Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Mali War
    • Mopti bus massacre
      • Militants attack a bus carrying civilians in Mopti Region, killing the driver, before setting it on fire and killing 31 passengers. The majority of the victims are women who were on their way to work at the local market. (BBC News)
• Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
  • Seven Peshmerga fighters and three civilians are killed by Islamic State gunmen in a village in Makhmour, Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
      • Two hippos at Antwerp Zoo test positive for COVID-19 in Antwerp, Belgium. (Deutsche Welle)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
      • Germany surpasses six million cases of COVID-19. (Urdu Point)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
      • Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces that due to fears of the Omicron variant, from December 7 until January 9, nightclubs will be closed and restaurants and bars will only be allowed to offer table service for groups of no more than six people. Additionally, indoor services can only operate at 50% capacity and families can only have visitors from three other households. (Sky News)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
      • Slovakia reports a record 15,278 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 712,749. (AP)
    • Europe surpasses 75 million cases of COVID-19. (Reuters)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
      • Malaysia reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 19-year-old student who travelled from South Africa on November 19 and is in quarantine. (CNA)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
      • Sri Lanka reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in an unvaccinated woman who travelled from Nigeria. (Ada Derana)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
    • Mexico reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 51-year-old man who travelled from South Africa. (Anadolu Agency)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
    • COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
      • South Africa surpasses three million cases of COVID-19. (CNN)
    • COVID-19 pandemic in Tunisia
      • Tunisia reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a Congolese man who travelled from Istanbul. (Arab News)

International relations

• France–United Arab Emirates relations
  • French president Emmanuel Macron meets UAE crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed at Expo 2020 in Dubai. The two men sign a major arms deal between the two nations. (The National News)

Law and crime

• 2021 Oxford High School shooting
  • The parents of Ethan Crumbley, James and Jennifer Crumbley, accused of terrorism and murder in the shooting deaths and injuries at Ethan's school, are charged with manslaughter for their role in the incident. They are caught after fleeing the police. (CNN)
• Islam in Kosovo
  • A Kosovar man is arrested for terrorism due to his ties to the Islamist al-Nusra Front in Syria. (The Public's Radio)
• Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina arrest seven suspected war criminals in Bijeljina and Sokolac due to their reported massacre of 22 civilians during the Bosnian Genocide. (CTV News)

Politics and elections

• Portuguese Minister of Internal Administration Eduardo Cabrita resigns after a series of scandals, including an incident where his official car was involved in a car accident that killed a highway worker. (AP)

Sports

• Magnus Carlsen defeats challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in Game 6 of the 2021 World Chess Championship in a marathon 136 move game. It is the first decisive result in a regulation World Chess Championship game in more than 5 years and is also the longest game in World Chess Championship history. (The Guardian)