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Fourteen Syrian police were killed in an "ambush" by forces loyal to the ousted government, the transitional administration says, as demonstrations mark the most widespread unrest since Bashar…

The Embraer passenger jet had diverted from an area of Russia that Moscow has recently defended against Ukrainian drone attacks.

Half a million people in the Kharkiv region have been left without heating after Russian missile strikes, and there were blackouts in the capital Kyiv and elsewhere.

Russia's Foreign Ministry says the Ursa Major, built in 2009, sank after an explosion ripped through its engine room and two of its 16 crew are missing.

Authorities are urging people to avoid all non-essential travel through areas with an "extreme" level of bushfire risk on Boxing Day.

Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 56 kilometres of coastline after at least 3700 tons of heavy oil spilled into the Kerch Strait.

Israel says its operation around the three northern Gaza communities surrounding the hospital - Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia - is targeting Hamas militants.

It comes after President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates to life in prison.

The Amsterdam district court found them guilty for a range of crimes from kicking fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the street to inciting violence in chat groups.

Armed attackers have opened fire on a group gathered for a press conference to announce the reopening of Haiti's largest public hospital, a witness to the attack says.

The service was held amid tight security due to concerns of violence against Christian sites.

Tracy Sialega-Fili worked with Hawaiian Airlines for nearly four years but was terminated this month after getting the tatau in May to honour her father, who has been seriously ill.

The deal would create the world's third-largest automaker.

The committee concluded Republican Matt Gaetz violated Florida state laws, including its statutory rape law, and paid a 17-year-old girl for sex.

New Zealand is the first country in the Commonwealth on Christmas Day to broadcast the message, which will be on RNZ National at 6.06pm, and TVNZ.

Burt, a 5m salty, spent his last two decades at Darwin's Crocosaurus Cove aquarium.

US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole before he hands over power to Donald Trump.

The hearing in a New York courtroom marked Mangione's first opportunity to formally address the accusations brought by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office after the fatal shooting of…

In a civil rights complaint, Lively alleges Justin Baldoni and his team designed a "plan" to "destroy" her reputation.

It follows a high-level US delegation meeting with the former jihadist.