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Protests interrupt Honduran special vote recount
Protests outside Honduras’ National Institute of Professional Training delayed a special recount of ballots from the disputed November 30 presidential election, officials said on Monday (December 15).
Hundreds of supporters of rival parties burned tires and waved flags, accusing authorities of fraud and foreign interference.
While voting on election day itself was calm, the subsequent process of tallying and reporting the ballots has been marred by chaos and confusion, including technical failures and political infighting.
Traffic chaos In Guadalajara after multi-car pile up
Three pick-up trucks and a car were involved in a serious crash in Guadalajara, in the western state of Jalisco, Mexico.
No casualties were reported, however emergency services were deployed to the scene of the crash in Avenida Vallarta.
The incident caused traffic to be closed for more than an hour.
Levee break compounds flooding danger amid heavy rains
A levee breach in Washington state following days of heavy rain led to a flash flood warning and evacuation orders.
Authorities said on Monday (December 15) that repairs were underway and could take several hours.
King County officials said they were closely monitoring the Desimone Levee in Tukwila along the Green River, about five miles south of downtown Seattle, where a car-sized chunk of the levee was washed away by floodwaters.
Images showed workers using heavy equipment to drop large sandbags into the hole, working to keep it from growing.
China launches new satellite into space
China launched another satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch centre in Shanxi province on Tuesday.
The Ziyuan III 04 was launched by a Long March-4B rocket at 11:17 am local time. It’s the 617th rocket mission launched in China’s Long March series.
Bethlehem rekindles the holiday spirit after two years
Bethlehem, a small and historic city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, put up a giant Christmas tree for the first time since 2022 after it had refrained from public Christmas celebrations over the past two years as war raged in Gaza.
Thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank and Israel packed Manger Square in Bethlehem, cheering as the 20-metre tree, trimmed in red and gold, lit up shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday (December 6) during a fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
Known as the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem is a focal point for millions of Christians around the world. One of its most iconic landmarks is the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square, believed by Christians to stand on the site where Jesus was born.
Tourists in Spain stunned by Nativity scenes carved in sand
Crowds gathered at Las Canteras beach in Spain on Monday (December 15) to admire the stunning display of the Sand Nativity Scene, sculpted by international artists on the shores of Gran Canaria Island.
Ten sculptors from six different countries, have been working for several weeks to shape the monumental sand scenes.
Organised by a local family since 2006, this year’s event has become Spain’s third most visited “museum” in December, drawing around 260,000 visitors over 40 days.
Iran has rejected as “irrelevant” a UN nuclear watchdog resolution referring its nuclear file to the UN Security Council, arguing that ...
Georgia’s busiest sea gateway has reached its capacity limit, adding urgency to plans for a major expansion of Poti port as the country seeks...
Overnight Iranian strikes on an air base in Jordan damaged multiple U.S. aircraft and left one without a wing, American media reported. Meanwhile, ...
Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
Wildfires have broken out in Türkiye’s Antalya province, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate as strong winds fuelled the flames.
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, drones hit civilian infrastructure in Russia's southwestern Saratov region.
Overnight Iranian strikes on an air base in Jordan damaged multiple U.S. aircraft and left one without a wing, American media reported. Meanwhile, explosions were heard across parts of southern Iran according to local media reports.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) allegedly launched two ballistic missile attacks against a U.S. Navy warship over the past two days.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian oil refinery in Siberia and a seaport in Dagestan in the past 24 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He will meet Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to discuss air defences for Ukraine over winter.
Eight Muslim-majority countries have launched a joint push for wider international action against trade linked to Israeli settlements, seeking to build momentum from new measures announced by the UK and other Western governments.
Saudi Arabia is facing a problem that goes beyond the latest Houthi attacks on its southern oil facilities. The kingdom is now dealing with pressure on energy exports at the Strait of Hormuz to the east and the Red Sea route to the west.
Two Azerbaijani sailors were killed on Wednesday when a foreign cargo ship they were travelling on was attacked by drones in the Black Sea, Baku's Foreign Ministry has said.
Iceland’s government plans to introduce legislation in February to permanently ban commercial whaling, potentially leaving Norway and Japan as the world’s only countries still allowing the practice.
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