## [2024-12-29](/feed/2024/12/29/index.md)

##### Death and state funeral of Jimmy Carter
### [Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter dies at the age of 100 in Plains, Georgia, United States. ](/feed/2024/12/29/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-dies-at-the-age-of-100-in-plains-georgia-united-states.md)
##### 2024 Georgian post-election protests
### [Mikheil Kavelashvili is inaugurated as the 6th President of Georgia, with outgoing president Salome Zourabichvili announcing that she would vacate her residence at the Orbeliani Palace in Tbilisi. Zourabichvili continues to claim that the new presidency is illegitimate and calls for continued protests. ](/feed/2024/12/29/mikheil-kavelashvili-is-inaugurated-as-the-6th-president-of-georgia-with-outgoing-president-salome-zourabichvili-announ.md)
##### 2024 Croatian presidential election
### [Croatians vote to elect the President between incumbent Zoran Milanović and seven other candidates. ](/feed/2024/12/29/croatians-vote-to-elect-the-president-between-incumbent-zoran-milanovic-and-seven-other-candidates.md)
##### 2024 Chadian parliamentary election
### [Voters in Chad elect the 188 members of the National Assembly. ](/feed/2024/12/29/voters-in-chad-elect-the-188-members-of-the-national-assembly.md)
##### Cambodia–Philippines relations
### [Cambodia pardons and repatriates 13 Filipino women who were convicted of human trafficking for participating in a surrogacy scheme prohibited under Cambodian law. ](/feed/2024/12/29/cambodia-pardons-and-repatriates-13-filipino-women-who-were-convicted-of-human-trafficking-for-participating-in-a-surrog.md)
##### Shark attack
### [A tourist is killed and another is injured in a shark attack at a resort in Marsa Alam, Egypt. ](/feed/2024/12/29/a-tourist-is-killed-and-another-is-injured-in-a-shark-attack-at-a-resort-in-marsa-alam-egypt.md)
##### Light aircraft
### [Two pilots are killed when their light aircraft crashes into the sea near Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, shortly after takeoff from Al Jazeirah Airport. ](/feed/2024/12/29/two-pilots-are-killed-when-their-light-aircraft-crashes-into-the-sea-near-ras-al-khaimah-united-arab-emirates-shortly.md)
##### Police
### [Three police officers are killed and two others are injured in a gas explosion at the police academy in Cairo, Egypt. ](/feed/2024/12/29/three-police-officers-are-killed-and-two-others-are-injured-in-a-gas-explosion-at-the-police-academy-in-cairo-egypt.md)
##### Jeju Air Flight 2216
### [A Bangkok-departed Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 with 181 people on board crashes during landing at the Muan International Airport, in South Korea, killing 179 people and wounding two crew members. ](/feed/2024/12/29/a-bangkok-departed-jeju-air-boeing-737-800-with-181-people-on-board-crashes-during-landing-at-the-muan-international-air.md)
##### 2024 Sidama truck crash
### [At least 71 people are killed and four injured when a passenger-carrying truck drives off a bridge into a river in Bona Zuria, Sidama Region, Ethiopia. ](/feed/2024/12/29/at-least-71-people-are-killed-and-four-injured-when-a-passenger-carrying-truck-drives-off-a-bridge-into-a-river-in-bona.md)
##### English Channel migrant crossings
### [Three migrants die attempting to cross the English Channel, with 45 rescued and treated for hypothermia and four hospitalized. ](/feed/2024/12/29/three-migrants-die-attempting-to-cross-the-english-channel-with-45-rescued-and-treated-for-hypothermia-and-four-hospita.md)
##### Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243
### [Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev says that Russia accidentally shot down the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, accusing Russia of trying to "hush up" the crash, and demanding from Russia a full admission of guilt, punishment for those responsible, and compensation for the victims. ](/feed/2024/12/29/azerbaijani-president-ilham-aliyev-says-that-russia-accidentally-shot-down-the-azerbaijan-airlines-plane-accusing-russi.md)
##### Sudanese civil war
### [Seven civilians are killed and several others are injured in a Sudanese Armed Forces strike on residential areas in the southern part of Khartoum, Sudan. ](/feed/2024/12/29/seven-civilians-are-killed-and-several-others-are-injured-in-a-sudanese-armed-forces-strike-on-residential-areas-in-the.md)
##### Syrian civil war
### [The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that a humanitarian crisis has developed in Manbij District following its capture by Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) forces and Turkish artillery fire, leading to continuous water scarcity, power outages, and basic needs shortages. ](/feed/2024/12/29/the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-reports-that-a-humanitarian-crisis-has-developed-in-manbij-district-following-it.md)
### [Three mass graves associated with the Assad regime are discovered in Al-Qabou, Homs Governorate. ](/feed/2024/12/29/three-mass-graves-associated-with-the-assad-regime-are-discovered-in-al-qabou-homs-governorate.md)
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