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2015 – Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes. 2017 – Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others.
December 2016 Mogadishu suicide bombing. A suicide bomber kills at least 29 people and injures 50 others in an attack on a police station near Mogadishu's port. December 2016 Istanbul bombings. The death toll from yesterday's bombings rises to 38 with 155 injured. Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the bombings.
On December 18, 2015, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met in San Bernardino with families of the fatal victims, and emergency personnel who first responded to the incident. The governors of several states also ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff in their states as well.
December 2016 Aden suicide bombings. An explosion outside a military camp in southern Yemen kills at least 49 people and injures many more. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest. (AP) (BBC) Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
December. December 1 – 7 weeks after his death, Vajiralongkorn formally succeeds his late father King Bhumibol Adulyadej as the new King of Thailand. December 4 – A constitutional referendum is held in Italy, resulting in the resignation of the Prime Minister. December 19.
December 20 – President Obama, in a joint agreement with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, permanently bans oil and gas drilling in most of the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean.
Eight people were killed and six others were wounded, Security forces killed the gunmen and freed 18 hostages after a 10-hour siege. [118] December 31 - United States troops withdraw from Afghanistan after 15 years.
16 March – Chancellor George Osborne announces the Budget for 2016 and the year ahead. 18 March – Iain Duncan Smith resigns as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions claiming that he came under pressure from the Treasury to "salami slice" welfare, and voicing his objection to £4bn of planned cuts to disability benefits announced in the ...
18 December – Alex McKinnon launches a lawsuit against Melbourne Storm player Jordan McLean whose tackle left him in a wheelchair for life. A powerful thunderstorm lashes south-east Queensland, leaving 10,000 homes without power.
List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, December 2016.