What happened TODAY - 27th December, 2019

What Happened TODAY?

1. Mexico’s government said Bolivian police had impeded the departure of Spanish officials visiting the Mexican ambassador in La Paz, widening a spat over Bolivia’s surveillance of its diplomatic facilities.

2. Russia deployed its first regiment of hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles, the Defence Ministry.

3. Philippines has banned two U.S. lawmakers from visiting and will introduce tighter entry restrictions for U.S. citizens should Washington enforce sanctions over the detention of a top government critic.

4. Twelve people were killed and dozens injured when a plane with nearly 100 passengers and crew on board crashed soon after take-off in Kazakhstan.

5. The latest border skirmish between Indian and Pakistani forces in the disputed Kashmir region claimed at least four lives, the arch-rivals confirmed while trying to pin the blame for ceasefire violations on each other.

6. Pakistani PM Imran Khan warned that his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, wants to shift global attention away from ongoing protests against the citizenship law by conducting an operation in Pakistan-held territory.

7. Clashes erupt in the capital of Central African Republic Bangui between Christian militia and Muslim trades, leaving 35 dead.

8. Russia & Ukraine are set to drop reciprocal claims and lift asset seizures as part of new gas transit agreement.

9. The United Nations said 235,000 civilians had fled their homes in rebel-held northwestern Syria during a Russian-backed campaign of air strikes and shelling.

10. A Turkish court handed down jail sentences to seven journalists and other staffers at opposition newspaper Sozcu over aiding a network that Ankara says orchestrated a failed coup in 2016.

11. Indian mobile operators are losing around 24.5 million rupees ($350,000) in revenue every hour they are forced to suspend internet services on government orders to control protests against a new citizenship law.

12. Stalin’s limo, worth $2.8 million, was stolen in Moscow by crew of 6 with tow truck.

13. Daughter of Bruce Lee has sued a Chinese fast food for using the late kungfu star’s image in its logo without permission and is seeking over 210 million yuan ($30 million) in compensation.

14. China’s market regulator on Friday has fined Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor 87.6 million yuan ($12.5 million) for price-fixing on its premium Lexus cars.