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Front-runner to be Bangladesh PM returns after 17 years in exile

1 hour 59 min ago
Tarique Rahman, who has lived in London since 2008, arrives weeks before for pivotal elections are held.
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Waterskiing Santas and giant cuts of meat: Christmas around the world

4 hours 19 min ago
From London to Bethlehem, services and festivities to mark the holiday cheer are in full swing.
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Watch: Moment robbers rip ATM from inside Texas store

7 hours 47 min ago
The White Settlement Police Department is searching for two suspects.
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Where is Santa now? Trump answers kids' Christmas calls to Norad tracker

8 hours 2 min ago
Norad got some help from President Donald Trump as it marked its 70th year tracking Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs files appeal asking for immediate prison release

9 hours 13 min ago
Combs argues his sentence was improperly decided and asked that his conviction also be thrown out.
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Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura wins Honduras presidential election

10 hours 18 min ago
It is not clear if Asfura's opponents will accept the result after saying the vote count was manipulated.
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Bomb blast in Nigeria's packed mosque kills five

10 hours 35 min ago
Another 35 people were injured in the explosion during evening prayers in the city of Maiduguri, police say.
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Eleven arrested over mass shooting in South Africa tavern

11 hours 12 min ago
Preliminary investigations revealed the motive could be linked to illegal mining turf wars, police said.
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Eleven arrested over mass shooting in South Africa tavern

11 hours 12 min ago
Preliminary investigations revealed the motive could be linked to illegal mining turf wars, police said.
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Officials discover a million more documents potentially related to Epstein case

13 hours 11 min ago
The US Department of Justice says reviewing the material could delay release by a "few more weeks".
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Explosion hits packed mosque in Nigeria

13 hours 59 min ago
Eyewitnesses say the blast happened as people were gathered for evening prayers.
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Democratic board member muted during Kennedy Center vote sues to remove Trump's name

14 hours 32 min ago
US Representative Joyce Beatty claims the renaming of the venue is illegal because the change requires "an act of Congress".
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Algerian law declares France's colonisation a crime

15 hours 6 min ago
Lawmakers unanimously approve a law, which demands an apology and reparations from the former colonial power.
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Two police officers killed in explosion in Moscow

16 hours 15 min ago
A device was detonated after police approached a "suspicious" individual in Moscow, authorities said.
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UK social media campaigners among five denied US visas

17 hours 33 min ago
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
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Ho Ho No! Santa pulled over for speeding in Ohio

December 24, 2025 - 21:53
A man and his wife in Fulton County were stopped by a sheriff while dressed as Santa and Mrs Claus.
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Watch: Huge fireball as tanker explodes on Italian motorway

December 24, 2025 - 21:33
The vehicle had earlier been involved in a crash and everyone in the surrounding area was safely evacuated before the blast.
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Latest peace plan offers possible Ukrainian withdrawal from east, Zelensky says

December 24, 2025 - 18:52
On the key question of Ukraine's eastern Donbas, Zelensky says a "free economic zone" is a potential option.
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Venezuela accuses US of 'extortion' over seizure of oil tankers

December 24, 2025 - 18:46
An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was called to discuss the US seizure of two tankers.
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Venezuela accuses US of 'extortion' over seizure of oil tankers

December 24, 2025 - 18:46
An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was called to discuss the US seizure of two tankers.
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