Photos: Russia-Ukraine war in 2024 | Russia-Ukraine war
Russia’s war on Ukraine has raged for nearly three years, with Ukraine losing territory, and morale among its soldiers decreasing in 2024. “A year ago,…
Israel kills five Palestinian journalists in attack on media van | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The Israeli genocide has killed at least 38 more Palestinians in Gaza in the past 24 hours, including five journalists. Gaza’s Ministry of Health on…
Calls for global peace during Christmas celebrations | Religion News
Pope Francis calls for “arms to be silenced” around the world, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan in his Christmas address…
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, shooting jets of lava into the sky | Volcanoes News
Lava continues to spew from one of the world’s most active volcanoes, days after the eruption of Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island began. The eruption,…
Syrian Christians attend first Christmas Eve service since al-Assad’s fall | Religion News
Syrian Christians have attended Christmas Eve services for the first time since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in early December. In Sednaya, Syria, a…
Photos: Moments of joy and hope in 2024 | Religion
Amid the backdrop of ongoing conflicts, a global climate crisis, and numerous challenges facing humanity, 2024 has still offered moments of connection and hope. Genocide…
Sombre Christmas in Bethlehem amid Israeli killings of Palestinians | Israel-Palestine conflict News
With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday cheer was absent in the…
Church holds Christmas mass amid horrors of Israel’s war in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Dozens of worshippers gathered at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City as Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and other clergy celebrated mass. A twinkling Christmas tree…
‘Historic achievement’: Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City’s first metro line opens | Transport News
Thousands of selfie-taking Ho Chi Minh City residents crammed into train carriages on Sunday as the traffic-clogged business hub celebrated the opening of its first-ever…
The desperate last stand to save a forest from Tesla | Environment
A clash between competing visions The German Tesla factory has faced controversy since its opening in March 2022. Among the issues reported by IG Metall,…
Israel escalates Gaza bombardment as ceasefire talks intensify | Israel-Palestine conflict News
US and Arab mediators are working round-the-clock to hammer out a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, sources close to the talks told the Reuters…
Christmas in Damascus is different this year, after al-Assad’s fall | Syria’s War News
Damascus, Syria – There’s something different about Christmas this year, Damascenes say. Although the decorations may have been more elaborate last year, Carol al-Sahhaf says this…
‘It’s chaos’: Aftermath of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte | Climate News
Days after Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, residents are still struggling to access water and food, as rescuers race to…
Armenian Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City feel the walls closing in | Jerusalem News
As Israel’s war on Gaza rages and Israeli attacks on people in the occupied West Bank continue, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem…
Thousands of bodies found in Syria’s mass graves | Syria’s War News
A mass grave outside Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the former government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, according to…
Hundreds feared dead on Mayotte after Cyclone Chido | Weather News
Several hundred people may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, according…
At Kenya’s ‘Maasai Olympics’, women run to bridge the gender gap | In Pictures News
A crowd erupts in cheers as a young Maasai woman pelts over the finish line, the latest participant in the “Maasai Olympics”, a reimagining of…
Syrians return to the homes they fled, only to find them levelled | Syria’s War News
Damascus, Syria – Nizar al-Madani, 34, stood with tears in his eyes as he looked around Qaboun. After seven years of displacement, he returned on…
Syria’s schools reopen a week after al-Assad’s overthrow | Syria’s War News
Students have returned to classrooms in Syria after authorities ordered schools reopened, in a potent sign of some normalcy a week after opposition fighters swept…
Dozens killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp | Gaza News
More than 30 Palestinians have been killed and 50 others injured in an Israeli air attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Medics…