Share: PHOTO-A handout photo by Israel’s television made available on July 13, 2008, shows a photograph of Ron Arad, an Israeli air force navigator who was captured after his fighter jet was shot down in Lebanon in 1986. (HO / AFP) Reports say Ahmad Shukr, brother of the man involved in capturing d»»»

1 of 2 | A woman adjusts flowers at a memorial outside the Farragut West Metro Station in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1. Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two West Virginia National Guard members who was shot outside this station just blocks from the White House on Nov. 26, died on Thanksgiving Day. Photo »»»

Data from the Real Time Crime Index show murders have fallen nearly 20% nationwide between 2024 and 2025 following a 13% decline the previous year. File Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI | License Photo Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The United States is witnessing an unprecedented decline in murders with 2025 project»»»

The National Weather Service issued flash-flood and high-wind warnings for parts of Southern California on Wednesday and Thursday as a storm system passes through the area before dissipating on Saturday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Dec. 24 (UPI) -- High winds, torrential rains and »»»

Rabat: Captain Riyad Mahrez scored in each half as 2019 Champions Algeria eased to a 3-0 win over 10-man Sudan in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday. Mahrez got the opener after just 82 seconds to the delight of the Algerian fans who made up the vast majority of the 16,115»»»

Shock still grips the family of retired Lebanese General Security captain Ahmed Shukr, who was abducted days ago, as Lebanese security and judicial assessments increasingly point to Israeli intelligence as being behind his disappearance, over suspected links to the 1986 vanishing of Israeli airman »»»

A Russian police officer blocks a street at the site of a bomb explosion in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, in an overnight attack, two traffic police officers and a man were killed when an explosive device detonated near a police car on Yeletskaya Stree»»»

Voters in South Carolina elected Republican John Lastinger to fill the seat vacated by former State Rep. RJ May. File Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Republican John Lastinger, a pastor and self-described conservative, won the special election for South Carolina's House »»»

Dibba Al Fujairah Court Dismisses Dh150,000 Compensation Claim Over Alleged Misconduct Fujairah: The Dibba Al Fujairah First Instance Federal Court has rejected a Dh150,000 civil compensation claim filed by a man who said his reputation and well-being were damaged after being accused of misconduct »»»

Dec. 24 (UPI) -- A Western Australian man was charged after police found firearms, ammunition and alleged bomb-making notes at his Perth home following online posts praising the Bondi Beach attackers. Martin Glynn, 39, now faces charges including racial harassment and improper firearm storage, the »»»

A fake video purporting to show Jeffrey Epstein attempting suicide in his prison cell has made it into the latest batch of records on the convicted sex offender released by the US Department of Justice. Last week, the DOJ uploaded thousands of documents online under the Epstein Files Transparency A»»»

The mother of a missing nine-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of murder after her daughter was found dead in Utah, police have said. Melodee Buzzard's decomposed body was found by a man and woman who were taking pictures in a rural area of Utah, earlier this month. Her 40-year-old mothe»»»

The governments and media elites of the West pride themselves on providing and promoting freedom of thought, opinion, and debate. Together with a selective feminism that easily sacrifices the women of, say, Libya, Iraq, and Palestine, and a very odd understanding of “democracy” that includes the us»»»

At first light in Tanzania's main city Dar es Salaam, some of its six million residents begin their day with a frantic search for water. Christmas is approaching, but the festive mood is dampened by the dry pipes, as the city experiences serious water shortages. In some homes, plastic containers ar»»»

Lebanese authorities are investigating the recent disappearance of a retired security officer whose brother was allegedly involved in the 1986 capture of an Israeli air force navigator, a Lebanese judicial official told AFP. Airman Ron Arad's plane went down over southern Lebanon during the country»»»

Israeli occupation forces advanced on Friday into several villages in southern countryside of Quneitra, southwestern Syria, setting up temporary checkpoints. SANA news agency reported that a force consisting of three vehicles entered from the town of Bir Ajam toward the village of Breiqa, briefly s»»»

Washington: The US Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump but added little new revelatory information to the long-anticipated public file on the late financier and convicted sex»»»

The Sofia Municipality provides hot meals and drinks to people experiencing homelessness every weekday as part of its winter measures to protect the most vulnerable, Deputy Mayor for Social Activities and Integration of People with Disabilities Nadezhda Bacheva told BTA. The initiative runs from De»»»

Police have detained individuals involved in ala kachuu (bride kidnapping) incident in Chui region, the press service of the Main Internal Affairs Department of the region reported. According to the victim’s mother, unknown individuals forced her daughter into a Honda Stepwgn near their home and fl»»»

A fire broke out in a central bank branch in Gorna Oryahovitsa after banknotes contaminated with mothballs ignited, destroying around 30,000 leva, while another 170,000 leva stored in the vault remained intact. The incident happened late on Tuesday afternoon. An elderly man went to the bank to depo»»»

Dubai: A digital creator behind the viral Emirates Dubai Air Hotel video that fooled millions has spoken out about how news outlets transformed his AI-generated concept into a real project proposal with fabricated price tags and specifications that never existed in his original post. On Sunday, Gul»»»

Every time you think the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor story must have finished, there is another twist. The latest batch of documents from the Epstein files includes emails that could further damage his reputation. Or perhaps his reputation is already at rock bottom and this will only reinforce exist»»»

An email sent from an individual named "A", saying they are at Balmoral and asking Ghislaine Maxwell for "inappropriate friends", is among the latest tranche of Epstein files released on Tuesday. The message, sent to Maxwell on 16 August 2001, begins: "I am up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the R»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want to engage in a direct conflict with NATO, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has said. NATO chief Mark Rutte claimed earlier this month that “we are Russia’s next target” once the Ukraine conflict ends. He suggested that Moscow “could be ready to »»»

