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On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem resembles a ghost town. Celebrations are halted due to Israel-Hamas war.

The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus looks like a ghost town on Christmas Eve, with celebrations in Bethlehem called off due to the Israel-Hamas war

4:34AM ( 4 months ago )

A Christmas rush to get passports to leave Zimbabwe is fed by economic gloom and a price hike

Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document

3:03AM ( 4 months ago )

A weekend of combat in Gaza kills more than a dozen Israeli soldiers, a sign of Hamas' entrenchment

The Israeli military says more than a dozen Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip over the weekend

3:00AM ( 4 months ago )

A weekend of combat in Gaza kills 14 Israeli soldiers in a sign of Hamas' entrenchment

The Israeli military says 14 soldiers have been killed in combat in the Gaza Strip over the weekend

3:00AM ( 4 months ago )

A weekend of combat in Gaza kills 14 Israeli soldiers as public support for the war is tested

The Israeli military says 14 soldiers have been killed in some of the bloodiest days of battle in Gaza since the start of Israel’s ground offensive in late October

3:00AM ( 4 months ago )

A weekend of combat in Gaza kills 15 Israeli soldiers as public support for the war is tested

The Israeli military says 15 soldiers have been killed over the weekend in some of the bloodiest days of battle in Gaza since the war began

3:00AM ( 4 months ago )

At least 60 are killed in central Gaza in one of the war's deadliest strikes

Dozens have been killed in Gaza in one of the deadliest strikes of the war

3:00AM ( 4 months ago )

At least 70 are killed in central Gaza, in one of the war's deadliest strikes

At least 70 people including a baby have been killed in Gaza in one of the deadliest strikes of the war

3:00AM ( 4 months ago )

At least 68 killed in central Gaza in airstrike, adding to weekend's bloodshed

At least 68 people, including a baby, have been killed in Gaza

3:00AM ( 4 months ago )

Iran summons Russian envoy over statement on Persian Gulf disputed islands

Iran's state media says Tehran has summoned Russia’s charge d’affaires after Moscow and Arab countries released a joint statement earlier this week challenging Iran’s claim to disputed islands in the Persian Gulf

2:16AM ( 4 months ago )