Portal:Current events/2018 December 28

December 28, 2018 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- The Kurdish YPG calls on Syrian government troops to protect Manbij against what it calls a "Turkish invasion". (Reuters) (CNN)
An explosion caused by a roadside bomb hits a tourist bus in Cairo, Egypt, near the Giza pyramid complex. Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian tour guide are killed, while 12 others are injured. (BBC)

Arts and culture

After a 56-day trek, British Army captain Lou Rudd becomes the second person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided, over two decades after the first solo crossing by Norwegian Børge Ousland. (BBC)

International relations

Foreign relations of Bahrain
- Bahrain announces it will reopen its embassy in Damascus, Syria, a day after the UAE made the same decision. (RT)

Law and crime

2018 Leicester explosion
- The three men suspected of causing an explosion at a shop in Leicester in February are convicted of murder. The explosion destroyed the shop and the flat above it, killing five people. The three men were also convicted of conspiracy with one of the victims to commit insurance fraud. (The Guardian)