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Kristrún becomes Iceland's youngest prime minister at 36 years old. 2024-12-21 0e7a8e62d685afb9afdcb78e5bfb306be6ad3df9 11 Albanian government 2 /wiki/albanian%20government Censorship of TikTok 1 /wiki/censorship%20of%20tiktok TikTok 37 /wiki/tiktok social media 14 /wiki/social%20media stabbing 71 /wiki/stabbing Albanian government Censorship of TikTok TikTok social media stabbing Censorship of TikTok /feed/2024/12/21/the-albanian-government-announces-a-one-year-ban-on-the-social-media-platform-tiktok-beginning-in-2025-following-a-fata Al Jazeera 21 1be15bef860238d63f485e17186ba75111cdbf1c 12 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/21/albania-bans-tiktok-for-one-year-following-school-stabbing 2024 Türkiye Today 21 b0660901376ab53b918cf71077704eb356d7d717 12 https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/albania-to-ban-tiktok-for-one-year-starting-in-2025-95830/ 2024 The Albanian government announces a one-year ban on the social media platform TikTok beginning in 2025, following a fatal stabbing of 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when a bus collides with a granite block that fell from a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2024-12-21 ac2b079a10f2ed0e04003f3058b2cef75762ee71 6 Constitutional crisis in Somalia 1 /wiki/constitutional%20crisis%20in%20somalia Puntland 2 /wiki/puntland Somali shilling 116 /wiki/somali%20shilling Somalia 14 /wiki/somalia US$ 37 /wiki/united%20states%20dollar inflation 71 /wiki/inflation Constitutional crisis in Somalia Puntland Somali shilling Somalia US$ inflation Constitutional crisis in Somalia /feed/2024/12/21/the-puntland-region-of-somalia-announces-that-it-will-introduce-a-new-regional-currency-in-2025-the-region-had-previous (Hiiraan Online 21 c67ccfc97263c3b5d643c45410de5632d4af045e 12 https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2024/Dec/199465/puntland_state_president_announces_plan_to_introduce_regional_currency_by_2025.aspx 2024 Garowe Online 21 5d0bb0e76463a649d2bc3961dba5602de99d8466 12 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The region had previously shifted to use of the United States dollar in 2021, due to severe inflation of the Somali shilling. 2024-12-21 be2d2358ed9c1a329acf85cae2a6df23b3e4a050 5 Houthis 2 /wiki/houthi%20movement Israel 71 /wiki/israel Jaffa 37 /wiki/jaffa Red Sea crisis 1 /wiki/red%20sea%20crisis Tel Aviv 14 /wiki/tel%20aviv Houthis Israel Jaffa Red Sea crisis Tel Aviv Red Sea crisis /feed/2024/12/21/sixteen-people-are-injured-in-a-houthi-missile-attack-on-the-tel-aviv-jaffa-area-in-israel CNN 21 90b5e6186260642494f91cc2347c45fc01a73635 12 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/20/middleeast/tel-aviv-hit-by-projectile-from-yemen-intl-hnk/index.html 2024 Sixteen people are injured in a Houthi missile attack on the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area in Israel. 2024-12-21 14bed3c12d641967db992923c1362f86093dc5a4 4 Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 1 /wiki/insurgency%20in%20khyber%20pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 71 /wiki/khyber%20pakhtunkhwa Makeen 37 /wiki/makeen Pakistan 116 /wiki/pakistan Pakistan Army 2 /wiki/pakistan%20army Pakistani Taliban 14 /wiki/pakistani%20taliban Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Makeen Pakistan Pakistan Army Pakistani Taliban Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa /feed/2024/12/21/sixteen-pakistan-army-soldiers-are-killed-and-five-others-are-critically-injured-when-pakistani-taliban-militants-launch Al Arabiya 21 a9ebfe0e74fbed9c56b5116922ed04688b92982a 12 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/12/21/pakistan-militant-raid-kills-16-soldiers-intelligence-officials- 2024 Sixteen Pakistan Army soldiers are killed and five others are critically injured when Pakistani Taliban militants launch an overnight raid on an army post in Makeen, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 2024-12-21 ee535996dc72415b9a31078092b6cd30e04b083c 3 Haitian crisis 1 /wiki/haitian%20crisis Haitian government 2 /wiki/government%20of%20haiti Haitian crisis Haitian government Haitian crisis /feed/2024/12/21/the-haitian-government-declares-a-one-month-state-of-emergency-amid-the-escalating-gang-violence-and-the-deepening-secur Caribbean National Weekly 21 17c795f916b7ca2e0f1f23e84ed0f31ff78ed4a0 12 https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/haiti-declares-one-month-state-of-emergency-amid-escalating-gang-violence/ 2024 The Haitian government declares a one-month state of emergency amid the escalating gang violence and the deepening security crisis. 2024-12-21 fcc413a565a91fda7b209f44efc0a1f1e548d13e 2 Kazan 14 /wiki/kazan Russia 37 /wiki/russia Russian invasion of Ukraine 1 /wiki/russian%20invasion%20of%20ukraine Ukraine 2 /wiki/ukraine apartment building 71 /wiki/apartment Kazan Russia Russian invasion of Ukraine Ukraine apartment building Russian invasion of Ukraine /feed/2024/12/21/at-least-seven-ukrainian-drones-strike-kazan-russia-six-of-which-reportedly-hit-residential-areas-including-a-32-stor Reuters 21 1303da721a3507da02cd865eb5d614a1653fd82f 12 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-kazan-airport-temporarily-halts-operations-aviation-watchdog-says-2024-12-21/ 2024 Ukrainska Pravda 21 9f661f9ee00787286dcebb0d55b63f7e447ad16d 12 https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/21/7490106/ 2024 At least seven Ukrainian drones strike Kazan, Russia, six of which reportedly hit residential areas, including a 32-story apartment building.