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....
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Finnish government released a Truth and Reconciliation report documenting harms to the Sámi people. ✓ Climate change,...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Government announces animal welfare strategy ✓ Promise to ban puppy farms included in plans ✓ Ref...
It's taken me a while to adapt to some of the work and cultural norms in France. Jodie Hughes Learning French etiquette was a challenging, embarrassing part of adapting to my new working life. The Fre...
On Thursday evening in Manhattan's Financial District, hundreds of protesters braved the cold to protest US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after an agent fatally shot a woman at close rang...
A Spanish official wore blackface at an Epiphany celebration on January 5, drawing criticism. Meanwhile, countries like the Netherlands have begun moving away from blackface traditions, signaling chan...
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday insisted that the Islamic republic would "not back down" in the face of protesters who he called "vandals" and "saboteurs", in a speech broadcast...
Reports of non-consensual AI-generated sexual images doubled since late 2025, with some involving children, the Commissioner said....
US vice-president blasts ‘leftwing radicals’ as death sparks anger at tactics used by Trump anti-immigrant squads...
Videos verified by the Observers team show Iranian security forces attacking a hospital to arrest injured protesters in Ilam, western Iran, on the night of January 3-4. Earlier in the day, Iranian sec...
Federal and local officials offered conflicting accounts of the incident that left one person dead...
French doctors are striking over the Social Security Financing Act for 2026. According to Dr. Anna Boctor, Paediatrician and President of Jeunes Médecins, this signals an “authoritarian drift” in heal...
The US health department announced it was going to freeze federal funding for certain programs for needy families over fraud concerns. The administration zeroed in on Minnesota last week after an unpr...
Mamdani delivered his first public address as New York City's mayor on Thursday, after being officially sworn in as the city's first Muslim mayor and first mayor of South Asian descent....
At least 41 young men have died as a result of circumcision procedures as part of traditional initiation activities in South Africa in November and December, authorities said on Tuesday. Traditional i...
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Syrian authorities said they had tried to separate two groups of protesters. Demonstrations took place in several cities in Syria after an attack on an Alawite mosque on Friday....
From Ukraine to Palestine to Sudan, millions were exposed to conflict in 2025...
Leadenhall Market remains a hub for after-work socializing. Kasia Kovacs/Business Insider COVID-19 and the rise of hybrid work have changed after-work drinking culture. Business Insider went to the Ci...
For three weeks, Portugal will host Ukrainian mothers, children and relatives of soldiers who have died or are missing in action, to give them "an experience of normality", in what was hailed by the g...