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San Francisco City Hall debuts a new holiday installation, 'City Hall Winter Lights' in San Francisco, California, USA, 17 December 2025. (EPA)
December 21, 2025

Power outage plunges much of San Francisco into darkness, affecting 130,000 customers

The La Salle des Fetes inside Elysee Palace during the Journees Europeennes du Patrimoine (European Patrimony Days) in Paris, France, 20 September 2025. (EPA)
December 21, 2025

French presidential palace theft case heads to trial after silverware stolen

Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries, attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 02 December 2025. (EPA)
December 21, 2025

Kremlin envoy says US-led Ukraine peace talks progressing “constructively”

Israeli soldiers leave after demolishing the house of Palestinian prisoner Abdul Karim Sanoubar in the West Bank city of Nablus, 02 December 2025. (EPA)
December 21, 2025

Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank

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Saudi, Jordanian foreign ministers discuss regional situation

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Saudi FM, GCC chief discuss joint Gulf cooperation

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Syria foils attempt to smuggle 26,000 Captagon pills into Saudi Arabia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C-R) and his wife, Jodie Haydon (C-L), arrive to attend a National Day of Reflection vigil and commemoration for the victims and survivors of the Bondi Massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, 21 December 2025. (EPA)
December 21, 2025

Australia to review intelligence agencies after Bondi Beach terror attack

December 21, 2025

Manhunt launched after tavern shooting kills nine in South Africa

December 21, 2025

US seizes oil tanker in international waters off Venezuela

Jordan confirms participation in US strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria
December 20, 2025

Jordan confirms participation in US strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria

US releases initial tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files amid criticism over redactions
December 20, 2025

US releases initial tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files amid criticism over redactions

Internally displaced Palestinian shelter in a destroyed building, in Al Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, 13 December 2025, near the yellow line amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (EPA)
December 20, 2025

Israeli fire kills five Palestinians in northern Gaza as ceasefire stalls

FBI agents investigate blocked off buildings near The Barus and Holley building at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 15 December 2025. (EPA)
December 20, 2025

Autopsy confirms suspect in Brown University shooting died by suicide days earlier

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