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Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations

ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul police launched scores of simultaneous raids on Thursday, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group who were allegedly planning ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Saudi Arabia urges Yemen's separatists to leave 2 governorates as the anti-rebel coalition strains

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday called on Emirati-backed separatists in southern Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now control, a move that has threate...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison

A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison. Sergei Udaltsov, the lead...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts

LONDON (AP) — On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some politicians fan anger and resentment, Britain’s King...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Virtual reality opens doors for older people to build closer connections in real life

LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Like many retirement communities, The Terraces serves as a tranquil refuge for a nucleus of older people who no longer can travel to faraway places or engage in bold...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Mikaela Shiffrin is perfect in slalom. She's got big post-Christmas plans with Olympics approaching

Mikaela Shiffrin has plenty to celebrate this Christmas. The American skiing standout is off to a perfect start in slalom during the Olympic season — with four wins in four World Cup rac...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Asian shares are mixed after US stocks drift to more records

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday in thin holiday trading, with most markets in the region and elsewhere closed for Christmas. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% higher to 50,...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in what police described as a likely suic...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura won Honduras’ presidential election, electoral authorities said Wednesday afternoon, ending a weeks-long count that has whitt...

DATE: Dec 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence

NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately free her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex trafficking case ...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Nuggets forward Cameron Johnson avoids major knee injury but will miss a few games, AP source says

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Nuggets got good news Wednesday when an MRI revealed that forward Cameron Johnson suffered only a bone bruise to his right knee and not any ligament or structural da...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a “few more weeks" to release all of its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after suddenly discovering ...

DATE: Dec 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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