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16,135 storiesBulgaria and Romania partially join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks,
Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union.
Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
At least seven people are killed and 30 others are injured by a car bombing in Azaz, Aleppo Governorate,
Three UN observers and a translator are injured by a shell in southern Lebanon.

A nightclub in Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands is evacuated of 150 patrons when a man claiming to be a suicide
bomber hostages four people for seven hours. The suspect is arrested at the scene.

Gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier says that if armed groups under his command are included in talks for
a future transitional government, then they would consider ceasing hostilities.

Japanese officials search a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in Osaka after five deaths possibly linked to
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte says that she will not resign following accusations of illicit enrichment
after her residence was raided by police.

Israel–Hezbollah conflict, Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
North Korea–Russia relations, North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korean foreign minister Choe Son Hui says that North Korea will not hold any talks with Japan on any
issue, including the issue of Japanese abductees in North Korea. This follows an announcement by Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida in which he stated his desire to meet with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un "without any precondit
Russia vetoes the continued monitoring of United Nations sanctions on the North Korean nuclear weapons

The Telegraph reports Russia has captured approximately and is taking around 1,000 casualties per day since
the start of the Second Russian winter campaign in October 2023.

Harvard University removes the binding of human skin from the 19th-century book Des destinées de l'âme by
Arsène Houssaye, which has been kept in its library since 1934.

Russia strikes several power plants in Ukraine.

An Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport in Syria kills 38 Syrian soldiers, seven
Hezbollah fighters and seven Iran-backed militiamen. The incident marks the deadliest Israeli attack on Syria since 2021.
Polish President Andrzej Duda signs a law suspending the country's participation in the Treaty on
an Iranian dissident journalist working for IITV, is injured in a stabbing in London.
The Kachin Independence Army captures the town of Lweje and its nearby border crossings in Kachin State,
Myanmar, after junta forces abandoned their posts and fled across the border into China.
Slovakia's Slovenské elektrárne shuts down operations at its Vojany Power Station, the last coal-fired power
Cyclone Gamane makes landfall in Madagascar, killing at least eleven people and causing widespread flooding,
A federal court in the United States sentences Sam Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison for stealing $8
A bus carrying Christian pilgrims from Botswana crashes in Limpopo, South Africa, killing 45 people.
The International Court of Justice, in a unanimous decision, orders Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter
the Gaza Strip unimpeded, warning that famine is already occurring.
The Czech information service reveals that Russia paid hundreds of thousands of euros through its "Voice of
Europe" website to European politicians in order to influence European elections.