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December 22

10 dead in small plane crash in Brazil

At least 17 others, who had been in the area Christmas shopping, were injured.
December 22
This handout photo released by Rio Grande do Sul communication department show the site of a plane crash at the city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on Dec. 22, 2024.
December 22

2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: Officials

One of the pilots has minor injuries, according to the U.S. Central Command.
December 22
2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: Officials
December 22

Rome's iconic Trevi Fountain reopens after renovation work

Rome’s iconic Trevi Fountain has reopened ahead of the inauguration of the 2025 Jubilee Holy Year, following the completion of extraordinary maintenance
December 22
Rome's mayor Roberto Gualtieri, center, tosses a coin into the 18th century Trevi Fountain, one of Rome's most iconic landmarks, as it reopens to the public after undergoing maintenance, just on time for the start of the Jubilee Year, an event expected to draw millions of visitors to the Eternal City, in Rome, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
December 22

At least 10 are killed as a small plane crashes into a Brazilian town popular with tourists

Brazil’s Civil Defense Agency says a small plane has crashed into a Brazilian town that's popular with tourists and killed all 10 passengers and crew on board
December 22
December 22

Thousands stream into Belgrade square to protest against populist Serbian president

Tens of thousands have streamed into a central square in Serbia’s capital for a big rally against populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government
December 22
People attend a protest against the Serbian authorities in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
December 22

Suspect in Germany Christmas market attack facing murder charges, police say

The attack occurred on Friday night in the eastern city of Magdeburg.
December 22
A police officer guards the Christmas Market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, on Sunday morning, Dec. 22, 2024.
December 22

'El Gordo' lottery in Spain spreads Christmas riches worth $2.8 billion

Spaniards have been anticipating the arrival of “El Gordo” or “The Fat One” for weeks
December 22
A spectator waits for the start of the annual Christmas lottery draw, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, at Madrid's Teatro Real, Spain, on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
December 22

Pope Francis calls for a ceasefire on all fronts in his prayer ahead of Christmas

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday prayer ahead of Christmas celebrations, condemning the “cruelty” of bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine and Gaza
December 22
People hold statuettes of baby Jesus as they look at a giant screen in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, showing Pope Francis reciting the Angelus noon prayer from his Santa Marta Residence, after he decided not to appear at the window of his studio overlooking the square because of a persistent cold, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
December 22

Destructive Cyclone Chido unearths tensions between locals and migrants in France's Mayotte

Cyclone Chido not only ravaged Mayotte’s fragile infrastructure but also laid bare deep-seated tensions between the island’s residents and its large migrant population
December 22
People line up to collect water in Barakani, Mayotte, home Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
December 22

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian fuel depot for the second time this month

Ukrainian drones have struck a major Russian oil terminal for the second time in just over a week, according to the Russian local governor, as part of a “massive” cross-border attack on fuel and energy facilities that Kyiv says supply Moscow's military
December 22
In this photo released by Official Telegram channel of the Kazan City Hall on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, a view of the damages at the residential complex called "Lazurnye Nebesa," or Azure Skies, in Kazan, Russia, following Ukrainian drone attacks. (Official Telegram channel of the Kazan City Hall via AP)
December 22

Iran's supreme leader says Syrian youth will resist incoming government

Iran’s supreme leader says young Syrians will resist the new government emerging after the overthrow of President Bashar Assad as he again accused the United States and Israel of sowing chaos in the country
December 22
FILE - Lebanese Druse leader Walid Jumblatt speaks to the media after a meeting with France's President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
December 22

At least 4 dead in Turkish ambulance helicopter crash

An ambulance helicopter has crashed in southwestern Turkey, killing all four people on board
December 22
December 22

At least 32 killed in stampedes at 2 Christmas charity events in Nigeria

Nigerian police say the death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events has increased from 13 to 32
December 22
December 22

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 16, Palestinian officials say

Palestinian medical officials say Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 16 people
December 22
Relatives and neighbours mourn over the body of one of the victims of an Israeli strike on a hom4 late Saturday as they are prepared for the funeral outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. At least eight people were killed according to the hospital which received the bodies.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
December 22

China says US is 'playing with fire' after latest military aid for Taiwan

The Chinese government is protesting the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is “playing with fire.”
December 22
FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
December 22

Winter is hitting Gaza and many Palestinians have little protection from the cold

Nearly two million displaced Palestinians in Gaza are struggling to protect themselves from the coming winter
December 22
Reda Abu Zarada wraps herself and her grandchildren in blankets as they prepare to sleep in their tent at a camp in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
December 22

In Assad's hometown, few shared in his family's fortune. They hope they won't share in his downfall

