December 23, 2014 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Northeast India:
- December 2014 Assam violence
- Attacks on villages in the Indian state of Assam kill dozens of people. Suspicion falls on the insurgents of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland. (NDTV)(Euronews)(Al Jazeera)
- As a result, India imposes curfew on parts of Assam. (NBC News)
- December 2014 Assam violence
- The internet in North Korea becomes functional again after nine hours without access. (CNN)
- Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power says that its computer systems have been hacked. (Sydney Morning Herald)
- The death toll from the bombings in the Nigerian cities of Gombe and Bauchi reaches at least 37. (Bloomberg)
- Sony Pictures Entertainment hack
- Sony schedules the film The Interview for release to small theaters on Christmas Day despite canceling its debut. (Florida Times-Union)
Businesses and economy
- Keurig recalls 6.6 million coffee making machines after ninety reports of burn-related injuries. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- A tornado outbreak hits the southern United States, producing five tornadoes with at least four people dead and leaving fifty others injured. (The Weather Network)
Health
- The FDA says that in regards to the 31-year-old policy against gay men making blood donations it will recommend lifting the lifetime ban early next year, replacing it with a policy barring donations from men who have had sex with another man in the previous 12 months. (AP)
International relations
- The Parliament of Ukraine removes the country’s legislative block on forming military alliances, allowing the government to push forward with plans to accede to NATO. (BBC)
- Russia and Pakistan sign their first energy deal for the Karachi–Lahore gas pipeline worth US$1.7 billion. (Jagran)
Politics and elections
- The Greek parliament fails to elect a new president in the second round of voting. (The Guardian)