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Oil tankers still arriving in Venezuela despite US blockade, data shows
Marianna Parraga, Reuters | Posted Dec. 30 - 1:15 p.m. | Save Story
At least two oil tankers have made their way to Venezuela in recent days and others are navigating towards the country, a sign of state-run PDVSA's effort to expand floating storage and keep selling crude.
China encircles Taiwan in massive military display
Yimou Lee, Joe Cash and Liz Lee, Reuters | Updated Dec. 30 - 9:20 a.m. | Save Story
China fired rockets into waters off Taiwan on Tuesday, showcased new assault ships and dismissed prospects of U.S. and allied intervention to block any future attack by Beijing to take control of the island in its most extensive war games to date.
US strikes drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump says
Andrea Shalal, Idrees Ali and Erin Banco, Reuters | Updated Dec. 29 - 9:43 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. had "hit" an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, marking the first known time Washington has carried out land operations in Venezuela.
Bondi gunmen acted alone; no evidence they were part of militant cell, Australian police say
Alasdair Pal, Reuters | Posted Dec. 29 - 8:25 p.m. | Save Story
Two gunmen who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach earlier this month acted alone, and there was "no evidence" they were part of a militant cell, police said on Tuesday.
Trump-Zelenskyy talks yield no progress on Ukraine-Russia territorial issues
Yuliia Dysa and Dan Peleschuk, Reuters | Updated Dec. 29 - 5:45 p.m. | Save Story
Russia and Ukraine on Monday remained far apart on territorial issues that are blocking a peace deal, despite progress on security guarantees for Kyiv at talks between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Mexican train derailment kills at least 13 people, 98 injured
Natalia Siniawski, Reuters | Updated Dec. 28 - 8:39 p.m. | Save Story
Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least 13 people were killed after an Interoceanic Train carrying 250 people derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca.
Zelenskyy meets Trump in Florida for talks on Ukraine peace plan
Andrea Shalal and Gram Slattery, Reuters | Updated Dec. 28 - 3:24 p.m. | Save Story
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met President Donald Trump on Sunday, hoping to forge a plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Ancient Roman column gets high-tech laser facelift
Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN | Posted Dec. 28 - 1:03 p.m. | Save Story
Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old marble Column of Marcus Aurelius towering over central Rome, are being brought back into focus through a $2.3 million laser restoration.
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91
Thomas Adamson and Elaine Ganley, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 28 - 8:34 a.m. | Save Story
French 1960s sex symbol Brigitte Bardot has died at age 91. Bardot became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist.
At least 15 injured in a knife and chemical attack at a factory in Japan
Associated Press | Updated Dec. 27 - 5:43 p.m. | Save Story
A man has been arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with a chemical believed to be bleach at a tire factory in central Japan.
Zelenskyy to discuss land, security guarantees with Trump on Sunday
Yuliia Dysa, Reuters | Updated Dec. 27 - 7:04 a.m. | Save Story
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to discuss territorial issues, the main stumbling block in talks to end the war, with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday, as a 20-point peace framework and a security guarantee deal near completion.
Gold is set for its best year since Jimmy Carter was president
John Towfighi, CNN | Posted Dec. 26 - 8:06 a.m. | Save Story
Gold is having its best year since 1979.
US launches strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria
Trevor Hunnicutt, Idrees Ali and Surbhi Misra, Reuters | Posted Dec. 25 - 8:22 p.m. | Save Story
The United States carried out a strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees test-firing of long-range missiles, KCNA says
Heejin Kim, Reuters | Posted Dec. 25 - 5:10 p.m. | Save Story
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing on Wednesday of long-range surface-to-air missiles at a launch site near its east coast, state media KCNA reported on Thursday.
Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering
Silvia Stellacci and Colleen Barry, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 25 - 9:13 a.m. | Save Story
Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything.
Trump-backed Asfura wins Honduras presidency after disputed election
Laura Garcia and Iñigo Alexander, Reuters | Posted Dec. 24 - 8:02 p.m. | Save Story
Nasry Asfura, the conservative candidate for Honduran president backed by President Donald Trump, was declared the winner more than three weeks after the Nov. 30 election.
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Joshua McElwee, Reuters | Updated Dec. 24 - 5:37 p.m. | Save Story
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.
Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza
Melanie Lidman, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 24 - 1:03 p.m. | Save Story
After two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to war in Gaza, thousands of people have flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve.