On the walls of the palatial mausoleum built to house the remains of former Syrian President Hafez Assad — whose son, Bashar Assad, was ousted two weeks ago — vandals have sprayed variations of the phrase, “Damn your soul, Hafez.”
December 22
Syrian fighters step around the burned-out tomb of late Syrian President Hafez Assad at his mausoleum in Qardaha, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
December 21

As flooding becomes a yearly disaster in South Sudan, thousands survive on the edge of a canal

Flooding is becoming a yearly disaster in South Sudan
December 21
South Sudanese women line up for food rations at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution point organized by Catholic Relief Services in Jonglei state, South Sudan, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Florence Miettaux)
December 21

2 Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in 'friendly fire' incident: Military

The military said a full investigation is underway.
December 21
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December 21

Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident

Both pilots were recovered alive, with one suffering minor injuries.
December 21
FILE - Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is moored near Split, Croatia, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)
December 21

The water was their livelihood. Now Thailand's sea nomads work to preserve a vanishing way of life

The Moken, a group of indigenous people from Thailand and Myanmar, once sailed freely between the archipelago of 800 islands off the coast of the two countries
December 21
A Moken villager walks in front of spirit poles at Surin Islands in Phang Nga Province, Thailand, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
December 21

As Christmas nears, Ecuador's homes get a break from power cuts but companies still face rationing

As Christmas approaches and people decorate their homes with lights, Ecuadoreans are getting some relief from the severe power cuts that have hounded the country this year with President Daniel Noboa saying there will be no power rationing for resident...
December 21
Christmas tree vendor Maria Constante waits for customers, in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, amid power rationing that she says have slowed sales. The government of President Daniel Noboa decided to suspend daily power cuts during the end-of-year holidays (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
December 21

5 killed, including 9-year-old, 200 injured in German Christmas market attack

The attack occurred on Friday night in the eastern city of Magdeburg.
December 21
Security personnel stand guard at the entrance of a Christmas market where a car crashed into a crowd, early on Dec. 21, 2024, in Magdeburg, Germany.
December 21

Santa Claus joins sharks for a holiday swim at a Rio de Janeiro aquarium

Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro — under water
December 21
Diver Felipe Luna, dressed in a Santa Claus suit, swims inside a tank at the AquaRio Marine Aquarium as part of an annual Christmas tradition, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/ Bruna Prado)
December 21

Greek authorities say boat capsizing victims and survivors were from Afghanistan. 2 Turks arrested

Greece's coast guard says it continues to search for survivors or victims of a speedboat that capsized carrying migrants off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes
December 21
Coast guard officers cover the bodies after a speedboat carrying migrants has capsized, in the southeastern Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, Greece, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (Argyris Mantikos/Eurokinissi via AP)
December 21

38 people are dead and over 100 remain missing in Congo after a ferry capsizes in the river Busira

Officials say 38 people are confirmed dead, and over 100 remain missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry — full of people returning home for Christmas — capsized late Friday night
December 21
December 21

Child among 5 dead, over 200 injured after car attack in Germany

A young child is one of the at least 5 dead and over 200 injured in the vehicle-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Germany on Friday, according to Minister President Reiner Haseloff.
December 21
VIDEO: Child among 5 dead, over 200 injured after car attack in Germany
December 21

Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for a deadly military checkpoint attack in the northwest

The Pakistani Taliban says it carried out a deadly attack on a military checkpoint in the country's northwest
December 21
December 21

Vatican advances beatification process for Belgium's king who abdicated rather than approve abortion

The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified
December 21
FILE - Pope Francis waves as he arrives to lead the holy mass , at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels, Belgium, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)
December 21

Syrian soldiers distance themselves from Assad in return for promised amnesty

Hundreds of former Syrian soldiers are reporting to the country’s new rulers for the first time since Bashar Assad was ousted to answer questions about whether they may have been involved in crimes against civilians in exchange for a promised amnesty
December 21
Members of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, gather to be registered with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation process" in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
December 21

22 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil

Officials say 22 people have been killed in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil
December 21
This handout picture released by Minas Gerais Fire Department shows a truck on top of a car on the site of a crash in Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on Dec. 21, 2024. An accident involving a car, a truck and a bus, killed 22 people at BR-116 highway according to a press release by Minas Gerais Fire Department.
December 21

German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

Police are treating a car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany that killed at least five people as an attack
December 21
FILE - People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP, File)
December 21

13 dead, including children, in stampedes at Nigeria Christmas charity events

Large crowds gathered for food and clothing distributed at Christmas events.
December 21
December 21

10 die in stampede in Nigeria at Christmas food distribution event

Authorities in Nigeria say ten people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in the capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food items distributed by a local church at a Christmas event
December 21
December 21

Russian aircraft grounded by 'massive' overnight Ukrainian drone attack

Russian authorities reported 8 Ukrainian drones over the city of Kazan.
December 21
A view shows a damaged multi-storey residential building following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack in Kazan, Russia, on Dec. 21, 2024.
December 21

