## [2024-12-3](/feed/2024/12/3/index.md)

##### Fatah–Hamas reconciliation process
### [Palestinian officials announce that Fatah and Hamas are close to reaching an agreement on appointing a technocratic committee to govern the Gaza Strip following the end of the Israel–Hamas war. ](/feed/2024/12/3/palestinian-officials-announce-that-fatah-and-hamas-are-close-to-reaching-an-agreement-on-appointing-a-technocratic-comm.md)
##### 2024 South Korean martial law
### [Yoon Suk Yeol announces that he will lift the martial law that he declared hours earlier amid staunch opposition from both the opposition and his own People Power Party. ](/feed/2024/12/3/yoon-suk-yeol-announces-that-he-will-lift-the-martial-law-that-he-declared-hours-earlier-amid-staunch-opposition-from-bo.md)
### [In defiance of the declaration of martial law, which prohibits political activities, the National Assembly votes unanimously to order Yoon Suk Yeol to lift martial law. Korean soldiers that were guarding the National Assembly building withdraw following the vote. ](/feed/2024/12/3/in-defiance-of-the-declaration-of-martial-law-which-prohibits-political-activities-the-national-assembly-votes-unanimo.md)
### [Protesters clash with police while attempting to storm the National Assembly building in Seoul. ](/feed/2024/12/3/protesters-clash-with-police-while-attempting-to-storm-the-national-assembly-building-in-seoul.md)
### [South Korean Army general Park An-su is appointed Martial Law Commander by Yoon Suk Yeol, with Park announcing that media organizations will be subject to military control and that protests will be banned. ](/feed/2024/12/3/south-korean-army-general-park-an-su-is-appointed-martial-law-commander-by-yoon-suk-yeol-with-park-announcing-that-medi.md)
### [During an emergency address to the nation, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law in order to clear out alleged "threats posed by North Korean communist forces and to eliminate anti-state elements." Yoon says that the decision to declare martial law was made in order to "remove North Korean forces" and to protect South Korea's "liberal constitutional order". ](/feed/2024/12/3/during-an-emergency-address-to-the-nation-south-korean-president-yoon-suk-yeol-declares-martial-law-in-order-to-clear-o.md)
##### South Korean tourism ministry
### [The South Korean tourism ministry announces that 38 Vietnamese citizens have gone missing from Jeju Island before their flight back to Vietnam on November 17. ](/feed/2024/12/3/the-south-korean-tourism-ministry-announces-that-38-vietnamese-citizens-have-gone-missing-from-jeju-island-before-their.md)
##### Ho Chi Minh City
### [A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, upholds the death penalty for real estate tycoon Trương Mỹ Lan after Lan was found guilty of embezzling $12.5 billion through the Sai Gon Joint Stock Commercial Bank. ](/feed/2024/12/3/a-court-in-ho-chi-minh-city-vietnam-upholds-the-death-penalty-for-real-estate-tycoon-truong-my-lan-after-lan-was-found.md)
##### 2024 Kwango province disease outbreak
### [Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo announce an investigation into the deaths of 143 people from a flu-like disease in the Province of Kwango. ](/feed/2024/12/3/authorities-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-announce-an-investigation-into-the-deaths-of-143-people-from-a-flu-l.md)
##### 2024–2025 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia
### [At least 31 people have been killed by flooding in Thailand and Malaysia in the past five days. ](/feed/2024/12/3/at-least-31-people-have-been-killed-by-flooding-in-thailand-and-malaysia-in-the-past-five-days.md)
##### Red Sea crisis
### [The Government of Canada officially designates the Yemen-based Houthi movement as a terrorist organization due to the group's attacks on civilian and military vessels in the Red Sea. ](/feed/2024/12/3/the-government-of-canada-officially-designates-the-yemen-based-houthi-movement-as-a-terrorist-organization-due-to-the-gr.md)
##### Syrian civil war
### [The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture seven villages and the town of Khasham in Deir ez-Zor Governorate from pro-government forces. The US-led CJTF–OIR coalition aircraft also launch airstrikes against Syrian government forces in support of the SDF offensive. ](/feed/2024/12/3/the-kurdish-led-syrian-democratic-forces-sdf-capture-seven-villages-and-the-town-of-khasham-in-deir-ez-zor-governorate.md)
### [Rebel forces capture the city of Suran, the towns of Halfaya and Taybat al-Imam, and the village of Maardis in Hama Governorate, Syria. ](/feed/2024/12/3/rebel-forces-capture-the-city-of-suran-the-towns-of-halfaya-and-taybat-al-imam-and-the-village-of-maardis-in-hama-gove.md)
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