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Imran Ahmed
US judge blocks detention of social media campaigner
WASHINGTON — A US judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the detention of British social media campaigner Imran Ahmed, who sued the US government over having his visa removed.Washington imposed visa bans on Tuesday on Ahmed and four Europeans, including French former EU commissioner Thierry Breton. It accused them of working to censor freedom of speech or unfairly target US tech giants with burdensome regulation. Ahmed lives in New York and is believed to be the only of the five currently in the country.The move brought a backlash from European leaders defending the work of organizations monitoring online content.Ahmed, 47, a US permanent resident and founder of the US-based Center for Countering Digital Hate, argued that his detention and possible deportation would tear him away from his...
December 26, 2025

US judge blocks detention of social media campaigner

Exterior view on the damaged St. Anthony church in Al-Khiyam, southern Lebanon. Israeli attacks continue as US-brokered diplomatic talks are held between Israel and Lebanon. — EPA
Israel strikes Hezbollah's training site in Lebanon
BEIRUT — Israel conducted airstrikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon on Friday, including a training site used by the militant group's elite Radwan Force.According to the Israeli military, the strikes targeted a site used for training operatives, conducting live-fire drills and planning attacks against Israeli forces and civilians.Israel also struck several Hezbollah weapons depots, infrastructure and military buildings used to “advance terror plots against IDF forces and the State of Israel," the military said.Lebanese media reported strikes concentrated in the northeastern Hermel region. The military said the targets and Hezbollah's training activities violate understandings between Israel and Lebanon and pose a threat to Israel, adding that it would continue operations...
December 26, 2025

Israel strikes Hezbollah's training site in Lebanon

Najib Razak
Malaysian high court finds former PM Najib Razak guilty of abuse of power
KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian court has found jailed former prime minister Najib Razakguilty of abuse of power in the biggest trial yet in a multibillion-dollar scandal in the country.The ruling handed down by the Kuala Lumpur High Courton Friday could have significant political repercussions. The judge has yet to deliver the full verdict and sentencing.Najib, 72, was found guilty on four counts of abuse of power regarding the illegal transfer of about 2.2 billion Malaysian ringgit ($539m) from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.Malaysian and US investigators say at least $4.5 billion was stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad, a state fund Najib co-founded in 2009 while in office. More than $1 billion allegedly made its way into accounts linked to Najib, who has consistently denied...
December 26, 2025

Malaysian high court finds former PM Najib Razak guilty of abuse of power

Afghans walk past the demolished historic Ariana Cinema site in Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 December 2025. — EPA
Kabul’s historic Ariana Cinema torn down to make way for shopping complex
KABUL — The Ariana Cinema, a historic landmark in downtown Kabul that had weathered decades of war and revolution, has been completely razed to make way for a modern commercial center.On December 16, demolition crews began to tear down the cinema, which first opened its doors to moviegoers in 1963.“It’s not just a building made of bricks and cement that is being destroyed, but the Afghan cinema lovers who resisted and continued their art despite the hardships and severe security problems,” Afghan film director and actor Amir Shah Talash told The Associated Press. “Unfortunately, all the signs of historical Afghanistan are being destroyed.”Hearing about the Ariana Cinema’s destruction was “very painful and sad news for me,” said Talash, who has been active in...
December 26, 2025

Kabul’s historic Ariana Cinema torn down to make way for shopping complex

Cars were submerged in floodwaters  in Wrightwood, California
Heavy rainfall hits California, flooding highways and forcing evacuations
LOS ANGELES — Torrential rains unleashed widespread flash flooding and mud flows across Southern California, as authorities warned motorists to stay off roads while urging residents in flood zones to evacuate.Rain storms triggered floods and mudslides and left three dead as of Christmas night, local officials said.The storms — which were expected to continue through Friday — brought 11 inches (27 cms) of rainfall to some parts of Los Angeles County, shut down major roads.In one mountain resort, debris and mud was filmed cascading down roads and fast-moving water was seen rushing through the porch of several homes.The US National Weather Service said "life-threatening atmospheric river conditions" will continue throughout Christmas Day, with a rare "high risk of excessive rainfall"...
December 26, 2025

