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8:47 AM on Thursday, December 25

Istanbul police have launched simultaneous raids at 124 locations, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group

Palestinian parishioners check a recently installed Christmas tree after the previous one was destroyed at the Holy Redeemer Latin Church in the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank

6:55 AM on Thursday, December 25

Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the West Bank city of Jenin

Pope Leo XIV waves after delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering

6:10 AM on Thursday, December 25

Pope Leo XIV, during his first Christmas Day message, has urged the faithful to shed indifference toward those who are suffering

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive to attend the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts

Thursday, December 25

King Charles III has urged people to focus on kindness instead of conflict in his annual Christmas address

People inspect the scene of a deadly bomb explosion inside a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola )

Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack

10:56 PM on Wednesday, December 24

A bomb has exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing five people

Children ride a carousel at the Christmas fair decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, with the Spasskaya Tower in the background. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Photos of Christmas celebrations around the world

11:16 AM on Wednesday, December 24

FILE - Brandon Lake poses for a portrait in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

How Christian artists are winning over listeners and entering pop's mainstream

10:14 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Christian music is growing in popularity while other genres struggle to grow new listenership

Displaced Palestinian Salah al-Mabhouh, 40, sits by the fire with his son Abdul-Razzaq 8, next to their tent in al-Bureij camp, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A blast in Gaza wounds a soldier and Israel accuses Hamas of ceasefire violation

9:06 AM on Wednesday, December 24

An explosive device has detonated in Gaza and wounded one Israeli soldier, prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's

7:44 AM on Wednesday, December 24

On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of subdued Christmas celebrations because of the war in Gaza

People attend the lighting of a Christmas tree at the Greek Orthodox Mar Elias Church, months after the church was the site of a deadly suicide bombing, in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syrian church marks Christmas and reaffirms faith months after deadly attack

2:10 AM on Wednesday, December 24

Hundreds of worshippers have gathered at Mar Elias Church in Syria to remember those lost in a suicide attack

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves the Castel Gandolfo residence to head to the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois

4:26 PM on Tuesday, December 23

Pope Leo XIV says he's “very disappointed” that his home state of Illinois has approved medically assisted suicide

Palestinians walk along street market where fruits and vegetables are displayed for sale in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

What to know about aid entering Gaza, the other battle between Israel and Hamas

9:47 AM on Tuesday, December 23

Two and a half months have passed since Gaza’s latest ceasefire took effect, and the supplies being delivered to war-battered Palestinians are once again the subject of fierce debate

A Palestinian boy shows one of the sheep that was injured during an Israeli settlers attack in the town of As Samu', near the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli settlers forcibly enter Palestinian home in latest West Bank attack

8:45 AM on Tuesday, December 23

A Palestinian government official says Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank overnight

Activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a prominent right-wing Hindu nationalist organization, shout slogans during a protest near Bangladesh High Commission accusing Bangladeshi groups of wrongly targeting Indians, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec.23, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Protest erupts in India's capital city over lynching of Hindu man in Bangladesh

5:08 AM on Tuesday, December 23

A protest has erupted in India after a Hindu man was allegedly lynched and burned alive in Bangladesh

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, poses for the photos with Palestinian parishioners after leading a mass ahead of Christmas celebrations at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gaza's tiny Christian community tries to capture the holiday spirit during the ceasefire

4:09 AM on Tuesday, December 23

Gaza’s tiny Palestinian Christian community is trying to capture some of the Christmas spirit under a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war

New South Wales state Premier Chris Minns speaks about preposed new legislation in Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

Bureaucratic mishap delayed gun license for accused Bondi Beach shooter in Australia

1:54 AM on Tuesday, December 23

An Australian state leader says a man accused of killing 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach faced a lengthy gun license delay due to bureaucracy, not suspicion

FILE - The archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, raises his hand while addressing a crowd during a panel on immigration at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao,File)

White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement

6:01 PM on Monday, December 22

Florida's Catholic bishops have appealed to President Donald Trump to pause immigration enforcement during the Christmas holidays

L. Ron Hubbard’s Winter Wonderland Brings Joy to Children and Families in the Heart of Hollywood

4:00 PM on Monday, December 22

This photo provided by Sony Pictures Classics shows Ralph Fienne as Dr. Henry Guthrie in Sony Pictures Classics ‘The Choral,’ (Nicola Dove/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)

Movie Review: Ralph Fiennes shines in 'The Choral,' a heartfelt WWI drama about the power of music

3:12 PM on Monday, December 22

“The Choral” is a gentle, British film set during World War I, focusing on the power of art, says AP critic Mark Kennedy

Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews

8:38 AM on Monday, December 8

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