reported a record 4,857 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
The European Commission authorizes the use of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine after the European Medicines Agency recommended the use of the vaccine, becoming the fifth vaccine to be approved for use by the European Union.
The United Kingdom ends its travel ban on Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Germany bans all travel from the United Kingdom and imposes a mandatory 14-day quarantine and proof of a negative PCR test from the previous 48 hours for German residents and citizens returning from the UK, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in Britain.
The French Haute Autorité de santé approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years.
Kuwait will require incoming travellers who fully vaccinated against COVID-19 more than nine months ago to receive booster dose beginning from January 2 and also requires them to self-isolate for 10 days unless they received a negative PCR test within 72 hours of their arrival beginning from December 26.
Israel's government agrees to ban all travel to Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, and the U.S. without special permission beginning on December 22 due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
It is announced that more than 85% of eligible Indians have been partially vaccinated, and that over 55% have received both doses.
Thailand reports its first locally transmitted case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 49-year-old woman.
Thailand's Food and Drug Administration approves the usage of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years.
Cap-Haïtien fuel tanker explosion The death toll from the fuel tank truck explosion in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, six days ago rises to 90.
Internal conflict in Myanmar An investigation by the BBC discovers that a massacre of 40 civilians took place in July, in Kani Township, a People's Defence Force stronghold in Sagaing Region.
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Three members of the Islamic State are killed in Faqeerabad, Peshawar, during an operation by the Pakistani police.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict The Israeli Defense Forces report that they have arrested more than 100 members of the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas, amid a recent increase in tensions.
Allied Democratic Forces insurgency The governments of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo reveal that they have captured 35 rebels and destroyed numerous enemy strongholds within the past week.