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Rescuers located hundreds of migrants packed aboard a fishing boat
Greece rescues 545 migrants off Gavdos as Libya route sees surge in crossings
ATHENS — Greek authorities rescued 545 migrants from a fishing vessel off Gavdos on Friday in one of the largest operations in recent months, as arrivals from Libya to Greece's southernmost islands continue to surge.The Hellenic Coast Guard received a distress signal shortly after 3 am on Friday. Three coast guard vessels, three Frontex ships and three commercial vessels responded to the emergency approximately 16 nautical miles southeast of Gavdos.Rescuers located hundreds of migrants packed aboard a fishing boat. After several hours, the operation was completed safely and all 545 people were transferred to the port of Agia Galini on nearby Crete in good health.Mayor Giannis Tatarakis of the Agios Vasilios municipality said the migrants would remain briefly in Agia Galini before...
December 19, 2025

Greece rescues 545 migrants off Gavdos as Libya route sees surge in crossings

Sharif Osman Hadi was a key figure in the youth movement that topped Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh newspaper staff recall 'gasping for air' as offices set ablaze
DHAKA — Staff at two leading Bangladeshi newspapers say they were "gasping for air" as protesters, roused by the death of a prominent activist, set their offices alight on Thursday.Sharif Osman Hadi, who had emerged as a key figure after last year's anti-government protests that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was shot in Dhaka last week and died of his injuries on Thursday.Hundreds of protesters stormed the offices of English newspaper The Daily Star and Bengali daily Prothom Alo on Thursday night and the demonstrations extended into the next day."It is one of the darkest days for independent journalism in Bangladesh," the English language Daily Star said in a statement.For the first time in 35 years, The Daily Star could not publish its print edition on Friday and will...
December 19, 2025

Bangladesh newspaper staff recall 'gasping for air' as offices set ablaze

Richard Moth, the incoming Archbishop of Westmiister
Pope Leo appoints social justice campaigner as new Archbishop of Westminster
LONDON — Pope Leo XIV on Friday appointed Bishop Richard Moth, who regularly speaks out on social concerns such as prisons, as the new Archbishop of Westminster, the most senior Catholic Cleric in England and Wales.The appointment of Bishop Moth, 67, of Arundel and Brighton in southern England, is Pope Leo’s second appointment to a senior church position this week, coming a day after his nomination of pro-migrant Bishop Ronald Hicks as Archbishop of New York.Bishop Moth, like his counterpart in New York, is known as a figure able to mediate between different viewpoints inside the church, while showing a commitment to Catholic social teachings, in his case in the areas of prisons and mental health.Moth is the chair of the Department for Social Justice for the Catholic Bishops’...
December 19, 2025

Pope Leo appoints social justice campaigner as new Archbishop of Westminster

Peter Arnett
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, dead at 91
LOS ANGELES — Peter Arnett, a renowned journalist whose coverage of multiple conflicts earned him a Pulitzer Prize, has died at 91.Arnett spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq.He died in Newport Beach, California, on Wednesday, surrounded by friends and family, according to his son Andrew Arnett. The cause of death was prostate cancer, his daughter Elsa confirmed.Arnett was originally from New Zealand. He dropped out of high school before starting his work as a journalist, which eventually led him to a position with the Associated Press.Arnett began his work in war zones in 1960, when he wrote about a coup in Laos and reportedly swam across the Mekong River to neighboring Thailand in...
December 19, 2025

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, dead at 91

A person dressed head to toe in black is seen walking along a pavement, with a blue ring drawn around them
Suspect in Brown University and MIT shootings found dead
SALEM — The suspect ‍in ​last week's ‌mass shooting at Brown University has been found dead in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, following a six-day multi-state manhunt, police say.They identified the suspect as Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national who studied at the university in Providence, Rhode Island, about 25 years ago.Providence police chief Oscar Perez said video evidence and tips from the public led investigators to a car-rental location where they found the suspect's name and matched him to their person of interest.Officials said they also believe Valente killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor two days after the 13 December shooting at Brown.Authorities have not suggested a motive for either attack.Brown University...
December 19, 2025

Suspect in Brown University and MIT shootings found dead

The US Southern Command released new video of showing a lethal strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat operated on December 18, 2025
US strikes 2 more boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing 5
WASHINGTON — The US military conducted strikes against two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing 5 people, according to US Southern Command.At least 104 people have now been killed in US strikes on alleged drug boats, and Thursday’s attack marks the third this week.“On Dec. 18, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X, adding that no US service members were harmed in the strikes.On Monday, the US killed 8 people in strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific, and the US killed 4 people in a strike on a single boat on Wednesday.The strikes on...
December 19, 2025

US strikes 2 more boats in the Pacific Ocean, killing 5

The TikTok logo appears on a smartphone screen, with the American flag on a computer screen in the background, in this photo illustration taken in Athens, Greece, on September 26, 2025
TikTok owner signs agreements to avoid US ban
LOS ANGELES — TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements with US and global investors for the majority of its business in America, TikTok's boss told employees on Thursday.Half of the joint venture will be owned by a group of investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake and the Emirati investment firm MGX, according to a memo sent by chief executive Shou Zi Chew.The deal, which is set to close on 22 January, would end years of efforts by Washington to force ByteDance to sell its US operations over national security concerns.It is in ​line with a deal unveiled in September, when US President Donald Trump delayed the enforcement of a law that would ban the app unless it was sold.In the memo, TikTok said the deal will enable "over 170 million Americans to...
December 19, 2025

TikTok owner signs agreements to avoid US ban

Australia's Federal Police will help execute the scheme
Australia announces gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi attack
SYDNEY — The Australian government has announced a gun buyback scheme in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack — its deadliest mass shooting in decades.The scheme is the largest since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which left 35 people dead and prompted Australia to introduce world-leading gun control measures.Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday when two gunmen, believed to have been motivated by "Islamic State ideology", opened fire on a Jewish festival at the country's most iconic beach.On Friday, police also said there was no ongoing reason to detain a group of men who were arrested in Sydney over their "extremist Islamic ideology".Police allege Sunday's attack, which they have declared a terrorist incident, was committed by a father-son duo. Naveed...
December 19, 2025

Australia announces gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi attack

Elephants walking around a rubbish dump
Three arrested for allegedly burning wild elephant in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO — Police in Sri Lanka have arrested three men for allegedly burning a wild elephant with flaming torches while trying to chase it away, local media reported.A video of the incident, which took place in a village in the country's north, triggered fierce backlash as it circulated on social media this week.Despite receiving treatment from veterinarians, the male elephant died on Tuesday.The suspects, who were arrested on Thursday, are aged between 42 and 50, local media reported.The male elephant was found with severe burns and a gunshot wound on its leg. It had also been treated by vets on several occasions earlier this year, local media reported.The case has drawn sharp criticism among animal rights advocates and social media users.A petition created on Thursday, demanding...
December 19, 2025

Three arrested for allegedly burning wild elephant in Sri Lanka

Exterior of the Kennedy Center with people outside and a police truck and fountain
Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says
WASHINGTON — The board of the Kennedy Center has voted to rename the performing arts centre the Trump-Kennedy Center, according to the White House.Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media that the board voted unanimously to make the change due to "the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building".Leavitt also congratulated the late President John F. Kennedy and wrote "this will be a truly great team long into the future! The building will no doubt attain new levels of success and grandeur".The change will certainly meet controversy, particularly in Washington DC where the centre has been an iconic landmark since it was built and named for Kennedy.Speaking in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump said he was "surprised" and "honoured" by...
December 19, 2025

Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says

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