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Pope Francis waves from the main balcony of St. Peter's basilica

Appealing for peace

Pope calls for 'arms to be silenced' across world

A man dressed as Santa Claus looks on as he takes part in a Christmas solidarity dinner called 'No Families Without Christmas' in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires

'No family without Christmas'

Thousands attend Christmas charity dinner in Buenos Aires

Border tensions are flaring between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Targeting 'terrorist hideouts'

Pakistan air strikes kill 46 in Afghanistan, Kabul says

Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya (pictured) met with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Christmas in Beijing

Key trading partners

Japan FM raises 'serious concerns' over China military buildup

Islamist-led rebels launched a lightening offensive, seizing the Syrian capital earlier in December and sending former president Bashar al-Assad fleeing

Agreement reached

Syria authorities say armed groups have agreed to disband

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica during a ceremony to mark the launch of Jubilee 2025

30 million pilgrims

On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis launches holy Jubilee year

Ecuador's Vice President Veronica Abad (R) and President Daniel Noboa have a fraught working relationship, despite pairing up on a successful ticket in 2023 elections

Ecuador vice president says Noboa seeking her 'banishment'

Jemaah Islamiyah were responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings

Jemaah Islamiyah militant group

Indonesia considers parole for ex-terror chiefs: official

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said she is preparing for an early presidential election

Predicting election

Le Pen says days of new French govt numbered

An effigy of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at a rally calling for his ouster in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace at the weekend

South Korean opposition postpones decision to impeach acting president

The blast at the facility that makes munitions, explosives and flares for the domestic and international markets

Shards of glass and metal

12 killed in blast at Turkey explosives plant

Political dissent in Hong Kong has been quashed since Beijing imposed a sweeping national law in 2020 after huge, sometimes violent democracy protests the year before

National security crimes

Hong Kong police issue fresh bounties for activists overseas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the fifth day of testimony in his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv

14 months into war

Netanyahu tells Israel parliament 'some progress' on Gaza hostage deal

Police forces take part in an operation against powerful gangs in the city center near the National Palace in Port-au-Prince on July 9, 2024

Haitians massacred for practicing voodoo were abducted, hacked to death: UN

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 22, 2024.

Disruptor-in-chief

Is he serious? Trump stirs unease with Panama, Greenland ploys

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (C-L) is received by new Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (C-R) in Damascus

Senior diplomats

Jordanian, Qatari envoys hold talks with Syria's new leader

Elisabeth Borne denounced sexism after leaving office

Education minister

France's second woman premier makes surprise frontline return

Police remove a woman demanding the release of children taken by authorities from an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect in Guatemala

Ultra-orthodox Jewish sect

Guatemalan authorities recover minors taken by sect members

The bridge, connecting Brazil's northeast states of Maranhao and Tocantins, collapsed on Sunday

Tragic incident

Acid complicates search after deadly Brazil bridge collapse

Mozambique has been riven by some of the worst post-election unrest in its history

Tensions rising

Mozambique top court confirms ruling party disputed win

Syrian orthopaedic surgeon Mohammed al-Hanash, at his Douma clinic on December 21, 2024, says he and other medical staff were summoned by national security after the 2018 chemical attack

2018 chlorine attack

Syrian medics say were coerced into false chemical attack testimony

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, observe a minute of silence for the victims of cyclone-hit Mayotte

Devastating cyclone

France's new government to be announced Monday evening: Elysee

Luigi Mangione wore a white shirt, burgundy sweatshirt and was shackled during his appearance

Facing federal charges

Accused killer of US insurance CEO pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' murder

A fjord in Nuuk, Greenland -- could the US buy the territory?

Strategic island

Not for sale. Greenland shrugs off Trump's new push

US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump

Taking action ahead of Trump's return

Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates

The Yi Peng 3 had been anchored in the international waters of the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark

With regional authorities

Sweden says China blocked prosecutors' probe of ship linked to cut cables

Israel's government has faced accusations that it systematically hinders aid reaching Gaza

Shocking numbers

Only 12 trucks delivered food, water in North Gaza Governorate since October: Oxfam

The alleged $5 billion embezzlement was linked to the Russian-backed Rooppur nuclear power plant, Bangladesh's first

Russian-backed nuclear power plant

Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family

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