Syria’s transition has been surprisingly smooth but it’s only been a few weeks since Assad fled the country and his administration and forces melted away.

An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said.

In his third Christmas TV broadcast since becoming king, Charles struck an unusually personal tone for the royal seasonal message.

Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, striking a thermal power plant, Kyiv said.

As Christmas coincided with the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that he dedicated to hope, Francis called for broad reconciliation, ‘even (with) our enemies.’

Donald Trump wished a “Merry Christmas to all” on Wednesday, but the merriment took a sharp turn as the president-elect quickly let loose on a wide range of Christmas Day grievances. “Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal (where we lost 38,000…

Remembering all the stars and notable figures we’ve lost this year.

Each year, at least 100,000 kids call into the North American Aerospace Defense Command to inquire about Santa’s location, with millions more online in nine languages.

According to the warrants, the six are wanted for national security offences such as secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces.

Were you keeping track through the labour disputes, the moments of triumph and heartbreak in sport, and some of the just plain weird pop culture happenings of 2024?