Portal:Current events/2018 December 12

December 12, 2018 (2018-12-12) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Two police officers are injured after a man threw a grenade at them at a shopping centre in Nazran, Republic of Ingushetia. The attacker and his accomplice were later shot dead. (Xinhuanet)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
  • The Afghan National Army abandons the western Shib Koh District after the government failed to resupply troops stationed there. The district, which borders Iran, is now effectively under Taliban control. (Reuters)
  • The Taliban claims responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed people, including 8 civilians in Kabul (Tolo News)

International relations

• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • Soldiers from North Korea and South Korea peacefully cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone for the first time since it was created in 1953. (CBS News)

Law and crime

• Michael Cohen, the former lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, is sentenced to three years in prison for making illegal hush money payments to two women Trump allegedly had affairs with, and a concurrent sentence of two months for making false statements to Congress about a possible Trump Tower deal in Russia. (South China Morning Post)

Politics and elections

• Politics of the United Kingdom, Future Conservative Party leadership election
  • By a vote of 200 to 117, British Prime Minister Theresa May survives a motion of no confidence within the Conservative Party. (BBC)

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