What we know about the suspect behind the German Christmas market attack

Germany is still in shock and struggling to understand the suspect behind the attack in the city of Magdeburg
December 21
An image taken from a video shows police officers arresting a suspect after car drove into a crowd at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday Dec. 20, 2024. (TNN/DPA via AP)
December 21

France's Mayotte struggles to recover as cyclone overwhelms hospitals

A week after Cyclone Chido ravaged Mayotte, France’s poorest territory, the island remains in crisis
December 21
A drone view of the Barakani, Mayotte, informal settlement, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
December 21

Cyprus can help rid Syria of chemical weapons and search for its missing, Cypriot top diplomat says

Cyprus’ top diplomat says his country stands ready to help eliminate Syria’s remaining chemical weapons stockpiles and to support a search for people whose fate remains unknown after more than a decade of war
December 21
December 21

Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, hundreds of miles from the front line

Ukraine has brought the war into the heart of Russia with drone attacks that Russian authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan, some 600 miles from the front line
December 21
In this photo released Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, by the official Telegram channel of the Kazan City Hall, local officials look at a damage site at the residential complex called "Lazurnye Nebesa," or Azure Skies, in Kazan, Russia, following Ukrainian drone attacks. (Official Telegram channel of the Kazan City Hall via AP)
December 21

Tel Aviv hit by Yemen rocket strike, 16 hurt; Palestinians mourn children in Gaza

Houthi rebels later reported airstrikes in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa.
December 21
An Israeli soldier stands on an armoured vehicle on the buffer zone after crossing the security fence near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, viewed from the town of Majdal Shams, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
December 21

Germans mourn attack on Christmas market with no answers about why

Authorities in the German city of Magdeburg say at least two people were killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Christmas market what officials called a deliberate attack
December 21
People have laid flowers and candles in front of the Johannis church close to the Christmas market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
December 21

AP PHOTOS: Scenes of devastation from the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami

On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Sumatra, causing a massive wave that devastated Asian coastal communities across thousands of miles. Some 230,000 people died as the tsunami leveled remote villages, ports and tourist resorts in Indonesia, Thailand, India and Sri Lanka, among other countries. Ahead of the 20th anniversary of a disaster that's still vividly remembered in the region, here's a look back at the aftermath. In these photos, a resident of a fishing village in India's Tamil Nadu state contemplates the remains of her house as fires continue to burn in her village. In Thailand, dozens of bodies are lined up at a Buddhist temple, and a young Swedish boy carries a sign listing family members he hasn't seen since they were swept out to sea from their beachfront hotel. In Sri Lanka, villagers search for the dead among derailed train cars, lighting fires to cremate those they find. And in Aceh, Indonesia, the worst-hit area nearest the...
December 21
Tsunami victims wait for a airplane to be evacuated from Nicobar, in India's southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
December 20

Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad's ouster

The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century of authoritarian rule
December 20
FILE - Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known by nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, speaks at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam, File)
December 20

2 dead, nearly 70 injured when car plows into German Christmas market: Officials

A suspect has been arrested in the attack in Magdeburg, sources said.
December 20
A police officer examines the scene at a Christmas market where a driver drove into a group of people in Magdeburg, Germany, Dec. 20, 2024.
December 20

Officials investigating deadly car attack in Germany

ABC News’ Juju Chang spoke with ABC News contributor and former DHS official Elizabeth Neumann about the Christmas market attack in Germany and how U.S. officials are taking extra protective measures.
December 20
VIDEO: Officials investigating deadly car attack in Germany
December 20

Indonesians mark 2 decades since tragic tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands

Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves and her father to the sea
December 20
People sit at a cafe on the waterfront near Ulhee Lheue beach, one of the areas hardest his by the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Saturday, Dec 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
December 20

Guatemala authorities raid ultra-orthodox Jewish sect's compound after report of abuse

Guatemalan authorities have searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect and taken at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of abuse
December 20
December 20

Driver in Christmas market crash is doctor from Saudi Arabia: German officials

At least two people were killed in the incident and 60 others were injured, according to a German security official.
December 20
VIDEO: Driver in Christmas market crash is doctor from Saudi Arabia: German officials
December 20

Regional court faults El Salvador for denying a mother's access to abortion, violating her rights

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has found El Salvador’s government responsible for violating the rights of a young Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion of her anencephalic fetus in a country with a total abortion ban
December 20
December 20

Zambian police arrest 2 over alleged plot to bewitch President Hichilema

Two people have been arrested for allegedly plotting to harm Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema using witchcraft
December 20
Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema speaks during the Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit at the Carrinho food processing factory near Lobito, Angola, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)