Disasters and accidents

• December 2023 Mindanao earthquake
  • A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao. Tsunamis are expected to hit the Philippines and Japan shortly. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Israel–Hamas ceasefire
    • The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ends after a deadline expires on the seventh day. Mediator Qatar says that efforts are ongoing to renew the ceasefire and expressed regret over the resumption of Israeli bombardments. (AP)
    • More than 180 Palestinians are killed, and hundreds more are injured, after Israeli warplanes carry out airstrikes on different parts of the Gaza Strip, including the community of Abasan al-Kabira and a home northwest of Gaza City. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
    • Aid is stranded near Egypt’s border with Gaza, with truck drivers saying they expected further delays to a complex delivery process that had briefly speeded up during the weeklong truce. (Al Jazeera)
  • 2023 Israel–Lebanon border conflict
    • Israeli shelling kills a woman and her son in Hula in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  • Hundreds of Malawians travel to Israel to work as farm labourers. Kondwani Nankhumwa, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party has questioned the secrecy of the deal amidst the governments awareness of the ongoing war. (Al Jazeera)
• Iraqi conflict
  • Kurdish–Turkish conflict
    • The Turkish Air Force launches airstrikes on Kurdistan Workers' Party positions in northern Iraq, reportedly destroying 16 of their targets and killing a number of militants. (Reuters)
  • At least eleven civilians are killed in an attack by an armed group in Miqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate, Iraq. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. (AP)
• Moro conflict
  • Eleven Dawla Islamiyah and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters militants are killed during a raid by the Philippine Army in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur. (AP)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Allied Karenni rebel groups and local PDF forces launch attacks on junta bases in Kawkareik, Karen State. (The Irrawaddy)
• Somali Civil War
  • The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) lifts an arms embargo on the Somali Armed Forces and the Somali government, while continuing sanctions against the Al-Shabaab jihadist group. (AFP via The Defense Post)
• War in Sudan
  • The UNSC adopts a resolution to end the mandate of its United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) by December 3. (Radio Dabanga)

Arts and culture

• For his role in the film Passages, Franz Rogowski is honored by the New York Film Critics Circle as best leading actor of the year. (Der Spiegel) (Variety)

Business and economy

• Sri Lankan economic crisis (2019–present)
  • Sri Lanka's efforts to restructure its debt run into difficulty when an ad hoc group of private creditors object that the official creditors and Sri Lanka itself are being insufficiently transparent about their talks. (Reuters)

International relations

• 2023 Guayana Esequiba crisis
  • The International Court of Justice (ICJ) orders Venezuela to refrain from any action that would alter the status quo in Guayana Esequiba ahead of a referendum on its rights to the disputed territory, but does not forbid Venezuela from going ahead with the referendum as Guyana requested. (Reuters)
• Child abductions in the Russo-Ukrainian War
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross suspends the Belarus Red Cross after its Secretary General Dzmitry Shautsou refuses to resign following statements that the orgnization was involved in bringing Ukrainian children to Belarus for health improvement purposes. (AP) (Nasha Niva)
• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • The Philippine Coast Guard establishes a surveillance station on the disputed Thitu Island in the South China Sea. (AP)

Law and crime

• A serial killer is suspected of having fatally shot three homeless men over the past week in Los Angeles, California, United States. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Malagasy presidential election
  • Madagascar's supreme court confirms Andry Rajoelina's election as president after dismissing several challenges against the provisional results. (Reuters)
• 118th United States Congress
  • George Santos is expelled from the United States House of Representatives over criminal corruption charges and accusations of misspending campaign money. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• South Korea launches its first military reconnaissance satellite from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States, carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. (AFP via SCMP)