With a giant evergreen tree, colourful balloons in the streets and selfies in the Church of the Nativity, Christmas tourism has returned to the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem after two years of COVID-related restrictions. Revered in the Christian tradition as the birthplace of […]
A French man suspected of killing three people in an attack at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris has been transferred to a psychiatric unit, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors said on Saturday that the 69-year-old suspect had been removed from custody for health reasons on […]
Santa isn’t the only one checking if you’ve been naughty or nice this year. In the lead-up to Christmas, there are some amazing and unusual traditions that take place around the world, from a log that “poos” presents for well-behaved kids to a demonic goat creature […]
Tickets for the 25th Gulf Cup, the first major football tournament to be hosted by Iraq in more than 40 years, went on sale on Saturday. The January tournament in the southern city of Basra will see Saudi Arabia competing after their World Cup appearance […]
A cross-country march led by Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has reached the capital New Delhi after passing through eight states, hoping to regain some of the popularity it lost to the ruling Hindu nationalist party. Tens of thousands of people have joined Gandhi’s “Unite […]
Thousands of supporters of the main opposition party in India have reached the capital New Delhi. They have been walking for more than three months to unite the country and are planning to continue until February. Among them is Rahul Gandhi, a former party president […]
A battering winter storm has left 1.7 million homes and businesses without power across the United States on Saturday, as millions of people worry how the prospect of further outages will affect holiday and travel plans. More than 200 million people were under weather warnings, […]
Hundreds of migrants are camping in the cold at Mexico’s northern border over Christmas, hoping for a swift reversal in restrictions imposed by the United States as they endure the bite of a winter storm ravaging the region. After the US Supreme Court this week […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration has ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGO) to stop female employees from coming to work, according to an economy ministry letter, in the latest crackdown on women’s freedoms. The letter, confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson Abdulrahman Habib on Saturday, said […]
Nine people have died and 40 others injured in Boksburg, a city east of Johannesburg, when a fuel tanker exploded, according to the emergency services. The tanker, transporting liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), “got stuck under a bridge” close to a hospital and houses on Saturday […]
