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Heavy rain, flash floods hit southern California

Gulf-Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

Torrential rains unleashed flash floods and warnings of debris flow across southern California, particularly in fire-scarred areas, with further downpours forecast as authorities declared a state of emergency in several counties. Driven by an atmospheric river

Ukraine fires Storm Shadows, drones to hit Russia's oil, gas facilities

Gulf-Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

Ukraine launched British Storm Shadow missiles and its domestically produced long-range drones to hit several Russian oil and gas facilities, Ukrainian military and security officials said Thursday. Ukraine has previously used the British-made missiles ⁠to

Bangladesh PM hopeful returns home after 17 years in exile

Gulf-Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman Thursday returned ‌from nearly 17 years in exile, a homecoming the party hopes will energise supporters with Rahman poised to be the top contender ⁠for prime minister in February. Hundreds of

White House orders military to focus on 'quarantine' of Venezuela oil

Gulf-Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

The White House has ordered US military forces to focus almost exclusively on enforcing a 'quarantine' of Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months, a US official told Reuters, indicating that Washington is currently more interested in using economic

NORAD tracks Santa's Yuletide sleigh ride for 70th year

Gulf-Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

Santa Claus drove his reindeer-powered sleigh over rooftops around the world on Wednesday, delivering gifts to millions of children in a magic Christmas Eve ritual that North American air defence officials say they began tracking 70 years ago. Still, despite

Peshawar church attack haunts Christians at Christmas

Gulf-Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

After passing multiple checkpoints under the watchful eyes of snipers stationed overhead, hundreds of Christians gathered for a Christmas mass in northwest Pakistan 12 years after suicide bombers killed dozens of worshippers. The impact of metal shards remain

Trump-backed Asfura declared winner of Honduras presidency

Gulf-Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

Nasry Asfura, a conservative businessman backed by US President Donald Trump, was declared winner of the Honduran presidential vote on Wednesday, weeks after a razor-thin election marred by delays and allegations of fraud. The national electoral council CNE

US cities look to new AI tools to boost recycling

Gulf-Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

A great idea in theory, recycling is a pain in practice - a dirty job that relies on people to sift plastics from glass, sort soggy paper from rotten vegetables and root out hazardous items before they get tipped into fast-filling dumps. Now artificial

Netflix down? NFL fans complain during Christmas games; ‘can’t chromecast, close captions'

Hindustan Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

Several NFL fans are reporting issues with Netflix during the Washington Commanders vs Dallas Cowboys Christmas Day game on Thursday. Downdetector, a platform that tracks online outages, showed about 500 reports at the time of writing this story. However,

King Charles calls for 'reconciliation' in Christmas speech, praises Bondi Beach heroes

Hindustan Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

Britain's King Charles III called for "compassion and reconciliation" at a time of "division" across the world in his Christmas Day message Thursday. Britain's King Charles, along with members of the royal family, arrives to attend the Royal Family's Christmas

Storms bearing down on waterlogged Southern California could cause more flooding and mudslides

Hindustan Times | 2025-12-25, 19:43

WRIGHTWOOD, Calif.Southern California braced Thursday for another powerful storm system that could cause more flooding and mudslides a day after heavy rain and gusty winds were blamed for at least two deaths. Storms bearing down on waterlogged Southern

A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — This was not the Christmas that Mariela Gómez would have imagined a year ago. Or the one that thousands of other Venezuelan immigrants would have thought. But Donald Trump returned to the White House in January and quickly ended their

3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in ...

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging part of a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian Authority police said. Police said late Wednesday

Saudi Arabia calls on Yemen separatists to leave 2 governorates as anti-Houthi coalition strains

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday formally called on Emirati-backed separatists in Yemen to withdraw from two governorates their forces now control in the country, a move that threatens sparking a confrontation within a fragile

The Kremlin says Moscow made an offer to France regarding a French citizen imprisoned in Russia

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

The Kremlin on Thursday said it was in contact with the French authorities over the fate of a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly facing new charges of espionage. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that

Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

ISTANBUL (AP) — Officers from the Istanbul Police Counter-Terrorism Department launched simultaneous raids on Thursday at 124

Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969. Analysts say it is a major departure from clan-based power-sharing

Son of former Bangladesh prime minister returns after 17 years in exile with a chance ...

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The son of a former prime minister of Bangladesh returned home Thursday, promising to work for a safe country after more than 17 years in self-imposed exile as a frontrunner to become the nation’s next leader in upcoming

Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro undergoes double hernia surgery

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent double hernia surgery on Thursday at a hospital in the country’s capital, his family said. The procedure in Brasilia lasted about 3½ hours and was completed without complications,

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

Pope Leo XIV presides over Christmas Day Mass at the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)(AP/Gregorio Borgia) Pope Leo XIV presides over Christmas Day Mass at the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican,

Photos show Venezuelan migrants spending Christmas at home after abandoning hope of reaching the US

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — After months on the move through jungles, seas and

Algeria votes to declare French colonization a crime and demands restitution

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Legislators in Algeria voted to declare France’s colonization of the North African country a crime, approving a law that calls for restitution of property taken by France during its 130-year rule, among other demands seeking to redress

Turkey begins black box analysis of jet crash that killed Libyan military chief and 7 others

Wtop | 2025-12-25, 19:43

ISTANBUL (AP) — The technical analysis of the recovered black boxes from a jet crash that killed eight people, including western Libya’s military chief, began as the

Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an 'alternative Christmas message' for Britain

The Daily Gazette | 2025-12-25, 19:37

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel takes aim at U.S. President Donald Trump in a message to U.K. viewers. The address, aired on Channel 4 on Christmas day, warns about the rise of fascism. Kimmel reflects on Trump’s second term, saying ...

Turkey detains over 100 IS suspects in raids ahead of holiday attacks

The Siasat Daily | 2025-12-25, 19:36

Istanbul: Officers from the Istanbul Police Counter-Terrorism Department launched simultaneous raids on Thursday at 124 locations and detained over a hundred suspected members of

Mohammad Bakri, renowned Palestinian actor and filmmaker, dies at 72

NBC Bay Area | 2025-12-25, 19:32

Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian director and actor who sought to share the complexities of Palestinian identity and culture through a variety of works in both Arabic and Hebrew, has died, his family announced. He was 72. Bakri was best known for “Jenin, Jenin,”

Why Russia Is Likely to Reject the New U.S.-Ukrainian Peace Plan

The Mercury News | 2025-12-25, 19:31

On Tuesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine presented a 20-point peace plan formulated by Ukrainian and U.S. officials that was a significant departure from a plan drawn up in October that would have essentially forced Ukraine to cede territory and