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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

Princess Charlotte and Catherine, The Princess of Wales, sit smiling at a piano as they perform at for a Christmas Carol service
Princess of Wales and daughter perform piano duet for Christmas carol concert
LONDON — Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her daughter Charlotte played a festive piano duet that aired Wednesday as part of an annual Christmas service celebrating “love in all its forms,” according to Kensington Palace.The mother and daughter did not appear live at the Together at Christmas event at Westminster Abbey earlier this month. But their performance of a piece of music by Scottish composer Erland Cooper was pre-recorded at Windsor Castle last week specifically for the event's Christmas Eve broadcast on ITV1.British television viewers saw the “special musical moment” between Catherine and Princess Charlotte on Christmas Eve, the palace said in a statement.The royal mother and daughter performed “Holm Sound” by the Scottish producer Erland Cooper, a composition...
December 25, 2025

Princess of Wales and daughter perform piano duet for Christmas carol concert

Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine and US agree on most points of peace plan, Zelensky says
KYIV — The US and Ukraine have reached a consensus on several key issues aimed at ending Russia's nearly four-year war, but territorial control in Ukraine’s eastern regions and the management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remain unresolved, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.Zelensky spoke as the US shared the latest 20-point plan with Russian negotiators. A response is expected from Moscow on Wednesday.The future of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, known together as the Donbas, remains at the heart of the talks, in what Zelensky described as “the most difficult point”.Russia continues to assert maximalist demands, insisting that Ukraine relinquish the remaining territory in Donbas that it has not captured — an ultimatum that Kyiv...
December 24, 2025

Ukraine and US agree on most points of peace plan, Zelensky says

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
European leaders voice support for Denmark after Trump’s latest Greenland threat
BRUSSELS — President Donald Trump has revived his ambitions to incorporate Greenland into US territory citing national security, prompting European leaders to voice support for Denmark.The US president has appointed Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, as the new US special envoy for Greenland with the stated objective of “integrating Greenland into the United States” and repeated the US needs the territory for its national security.His comments have been taken seriously by EU heads of state and government, who are presenting a united front against what they describe as American expansionist ambitions towards the autonomous territory, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.France's President Emmanuel Macron and his Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, both...
December 24, 2025

European leaders voice support for Denmark after Trump’s latest Greenland threat

Russian investigators work near a destroyed car after a blast from an explosive device planted beneath the vehicle in a residential area of Moscow, Russia, 22 December 2025. — EPA
Two Russian officers killed in Moscow explosion
MOSCOW — Three people, including two police officers, were killed in Moscow in an explosion early Wednesday morning after police on patrol approached a man behaving suspiciously.The Russian Investigative Committee (IRC) said that "two traffic police officers saw a suspicious person next to a police car.""When they approached to stop him, an explosive device was triggered. As a result of the injuries sustained, the two police officers, as well as the person standing next to them, died," IRC added in a Telegram post.Several Russian news channels reported that the alleged assailant was one of the three victims, but the claims could not be independently verified.Emergency services and security forces rushed to the scene of the explosion, which was cordoned off while investigators gathered...
December 24, 2025

Two Russian officers killed in Moscow explosion

Emergency responders work at the site of a Russian drone strike on an apartment building, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 23, 2025
Russian air attack on Ukraine kills three and sparks sweeping outages
KYIV —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday Russia launched a "massive" overnight attack on his country, using more than 600 drones and 30 missiles. The attack triggered widespread emergency power cuts and prompted neighbouring Poland to scramble jets.At least three people have been reported killed across the country, including a four-year-old child in the central Zhytomyr regionThe attacks, days after another round of US-led talks to end the nearly four-year-old war, hit energy facilities in western regions the hardest, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.Poland, a NATO member bordering western Ukraine, said Polish and allied aircraft were deployed to protect Polish airspace after Russian strikes targeted areas near the border.Zelensky said Russia had targeted at least...
December 23, 2025

Russian air attack on Ukraine kills three and sparks sweeping outages

Molotov cocktails were thrown at officers guarding the prime minister's office in the Albanian capital Tirana
Albanian police arrest four after Molotov cocktails thrown at anti-government protest
TIRANA — Four men were arrested following clashes at an opposition Democratic Party (PD) rally in the Albanian capital Tirana, after Molotov cocktails were thrown at officers guarding the prime minister's office, police said.Seven others face investigation without detention, according to authorities.Among those under investigation is Ervin Minarolli, PD's organisational secretary, who police said failed to identify persons responsible for ensuring the smooth conduct of the rally as required under Albanian law on public gatherings.Monday's protest took place on the central Martyrs of the People boulevard, outside Prime Minister Edi Rama's residence, around 6 pm. Police said some participants threw petrol bombs at officers deployed to maintain public order and...
December 23, 2025

Albanian police arrest four after Molotov cocktails thrown at anti-government protest

Deep Shambarkar holds his request to leave the country in his hand
Indian students at Berlin university face deportation 
BERLIN — Deep Shambarkar would never have thought that his studies in Germany would end up like this.The 25-year-old moved from Maharashtra in India to Berlin last July to pursue a master's in business management. He had enrolled at the private International University, or IU for short.Shambarkar has already invested around €20,000 for his studies - a considerable sum for the young man. He had taken out a student loan from an Indian bank."I don't think the university will pay me back," he explained. Others have already had to drop out of university and were left with the costs.Instead of writing his master's thesis, he now has to deal with the authorities.His visa was due to be extended in the summer. Yet suddenly, a yellow envelope from the Berlin Immigration Office...
December 23, 2025

Indian students at Berlin university face deportation 

Firefighters work at the site of a warehouse of home appliances which was hit during an overnight Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine December 16, 202
Russia escalates attacks on key Ukrainian region of Odesa
KYIV — Russia has intensified its strikes on the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa, causing widespread power cuts and threatening the region's maritime infrastructure.Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said Moscow was carrying out "systematic" attacks on the region. Last week, he warned that the focus of the war "may have shifted towards Odesa".President Volodymyr Zelensky said the repeated attacks were an attempt by Moscow to block Ukraine's access to maritime logistics.Earlier in December, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to sever Ukraine's access to the sea as retaliation for drone attacks on tankers of Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Black Sea."Shadow fleet" is a term that refers to hundreds of tankers used by Russia to bypass Western...
December 23, 2025

Russia escalates attacks on key Ukrainian region of Odesa

Turkish parliament
Turkish MPs brawl during heated budget debate
ANKARA — Turkish lawmakers exchanged punches during a heated debate over the 2026 budget proposal on Sunday, though both the budget and a 2024 financial accounts bill were ultimately approved.The fight broke out after ruling AK Party MP Mustafa Varank made remarks targeting opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel during budget discussions in the Grand National Assembly.After Varank slammed Özel over images taken at the grave of former Tunceli MP Kamer Genç, CHP Group Deputy Chairman Gökhan Günaydın responded from the podium, accusing the AK Party of deliberately creating controversy during budget talks.The debate escalated to an exchange of harsh comments about the legacy of the founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, when further...
December 23, 2025

Turkish MPs brawl during heated budget debate

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