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Koepka eyeing PGA Tour return

Brooks Koepka leaves LIV Golf to prioritize family after personal tragedy, opening the door for a potential return to the PGA Tour.

26 December 20252 MIN READ

AMAD Diallo delivers a goal that lifted Ivory Coast to a 1-0 win over Mozambique in the Africa Cup of Nations in Marrakesh on Wednesday.

Deadly Diallo: Man U winger strikes, gives Ivory Coast winning start

Amad Diallo scores as Ivory Coast opens its Africa Cup of Nations title defense with a 1-0 win over Mozambique, keeping hopes alive for back-to-back AFCON…

26 December 20252 MIN READ

AUSTRALIAN police are investigating a "suspicious fire" after a car carrying a sign celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah was set ablaze Thursday in Melbourne.

Car with Hanukkah sign set ablaze in Melbourne

Occupants of the house were evacuated as a precaution.

26 December 20251 MIN READ

ACTING Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads a Christmas Midnight Mass at Saint Catherine’s Church in the Church of the Nativity in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on 24 December 2025.

Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war

The sound of drums and bagpipes playing renditions of popular Christmas carols filled the air.

26 December 20252 MIN READ

TANKERS are seen at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal, the only natural deep-sea port in the region and one of the major container ports in the Sharjah Emirate, along the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway through which one-fifth of global oil output passes, on June 23, 2025.

Iran Guards seize oil tanker

Iranian forces regularly announce the interception of ships it says are illegally transporting fuel in the Gulf.

26 December 20251 MIN READ

FRANCE returned the remains of 24 Algerian resistance fighters in 2020

Algeria passes law declaring French colonization a crime

Vote comes as the two countries are embroiled in a major diplomatic crisisv

26 December 20251 MIN READ

NIGERIAN security forces in the city of city of Maiduguri (file photo). The city has been rocked by an explosion in a mosque.

Nigeria mosque bombing kills at least seven

The bomb went off inside a crowded mosque in the city’s Gamboru market.

26 December 20251 MIN READ

A TESLA vehicle at the 9th edition of the VivaTech technology startups and innovation fair at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, in Paris on 11 June 2025.

Safety officials probe difficulty unlocking Tesla doors

The mechanical release was ‘hidden, unlabeled, and not intuitive to locate during an emergency.’

26 December 20251 MIN READ

EUROPEAN Commissioner Thierry Breton speaks about the EU's Digital Markets Act in Brussels in 2024.

EU condemns U.S. sanctions against five Europeans

‘These measures amount to intimidation and coercion aimed at undermining European digital sovereignty.’

26 December 20252 MIN READ

VILLAGERS attend Christmas Mass at the Angkola Protestant Church at Aek Ngadol village, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra province, on 25 December 2025.

First post-flood Mass

Indonesian worshippers in South Tapanuli gathered for a bittersweet Christmas Mass after deadly floods, finding strength and hope as they marked their first…

26 December 20251 MIN READ