Australian Government Holds Anti-Semitism Hearings
Loading the Audio Player... Australian Jews testified on Monday about their experiences with rising anti-Semitism in the period before the Bondi Beach massacre last December. A fa...
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United States strikes back against Iran-backed militias in Iraq
The U.S. air strikes hit Iraq-based militant groups on Christmas night, just hours after a drone strike injured three American military personnel at a U.S. airbase in the country. Iraq said the retal...
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CofE teacher guilty of ‘unacceptable conduct’ for opposing LGBT teachings, regulatory body rules
A British regulatory agency has stopped short of banning a Church of England school teacher who refused to affirm pro-LGBT teachings on human sexuality but found the teacher guilty of displaying ...
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Ukraine Celebrates Christmas on Dec. 25 for the First Time, Distancing Itself From Russia
The change, enacted in legislation signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in July, reflects both Ukrainians' dismay with the 22-month-old Russian invasion and their assertion of a national identity.
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Pope Francis Denounces the Weapons Industry As He Makes a Christmas Appeal for Peace in the World
Vatican officials said about 70,000 people filled St. Peter's Square for Francis' noonday speech and blessing. They included many people flying Palestinian flags, as well as some Ukrainian ones.
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King stresses service and creation care in Christmas Day speech
King Charles used his traditional Christmas Day speech to encourage the nation to care for creation and serve others.
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Pope Francis makes Christmas Day plea for peace
In his Christmas message, Pope Francis expressed deep concern over the loss of innocent civilian lives resulting from Israel's bombardment of Gaza.
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2 Christian evangelists jailed in Uganda under blasphemy law after street preaching upsets Muslims
Two evangelists in eastern Uganda will spend Christmas in jail, charged under a blasphemy law after Muslims upset by their street preaching beat them and summoned police, sources said
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Hamas rejects Egypt peace plan in Gaza
Egyptian sources told Reuters news service on Monday that leaders from the Gaza-based terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad turned down a plan to remove their control of the Gaza Strip in exchange ...
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny found
Associates of the Russian opposition leader said on Monday that they discovered him in a prison colony above the Arctic Circle, near the town of Kharp, roughly 1,200 miles northeast of Moscow. They ha...
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Pakistani Christians celebrate Christmas 4 months after attacks
Four months following the attacks on dozens of churches and Christian homes by Muslim mobs in Pakistan, the Christian minority fervently and enthusiastically celebrated Christmas Across the country, ...
