A projection showed Prime Minister Albin Kurti's governing Self-Determination party is on course to win the most seats in Kosovo's parliament, but will fall short of a majority....
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The Israeli military said it hit a training compound and weapons depots on Friday, in an operation aimed at threats that “advance terror plots against IDF forces and the State of Israel"....
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Christmas Eve Mass as pontiff, as Christians flocked to Bethlehem after "two years of darkness" during the war in Gaza. Follow for the latest Christmas news....
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