Herald section
The latest world reporting from The Belfast Herald.
The Taliban and Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company of China have agreed to a 25-year oil extraction deal in the Amu Darya basin, marking Afghanistan's first major energy agreement with a foreign firm since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
The United States and Germany agree to send Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Germany will also supply the Ukrainian military with a MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system.
Ukraine claims a missile attack killed and injured hundreds of Russian mobilised soldiers at a vocational school used as a military barracks. Russian authorities acknowledge casualties but report lower figures.
Russia carries out a series of drone and cruise missile strikes on Ukraine, with strikes reported in the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Zhytomyr, injuring at least three people.
A vehicle travelling from Hayley Lapsset camp to Garissa, Kenya, struck a roadside bomb planted by Al-Shabaab militants, who then engaged in a shootout, killing two police officers and one civilian, and injuring several others.
Russian forces fired at least 76 missiles at Ukraine, damaging nine power stations and killing at least three civilians, with widespread damage to energy infrastructure and critical services.
Three civilians are killed by Islamic State insurgents at a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Russian forces launched a new wave of cruise missile strikes on Ukraine on 5 December 2022, destroying homes and killing two people in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, while damaging critical infrastructure and causing widespread power outages.