|
The Pope called for peace, especially for the victims of "forgotten" wars, naming several conflicts in Africa.
|
|
Officials warned that driving for holiday celebrations would be hazardous across much of the state, with more than half an inch of rain still to fall in some places.
|
|
For two years, Christmas has gone without celebration for the tiny Christian community in the war-torn Gaza Strip, where more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war against Hamas, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The war began with Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in which more than 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were taken hostage.
|
|
He invokes the wartime spirit in his annual speech, delivered from Westminster Abbey.
|
|
His annual Christmas message was more outward-looking than last year's, when he focused on the medical workers who had helped him and his daughter-in-law after their cancer diagnoses.
|
|
;Resize=(620)) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that he spoke with special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner for "nearly an hour" about how to end the war with Russia.
|
|
With mental health resources in short supply, the traumatized children, wounded veterans and grieving widows turn to Ukraine's national parks for solace.
|
|