Heavy rainfall hits California, flooding highways and forcing evacuations

A tourist van cruises as Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain. — EPA
Five killed in helicopter crash on Mount Kilimanjaro 
DAR ES SALAM — A helicopter on a medical rescue mission crashed on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, killing five people, local media said on Thursday.The helicopter crashed near the mountain’s Barafu Camp on Wednesday, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement.Mwananchi newspaper and East Africa TV, citing Kilimanjaro region’s head of police, Simon Maigwa, reported that the helicopter was on a medical rescue mission.Among the dead were a guide, a doctor, the pilot and two foreign tourists, Mwananchi cited Maigwa as saying, without giving the tourists’ nationalities.Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, is nearly 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) above sea level.The crash happened between 4,670 and 4,700 metres, Mwananchi reported. — Agencies
December 26, 2025

Five killed in helicopter crash on Mount Kilimanjaro 

King Charles III
King Charles calls for reconciliation and unity after 'year of deepening division'
LONDON — Britain's King Charles has called for reconciliation after a year of deepening division, saying in his Christmas address that people must find strength in the diversity of their communities to ensure right defeats wrong.In his traditional speech, recorded in Westminster Abbey, Charles said "we should never lose sight" of the values in which "communities came together in the face of such great challenge".The King also hailed the "spontaneous bravery" of those who helped in emergencies, such as the Bondi Beach attack in Australia.The monarch cited the spirit of the world war two generation, which he said came together to take on the challenge that faced them; displaying qualities he said have shaped both the UK and the Commonwealth.King Charles's Christmas address to the...
December 26, 2025

King Charles calls for reconciliation and unity after 'year of deepening division'

Pope Leo XIV during the Urbi et Orbi Christmas Day message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, 25 December 2025. — EPA
Pope Leo decries suffering in Gaza, calls for courage to end Ukraine war in first Christmas address
ROME — In his first Christmas sermon as pontiff on Thursday, Pope Leo XIV denounced the suffering of the people of Gaza and called for the guns to fall silent in Ukraine.In an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the new pope urged Ukraine and Russia to find the "courage" to hold direct talks to end the warThe first American ⁠pope said the story of Jesus being born in a stable showed that God ​had “pitched his fragile tent” among the people of the world.“How, then, ‍can we not think of the tents in Gaza, exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold?” he asked.Leo, celebrating his first Christmas after being elected in May by the ‍world’s cardinals to ⁠succeed...
December 25, 2025

Pope Leo decries suffering in Gaza, calls for courage to end Ukraine war in first Christmas address

The Algerian flag flies in front of the National Assembly in Algiers
Algeria passes law declaring French colonization a 'state crime'
ALGIERS — Algeria's parliament unanimously adopted a law on Wednesday declaring France's colonization of the the North African state a crime, and demanding an demanding an official apology and reparations from Paris.The law also criminalizes the glorification of colonialism, state-run TV reported.The vote is the latest sign of increasingly strained diplomatic relations between the two countries, with some observers saying they are at their lowest since Algeria gained independence 63 years ago.Lawmakers wearing scarves in the national colors chanted "Long live Algeria" as they approved the bill, which states that France holds "legal responsibility for its colonial past in Algeria and the tragedies it caused," according to state news agency APS.The 27-article law lists crimes it...
December 25, 2025

Algeria passes law declaring French colonization a 'state crime'

Christmas Eve mass at a church in Istanbul
Turkey arrests 115 IS suspects planning terror attacks
ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities have arrested on Thursday more than 100 suspected members of the so-called Islamic State group believed to have been plotting attacks on non-Muslims.The Istanbul chief prosecutor's office ⁠said police obtained information that members of the terrorist group were plotting attacks on non-Muslims in particular during the Christmas and New Year celebrations in Turkey.Police arrested 115 suspects in a series of raids ⁠across ‌Istanbul. Mass raids were carried out at 124 addresses across Istanbul, the city's chief prosecutor said, with firearms, ammunition and "organisational documents" seized. Efforts are ongoing to trace a further 22.Some of the suspects were already wanted on terrorism charges at national and international levels, the...
December 25, 2025

Turkey arrests 115 IS suspects planning terror attacks

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