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

By JON GAMBRELL
Dec 25, 2025 5:58 pm - Saudi Arabia on Thursday called on Emirati-backed separatists in southern Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now control, a move that has threatened to spark a confrontation within a fragile coalition that has been battling the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the country's north.
King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts

By DANICA KIRKA
Dec 25, 2025 5:50 pm - 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 Charles III called on people to focus on kindness instead of conflict.
Public release of Epstein records puts Maxwell under fresh scrutiny amid her claims of innocence

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
Dec 25, 2025 4:13 pm - 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 returned the spotlight to victims whose allegations helped land her behind bars.The disclosure of the transcripts as part of the Justice Department’s ongoing release of its investigative files on Maxwell and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein exposed how an FBI agent told grand jurors about Maxwell's critical role in Epstein’s decades-long sexual abuse of girls and young women.
States sue HHS over move to dramatically limit gender transition care

By Trisha Thadani
Dec 24, 2025 7:34 pm - A consortium of 19 states including Illinois, and Washington, D.C., filed a complaint this week against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services and its inspector general over plans that could dramatically limit medical professionals from providing gender transition care to children and teenagers.
With more than a million pages to go, Justice struggles with Epstein files

By Perry Stein
Dec 24, 2025 7:23 pm - On Dec. 22 — three days past the congressionally mandated deadline for the Justice Department to release the entire trove of Epstein files — a top prosecutor in Florida sent an emergency request to employees in the Miami U.S. attorneys office.
Rescuers rushed into flames to save nursing home residents after deadly explosion

By MINGSON LAU, MARC LEVY AND MARK SCOLFORO
Dec 24, 2025 7:14 pm - Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to evacuate dozens of nursing home residents after a blast ripped through a Pennsylvania facility, killing a resident and an employee, and setting off a frantic search of the wreckage.Officials said Wednesday they'd located everybody after hours of looking.
EU warns of possible action after the US bars 5 Europeans accused of censorship

By LORNE COOK
Dec 24, 2025 7:05 pm - France, Germany, the European Union and the United Kingdom on Wednesday hit out at a U.S. decision to impose travel bans on five Europeans the Trump administration accuses of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American views.
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 24, 2025 5:29 pm - A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition dating back more than 20 years, has been canceled. The show's host, musician Chuck Redd, says that he called off the performance in the wake of the White House announcing last week that President Donald Trump's name would be added to the facility.
Explosion in Moscow kills 3 people. Official says Ukrainian intelligence was behind it

Dec 24, 2025 3:43 pm - An explosion in Moscow on Wednesday killed three people, including two police officers, Russian investigators said, days after a car bomb killed a high-ranking general not far away.
Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive the Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza

By MELANIE LIDMAN
Dec 24, 2025 3:38 pm - Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of subdued celebrations because of the war in Gaza.

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