## [2024-12-31](/feed/2024/12/31/index.md)

##### Excavator
### [A man steals an excavator in Grünsfeld, Germany, and rams it against vehicles, wounding four police officers, before being shot dead. ](/feed/2024/12/31/a-man-steals-an-excavator-in-grunsfeld-germany-and-rams-it-against-vehicles-wounding-four-police-officers-before-bei.md)
##### Capital punishment in Zimbabwe
### [Zimbabwe approves a law abolishing the death penalty in the country with immediate effect. ](/feed/2024/12/31/zimbabwe-approves-a-law-abolishing-the-death-penalty-in-the-country-with-immediate-effect.md)
##### 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
### [A South Korean court in Seoul, the Seoul Western District Court, issues an arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol. ](/feed/2024/12/31/a-south-korean-court-in-seoul-the-seoul-western-district-court-issues-an-arrest-warrant-for-impeached-president-yoon-s.md)
##### Foreign relations of France
### [In his New Year's speech, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announces the closure of French facilities and the withdrawal all foreign military forces from Senegal starting in 2025. ](/feed/2024/12/31/in-his-new-year-s-speech-president-bassirou-diomaye-faye-announces-the-closure-of-french-facilities-and-the-withdrawal.md)
### [In his New Year's speech, President Alassane Ouattara announces that the French military base in Abidjan will be handed over to the Ivorian Government in January 2025. ](/feed/2024/12/31/in-his-new-year-s-speech-president-alassane-ouattara-announces-that-the-french-military-base-in-abidjan-will-be-handed.md)
##### Puerto Rico
### [Puerto Rico suffers a New Year's Eve power outage, leaving 1.3 million clients impacted. ](/feed/2024/12/31/puerto-rico-suffers-a-new-year-s-eve-power-outage-leaving-13-million-clients-impacted.md)
##### Red Sea crisis
### [The U.S. Air Force launches at least 12 airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen. ](/feed/2024/12/31/the-us-air-force-launches-at-least-12-airstrikes-in-sanaa-yemen.md)
##### War against the Islamic State
### [The French Air Force conducts airstrikes against several Islamic State targets in Syria. ](/feed/2024/12/31/the-french-air-force-conducts-airstrikes-against-several-islamic-state-targets-in-syria.md)
### [Ten Islamic State militants are killed by Puntland forces while repulsing an attempted attack involving suicide bombers on a military base in Dharjaale, Bari region. It was launched after the semi-autonomous state announced a military offensive against the Islamic State and Al-Shabaab. ](/feed/2024/12/31/ten-islamic-state-militants-are-killed-by-puntland-forces-while-repulsing-an-attempted-attack-involving-suicide-bombers.md)
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