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AP News
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CNN
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Huffington Post
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Axios
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The Guardian
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BBC
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The Independent
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Daily Mail
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Reason
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Mother Jones
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ABC News
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CBS
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CNBC
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NPR
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LA Times
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Salon
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UPI
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Newsweek
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Fox News
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Semafor
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Time
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The Hill
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The Express
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December 25
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
- Three people are killed in two separated Israeli airstrikes against vehicles in southern Lebanon, including a member of the Iranian Quds Force. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- Terrorism in Turkey
- Turkish authorities seize weapons and documents and arrest 115 suspects in Istanbul, connected with Islamic State-planned attacks on non-Muslims at Christmas and New Year's festivities across Turkey. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- A woman is found dead and two other people are wounded in a "violent incident" in Boden, Sweden. The perpetrator is shot and killed by police. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Elections in Somalia
- Residents of Mogadishu, Somalia, vote to elect 390 district council members who will select the city's mayor, marking Somalia's first direct election since 1969, serving as a pilot for planned nationwide polls. (Reuters)
On This Day
December 25: Christmas (Western Christianity; Gregorian calendar); Quaid-e-Azam Day in Pakistan
- 1100 – Baldwin I was crowned the first king of Jerusalem (depicted) in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
- 1725 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of the Christmas cantata Unser Mund sei voll Lachens, BWV 110, making laughter audible in singing.
- 1990 – British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee introduced WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor.
- 2000 – Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill officially adopting a new national anthem, with music by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov originally composed for the anthem of the Soviet Union.
- 2024 – After the loss of aircraft systems, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashed near Aktau International Airport while attempting to perform an emergency landing after being hit by a Russian defense missile.