December 29, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against infrastructure
- 29 December 2023 Russian strikes on Ukraine
- Russia launches the largest wave of drones and missiles on Ukrainian cities since the start of the war in a widespread overnight assault across the country, killing at least 39 people and injuring at least 160 others. (AP) (Ukrainian Pravda)
- One of the Russian cruise missiles enters NATO airspace as it travels over Polish territory, prompting the Polish government to summon the Russian charge d'affaires for an explanation. (Reuters) (Bloomberg)
- 29 December 2023 Russian strikes on Ukraine
- Russian strikes against infrastructure
- Mexican drug war
- Six people are killed and 26 others are injured in a mass shooting at a party in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico. The shooting's target, a cartel member, is among those killed. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Africa floods
- At least 20 people are killed by landslides caused by torrential rains in Mwenga, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
- Around 120 people are rescued from a breakaway ice floe on Upper Red Lake near Bemidji, Minnesota, United States. (CNN)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Argentina
- Argentine president Javier Milei sends a letter to BRICS, rejecting the bloc's invitation for Argentina to join it. (La Nación) (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in Iran, Iran–Israel proxy conflict
- Four people are executed by hanging in West Azerbaijan province, Iran, after being convicted of links to Israel's Mossad spy agency. (Al Jazeera)
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel–South Africa relations
- South Africa files a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- The National People's Congress of China appoints Commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy Dong Jun as Minister of National Defense, succeeding Li Shangfu. (CNA)