Death and funeral of Pope Benedict XVI Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, who served from 2005 until his resignation in 2013, dies at the age of 95 and is scheduled for a funeral starting on 2 January.
Lebanese Navy The Lebanese Navy and United Nations forces rescue a capsizing boat of 232 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea. Two people are killed in the overnight incident.
Landslide Eight people are killed and nine others are injured by a landslide in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.