Portal:Current events/2022 December 19

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
  • Eight civilians are killed and many more wounded after Islamic State gunmen open fire against a convoy carrying villagers in Albu Bali, Al Anbar Governorate. (Al Mayadeen)
• 2022 Jordanian protests
  • Three police officers and a gunman are killed during a raid on the hideout of the suspected killers of a policeman during protests in Ma'an, Jordan. Nine people are arrested. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Two civilians and a soldier are killed and another civilian is wounded during a suicide bombing in Miranshah, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
• Four Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members are killed by gunmen in Saravan, Iran, near the border with Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2021–2022 global energy crisis
  • EU natural gas price cap
    • European Union member states agree to a natural gas price cap in an attempt to limit economic damage from the global energy crisis. The price cap can be triggered beginning on February 15, if for three days, prices on the TTF, which is the European natural gas benchmark, exceed €180 per megawatt-hour (MWh) and are also more than €35/MWh higher than a reference price based on liquefied natural gas price assessments. (Reuters)
• Aftermath of the Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
  • The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, the country's largest commercial bank, resumes operations in some Tigrayan cities and towns following the suspension of services during the Tigray War. (AFP via RFI)

Disasters and accidents

• Five people are killed and nine others are injured after a building collapses in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. (The Star)

Law and crime

• Rwanda asylum plan
  • The High Court of the United Kingdom rules that the British government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda while their application is ongoing is lawful. (CNN)
• Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
  • The U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack issues a report in its final meeting declaring that former President Donald Trump was the "central cause" of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and recommends that he be referred to the Justice Department for prosecution on at least four criminal charges. (ABC News)
• Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases
  • American film producer Harvey Weinstein is convicted on 3 of 7 sexual assault charges against him. The jury found Weinstein either not guilty, or was hung, on four other charges. (CNN)