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Police said the man has been issued a warrant for pre-trial detention on five counts of murder.

At least 38 dead and more than 100 missing after ferry carrying people traveling for Christmas sank in the Busira River.

Four women and a 9-year-old boy were killed in the Magdeburg attack, according to police.

Teddy bears were left together with candles near the Christmas market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, Dec. 22, 2024.

UN agencies are reportedly offering themselves as replacements to scandal hit UNRWA that's been riddled with accusations of terrorism since the Hamas terror massacre in southern Israel.

People look for salvageable items following an Israeli strike in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 22, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Reda Abu Zarada wraps herself and her grandchildren in blankets as they prepare to sleep in their tent at a camp in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Dec. 19, 2024.

Trump also hinted at China’s growing influence around the canal, which connects the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans.

Aviva Siegel, former Hamas hostage and wife of Keith Siegel still held in Gaza, said she's holding out hope that her husband of nearly 44 years will be returned to her soon as negotiators fight for release.

As South Koreans took to the streets this month demanding the ousting of their president, some found an unexpected outlet to express their fury.

A look back at the superlative sporting careers of some of the all-time greats who passed away in 2024.

Here are the key developments on the 1,032nd day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

FILE - A fighter jet maneuvers on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea, June 11, 2024.

A handout photo taken on Dec. 21, 2024 and received from the Australian Department Foreign Affairs and Trade shows Australian Defense Forces helping Australians off a C-130J Hercules at Brisbane Airport after an earthquake struck Port Vila, Vanuatu. FILE - in this screengrab taken from a social media video, rubble surrounds a collapsed Port Vila, Vanuatu, building after a Dec. 17, 2024, earthquake. (Jeremy Ellison/via Reuters)

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, right, shakes hands with France's President Emmanuel Macron at the newly renovated Ethiopia's historic National Palace in Addis Ababa on Dec. 21, 2024, as part of a two-day visit to Djibouti and Ethiopia. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, speaks with France's President Emmanuel Macron during a visit at the newly renovated Ethiopia's historic National Palace in Addis Ababa on Dec. 21, 2024.

Oleksandr Usyk defeats Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia to retain his undisputed heavyweight boxing crown.

Israeli forces launch more attacks on the besieged hospital after ordering people inside and near the facility to flee.

In a new report, Democrats on the US Senate Judiciary Committee call out alleged ethical lapses among high court justices.

A multi-story residential building shows damage after an alleged Ukrainian drone attack in Kazan, Russia, Dec. 21, 2024.

Asaad Hassan al-Shibani appointed foreign minister, and Murhaf Abu Qasra named defence minister.

At least 10 killed in the capital, Abuja, and three killed in the town of Okija during charity distributions.

The government’s decision comes after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a classmate following a social media fight.

The US president hails the passage of the budget legislation after days of uncertainty and negotiations that went down to the wire.

A missile fired from Yemen hit Tel Aviv overnight into Saturday, Israeli authorities said, in a rare instance of a failed interception over the city.

Witnesses told rescue teams that the bus blew a tire, causing the driver to lose control and collide with a truck.

Passenger bus collides with truck near town of Lajinha in southeastern state of Minas Gerais, fire officials say.

Over 10 years after flight MH370 is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean, Malaysia's government has agreed to accept a "no find, no fee" proposal from a U.S. company to resume the hunt.

A Palestinian child runs to shelter from the rain at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Dec. 20, 2024. A Palestinian carries a wounded child at the site of an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, on Dec. 20, 2024. Palestinian girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Dec. 20, 2024.

FILE - Pakistani military personnel stand beside a surface-to-surface ballistic missile during a Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2019. A White House official said on Dec. 19, 2024, that Pakistan is developing missile capabilities that could reach the U.S.

FILE - Three reactors make up the Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant in Flamanville, France, on April 25, 2024, with the European Pressurized Reactor at far right. France connected the EPR to the power grid for the first time on Dec. 21, 2024.

Pope Francis told Vatican bureaucrats on Saturday to stop speaking ill of one another, as he once again used his annual Christmas greetings to admonish the backstabbing and gossiping among his closest collaborators.

Teacher was stabbed and beheaded outside his school in Paris in 2020 after an online hate campaign.

After topping $100,000, Bitcoin supporters see the cryptocurrency soaring even higher.

Forensic technicians work on a damaged car sitting with its doors open after a driver plowed into a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Dec. 21, 2024. A police officer stands guard at a blocked road near a Christmas market after an incident in Magdeburg, Germany, Dec. 20, 2024.

A woman inspects the damage as she evacuates her home in Tel Aviv, Israel, early on Dec. 21, 2024, after a projectile fired from Yemen landed near her building.

Residential buildings have been hit in the Russian city of Kazan, causing no casualties.

Children in England and Wales have been investigated by police for calling each other names, a study has found.

Huge sale likely to go through despite ongoing concerns over Egyptian government’s human rights breaches,

FILE - This photo released by the Arakan Army shows members of the Arakan Army posing in front of the captured district police office in Ann township, Rakhine state, Myanmar, Nov. 29, 2024.

FILE - Pilgrims crowd St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, May 30, 1998, on Pentecost Day. FILE - A view of the construction site of the new 25.5-kilometer Metro C subway main hub in Piazza Venezia in central Rome, May 23, 2024. FILE - People gather at the Fori Imperiali avenue, with the Colosseum in the background, during an event celebrating the ban on private vehicles, in Rome, Aug. 3, 2013.

Scientists have engineered the pests to provide enhanced immunity to the disease they transmit, according to new study.

Visitors look at a wall displaying the names of the victims of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, at the Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Dec 14, 2024. Participants prepare for the start of a 5km running event titled 'Run for Life, Tsunami Memorial 2024' held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Dec. 15, 2024.

The driver of the car was arrested, German news agency dpa reported.

Air pollution has become a major problem in Pakistan and it is children who are paying the price.

KRG Council of Ministers, Dec. 11, 2024.

People take shelter in a metro station during an air raid alarm in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 20, 2024. Ivanna holds her dog in front of a burning car after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 20, 2024. Firefighters work at the site of a damaged building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 20, 2024. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

FILE - California Governor Gavin Newsom meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 25, 2023.

France's anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school near Paris four years ago, a horrific death that shocked the country.