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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center in brown coat, waves to his supporters as he leaves after a court hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. A Pakistani court on Tuesday overturned the 2018 conviction of former Prime Minister Sharif in a graft case and acquitted him, clearing his path to run in the parliamentary elections set to be held in February. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousufzai)
Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif will seek fourth term in office, his party says
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says, noting he will be its consensus candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections and the office of the … more
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, holds a year-end plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korea's Kim boasts of achievements as he opens key year-end political meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised what he called achievements and victories that strengthened national power this year, as he opened a key political meeting to set new policy goals for … more
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FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Sweden edged closer toward joining NATO after the Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee greenlighted a protocol for the Nordic country’s membership in the military alliance. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped his objection to Sweden’s membership during a NATO summit in July, but it took him several months to send the bill to parliament for ratification and weeks for the committee to give its consent. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
Here's what to know about Turkey's decision to move forward with Sweden's bid to join NATO
Sweden edged closer toward joining NATO after the Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee greenlighted a protocol for the Nordic country’s membership in the military alliance. Turkish … more
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FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on prior to a meeting ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, July 10, 2023. The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee was poised on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, to resume deliberations on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked the Nordic country’s admission on U.S. approval of Turkey’s request to purchase F-16 fighter jets.(Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP, File)
Sweden moves one step closer to NATO membership after Turkish parliamentary committee gives approval
The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has given its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO, drawing the previously non-aligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western … more
Flowers lay at the building gate where four children between nine months and 10 years old and their mother were found killed, Tuesday, Dec.26, 2023 in Meaux, east of Paris. A woman and her four children, between nine months and 10 years old, were killed in their apartment east of Paris in what the local prosecutor called an exceptionally violent crime. Authorities said the children's father was arrested Tuesday and is the primary suspect. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)
4 young children and their mother were killed in their French home. The father is in custody
Four children between nine months and 10 years old and their mother have been killed in their apartment east of Paris in what the local prosecutor called an exceptionally violent crime. Authorities … more
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Russian naval ship in Crimea damaged in airstrike by Ukrainian forces, Russian Defense Ministry says
A Russian naval ship in Crimea was damaged in an airstrike by Ukrainian forces. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that the landing ship Novocherkassk has been hit by plane-launched guided … more
Firefighters try to secure the area with sandbags from floodwaters from the Burlage-Langholter Tief, a tributary of the Leda, after it overflowed, in Langholt, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. Firefighters and volunteers labored to reinforce dikes against rising floodwaters in northern and eastern Germany as heavy rains falling on already soaked ground pushed rivers and streams over their banks and forced several towns to evacuate residents. (Lars Penning/dpa via AP)
Towns reinforce dikes as heavy rains send rivers over their banks in Germany and the Netherlands
Firefighters and volunteers worked overnight to reinforce dikes in northern and eastern Germany against rising floodwaters as heavy rain falling on already soaked ground pushed rivers and streams … more
FILE - Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny gestures while speaking to a crowd during a political protest in Moscow, Russia on July 20, 2019. Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost. Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
The imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny resurfaces with darkly humorous comments
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has released a sardonic statement about his transfer to a Arctic prison colony nicknamed the “Polar Wolf.” It was his first appearance since associates … more
Migrants walk along a highway in Huixtla, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023. A caravan of migrants set out north through southern Mexico just days before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Mexico City to discuss new agreements to control the surge of migrants seeking entry into the United States. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)
Migrant caravan in southern Mexico marks Christmas Day by trudging onward
Christmas Day meant the same as any other for thousands of migrants walking through southern Mexico: more trudging under a hot sun. There were no presents; Christmas Eve dinner was a sandwich, a … more
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FILE - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a meeting with foreign correspondents, July 6, 2023, in Minsk, Belarus. On Monday, Dec. 25, Lukashenko said that Russia has completed its shipments of tactical nuclear weapons to his country, an initiative that raised strong concerns in neighboring Poland and elsewhere in the region. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Belarus leader says Russian nuclear weapons shipments are completed, raising concern in the region
The president of Belarus says Russia has completed its shipments of short-range, tactical nuclear weapons to his country, an initiative that has raised strong concerns in neighboring Poland and … more
A woman dressed in national costume stands near the nativity scene to celebrate Christmas in the village of Pirogovo, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukraine celebrates Christmas on Dec. 25 for the first time, distancing itself from Russia
Christmas carries more than spiritual weight for many Ukrainians this year: for the first time, the country is observing it as a public holiday on Dec. 25, rather than the later date followed in … more
Turkey steps up airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq after 12 soldiers were killed
Turkey has intensified its airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq over the weekend. The Turkish defense ministry … more
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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, left, and Arsenal's Oleksandr Zinchenko fight for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield stadium in Liverpool, England, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
Liverpool star Mohamed Salah 'shares pain' of grieving families at Christmas amid Israel-Hamas war
Liverpool soccer star Mohamed Salah says he “shares the pain” of grieving families at Christmas amid the Israel-Hamas war. The Egypt international posted a message on X, formerly known as … more
FILE - Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia on Feb. 29, 2020. Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost. Navalny, the most prominent foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Navalny located in penal colony 3 weeks after contact lost
Associates of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost. Navalny, the … more
Pope Francis waves before delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday Dec. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Francis blasts the weapons industry as he makes a Christmas appeal for peace in the world
Pope Francis is denouncing the weapons industry in his Christmas Day appeal for peace in the world and in particular between Israel and the Palestinians. Francis delivered his annual Christmas Day … more
Gendarmes patrol by the plane grounded by police based that it could be carrying trafficking victims, at the Vary airport , Monday, Dec. 25, 2023 in Vatry, eastern France. A charter plane carrying 303 Indians to Nicaragua was authorized Sunday to leave a French airport where it has been grounded for four days for a human trafficking investigation. A lawyer for the airline said the plane is taking many of the stranded passengers back to India on Monday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A plane stuck for days in France for a human trafficking investigation is leaving for India
A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation is scheduled to leave Monday for India. The exceptional holiday ordeal left some 300 Indians en route for Nicaragua blocked … more
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Pope Francis blesses a family as he presides over Christmas eve Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope says 'our hearts are in Bethlehem' as he presides over the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's
Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today” prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world." He recalled Jesus’ birth in a stable in Bethlehem, saying: … more
Migrants depart from Tapachula, Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. The caravan started the trek north through Mexico just days before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Mexico City to discuss new agreements to control the surge of migrants seeking entry into the United States. (AP Photo/Edgar Hernandez Clemente)
Thousands join migrant caravan in Mexico ahead of Secretary of State Blinken's visit to the capital
A sprawling caravan of migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and other countries is trekking through Mexico. The procession Sunday comes just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken … more
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Mother in law stands near the coffin of Mykhailo Hlibchuk, a Ukrainian soldier who was killed during the fighting with Russian armed forces, at his home in Kuty village, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Russian shelling kills 4 as Ukraine prepares to observe Christmas on Dec. 25 for the first time
Russian shelling in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region has killed four people as Ukraine prepares to officially celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 7. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed … more
Police vans are parked at the entrance of Cologne Cathedral ahead of a Christmas Eve Mass, in Cologne, Germany, early Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. Cologne police acting on indications of a possible attack searched Germany's landmark cathedral with sniffer dogs Saturday and said worshippers attending Christmas Eve Mass would undergo security screening before being allowed in. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)
In a troubled world, Christians strive to put aside earthly worries on Christmas Eve
Christians around the world are striving on Christmas Eve to put aside the worries and fears of an unsettled, war-torn world as they prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Believers in … more
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