December 21, 2014 (Sunday)
Arts and culture
- British singer-songwriter Elton John converts his domestic partnership with filmmaker David Furnish to marriage. (FOX News)
International Relations
- Egypt temporarily reopens its border crossing with Gaza, which had been closed since October, until 4 pm Monday. (Ahram Online)
- Due to avian influenza in the United States (Oregon), South Korea suspends US imports of poultry. (Reuters via Times of India)
Law and crime
- After an eight-year informal moratorium on the death penalty, Jordan executes 11 men. (Al Jazeera)
- China has detained more than thirty thousand people within two months for pornography and gambling. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Beji Caid Essebsi of the secularist Nidaa Tounes party wins Tunisia's presidential election. (Al Arabiya English)