Portal:Current events/2019 December 7
December 7, 2019 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Iraqi protests
- A drone attacks the home of prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, leaving no casualties and causing minimal damage. The attack follows yesterday's incident in Baghdad when multiple protesters were fired upon and killed. (Reuters)
- Afghan peace process
- The Taliban announce that the peace talks with the United States resumed "from where they stopped" in September. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018–19 Southern Africa drought
- An unprecedented drought in Zimbabwe, considered the worst in a century, causes the Victoria Falls waterfall on the Zambezi river to nearly stop flowing. (The Guardian)
- A woman is killed and 18 other people injured when a bus crashes with a truck in Milan, Italy. (Ansa)
International relations
- Iran–United States relations
- In an act of cooperation that is rare in recent years, Iran releases Princeton PhD candidate Wang Xiyue while the United States releases stem cell researcher Massoud Soleimani in a prisoner exchange. Both U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif thank the Swiss government for facilitating the swap. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Rohingya genocide
- Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi travels to The Hague where she is expected to face genocide charges against her government for the alleged crimes committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority, in what is described as one of the most-high profile international legal cases in a generation. (The Telegraph)
- Two indigenous leaders from the Guajajara tribe are shot dead in a drive-by shooting on a federal highway in Brazil's Maranhão state. (The Guardian)