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2024-12-24 20:06 Sudan largest humanitarian crisis ever recorded as 25 million Sudanese face acute hunger

2024-12-25 13:20 Christmas here, Christmas there... Holiday traditions in France versus those in the UK

South Korea's main opposition party said it introduced a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday and would hold a vote on Friday, a move that could deepen the country's constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived martial law. 

French authorities said they rescued 107 migrants in the English Channel on Christmas Day in 12 operations along the northern coast. At least 73 migrants have died trying to cross the Channel this year, making 2024 the deadliest year on record for the crossings. 

Tearful mourners gathered Thursday across Asia to commemorate the more than 220,000 lives lost in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The disaster devastated coastlines from Indonesia to Somalia and left lasting scars on affected communities.

At least 14 people were killed Wednesday in Syria's Tartus province when security forces under the country's new leadership clashed with remnants of Bashar al-Assad's regime during the attempted arrest of an officer linked to notorious Saydnaya prison.

In tonight's edition, at least 21 people died in Mozambique in post-electoral violence, after the top court confirmed long-ruling party Frelimo's victory. Also, Famine has spread across war-torn Sudan and is projected to expand even further, a UN-backed assessment says. And, Scuba Claus makes the over 13 000-kilometer trip to Cape Town to the joy […]

More than 1,500 people escaped during a prison riot in Mozambique's capital Maputo that left 33 people dead on Wednesday. About 150 have since been recaptured injured, according to police general commander Bernardino Rafael.

Two crew are missing after a cargo ship from a company under the Russian defence ministry sank off the coast of Spain in what Russian authorities on Wednesday called a "terrorist act", without offering evidence to support the claim. The Ursa Major, which was under US sanctions, was sailing from Saint Petersburg to Vladivostok. 

A train driver's suicide caused widespread delays on Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day in France, with some 3,000 passengers affected during the busy holiday period.