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World

26 Dec
Dozens of people were hospitalized and a main international highway was closed to traffic after a freight train carrying ammonia derailed in southern Serbia on Sunday. Local authorities in the town of Pirot...
26 Dec
The top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land held a Christmas morning Mass at Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity on Sunday, following a day of celebrations in the city’s Manger Square. Hundreds of...
26 Dec
Britain's royal family attended its traditional Christmas Day church service in Sandringham on Sunday, marking its first Christmas without Queen Elizabeth II. King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort...
25 Dec
People in Australia took part in Christmas celebrations on Sunday. In Sydney, some attended mass at St Mary's cathedral while others popped down to the beach for a surf and a swim and to be with friends and...
25 Dec
A battering winter storm knocked out power to 1.7 million homes and businesses across the United States on Saturday, left millions more to worry about the prospect of further outages. Across the country,...
25 Dec
A truck carrying liquified petroleum gas exploded in the South African town of Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, on Saturday killing at least nine people and injuring 50 others, officials said. The top of the...
25 Dec
Rail passengers hoping to make it to loved ones across the UK in time for Christmas Day suffered serious setbacks on Saturday as much of the railway network came to a standstill. A strike by members of the Rail...
25 Dec
Five people were arrested following the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man at the Mall of America that sent the sprawling commercial centre into lockdown on one of the final days of the holiday shopping season,...
25 Dec
Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those “ravenous” for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable, including children, in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war,...
25 Dec
Maxi Jazz, a DJ and singer who fronted the eclectic British dance band Faithless known for such hits as “Insomnia” and “We Come 1,” has died. He was 65. Faithless announced his death on...

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