The Ajman Federal Court of First Instance has sentenced a 36-year-old Arab TikToker woman to six months in prison, followed by deportation, after convicting her of publicly insulting another individual during a TikTok live stream. Court verdictOn December 18, 2025, the court found the Arab TikToker»»»

Police located several guns, a stockpile of ammunition and a shopping list for bomb materials in the home of a West Australian man arrested after pledging support for the Bondi attackers, a court has heard. Martin Glynn, 39, appeared in a Perth court on Wednesday charged with racial harassment, pos»»»

Three people were killed by a bomb on Wednesday in Moscow after two police officers approached a man acting suspiciously near the site where a senior general was killed two days ago ‌by a car ‌bomb that Russia said ‌was planted ⁠by ​Ukrainian ‌intelligence. A string of Russian military figures and »»»

Nelson Mandela was sufficiently worried that the 2007 film ‘Blood Diamond’ would have a negative impact on those African economies which were reliant on diamond sales, that he reached out to Warner Brothers before its release. In his letter to director Ed Zwick, he wrote: “it would be deeply r»»»

Torrential rains in the Congolese capital Kinshasa in early April brought devastating floods that killed at least 165 people. As muddy torrents swept away cars and submerged homes, shown in shocking footage from the drenched city, residents were forced to swim or navigate canoes through inundated s»»»

Iranian authorities have ordered an urgent valuation of Iran Mall, the world's largest commercial complex, as part of the formal resolution process for Ayandeh Bank, which was placed under regulatory administration last year following severe capital erosion. »»»

Guinea-Bissau is in an all-too-familiar state of flux in the wake of an apparent coup d’état that unfolded just as results from the November election were due to be announced – with both the incumbent and his main challenger declaring premature victory. »»»

The Iranian Red Crescent Society has reported seven deaths from floods in southern Iran, while more than 23,000 people affected by snow, blizzards and flooding have received support on December 19. A Red Crescent rescue wo»»»

Oman’s government on October 2 banned the import of bottled water from Iran after two people died and others fell ill from consuming water branded Uranus Star, the Royal Oman Police said. The move affects all bottled-water»»»

The Iranian Red Crescent Society has reported seven deaths from floods in southern Iran, while more than 23,000 people affected by snow, blizzards and flooding have received support on December 19. A Red Crescent rescue wo»»»

A Jordanian online user has allegedly discovered what appears to be an ancient sarcophagus while digging a well on his property in Irbid close to the border with Israel and the West Bank, bnm IntelliNews learned on September 14. »»»

A woman was killed and three others injured in a Russian strike on the Vyshhorod district of Ukraine's Kyiv region, regional military administration head Mykola Kalashnyk reported on December 23. A private two-storey house»»»

A woman was killed and three others injured in a Russian strike on the Vyshhorod district of Ukraine's Kyiv region, regional military administration head Mykola Kalashnyk reported on December 23. A private two-storey house»»»

On motorbikes or in small trucks, dozens of Syrians risk their lives daily to smuggle fuel between territories held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and those under government control. Driven by a deepening economic crisis, this business continues to grow despite the deadly risks i»»»

Abu Dhabi: A woman in Abu Dhabi has been ordered to repay Dh281,790 to her fiancé after failing to purchase a home as agreed, and to pay an additional Dh20,000 in compensation for the financial harm caused. According to the Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court, the man, an Asian n»»»

A former police officer is suspected of killing his wife. U.B., who previously served in the Traffic Safety Department of Bishkek, has been detained. According to the press service of the Main Department of Internal Affairs, the crime occurred on December 23. Preliminary information indicates that »»»

A senior Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow. According to investigators, the attack on Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, who led the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, may have been "lin»»»

Dubai: Former Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide star Tylor Chase, recently seen living on the streets of California, found a ray of hope when he reconnected with his old friends Daniel Curtis Lee and Devon Werkheiser. Daniel, who reached out after seeing a heartbreaking video of Tylor’s stru»»»

Police in the Chicago suburb of Zion said Tuesday they had arrested a woman who was allegedly live-streaming herself on TikTok when she fatally struck a pedestrian. File Photo Justin Lane/EPA-EFE Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Police in a Chicago suburb on Tuesday arrested a TikTok user who is acussed of livestr»»»

Dubai: There is a biting Malayalam saying: when a daughter is writhing in labour pain, the mother is busy playing the violin. Another version is even starker: when your house is on fire, you are outside planting banana trees. A disturbingly apt version of that proverb played out in Dubai when local»»»

The US State Department said it would deny visas to five people, including a former EU commissioner, for seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into suppressing viewpoints they oppose. "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states - »»»

The US Department of Justice released its latest - and largest - tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files on Tuesday. The 11,000-plus documents continue a stream of released information that began on Friday, the deadline mandated in a new law that required the department to publicly release all of its inve»»»

A British national in Australia has had his visa cancelled and faces deportation for allegedly displaying Nazi symbols. The 43-year-old man living in Queensland was arrested and charged earlier this month, after allegedly using a social media account to post the Nazi swastika, promote pro-Nazi ideo»»»

South Africans have long suspected corruption and political interference were at work in the police force but in the past few months allegations appearing to confirm this have been aired in two public inquiries. President Cyril Ramaphosa is currently digesting the contents of an interim report from»»»

The killing of a Hindu man during recent violent protests in Bangladesh has pushed already strained ties between Dhaka and Delhi into a deeper crisis. As the two neighbours accuse each other of destabilising relations, questions are growing over whether their once close, time-tested relationship is»»»

Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A Delaware state trooper and a shooting suspect are dead after an incident occurred before 2 p.m. EST at a Division of Motor Vehicles office in New Castle, Del. Neither the deceased officer's name nor the suspect's name were released as law enforcement investigated the matter, USA »»»