Portal:Current events/2024 December 17
December 17, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov is assassinated in a bomb explosion in Moscow. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Port Vila earthquake
- A 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu's capital Port Vila prompting a tsunami warning to be issued. At least one person is killed. (Reuters)