Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Russia's Christmas Day bombardment of Ukraine, saying the hail of missiles and drones was "bloody and brutal".

Children are among 32 people rescued alive from the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day, killing 38 people.

The sense of hollowness of the Church of the Nativity is deeper than absent tourists.

Denmark has announced plans to boost its defence spending for Greenland with a "stronger presence in the Arctic" - a few hours after Donald Trump repeated his call for the US to buy the vast island.

The sinking of a Russian cargo ship that was sent to Syria to collect weapons was an "act of terrorism", the vessel's owner says.

Syria's de facto leader has reached an agreement with the heads of rebel factions to dissolve their groups and work under the country's defence ministry, his new administration says.

Dogs were the best of us in 2024.

The former boss of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia and a competency hearing is needed to assess whether he can face sex charges, defence lawyers have said.

Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger has died following an avalanche in Switzerland, the country's skiing federation has said.

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.