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Top News Stories for Monday, December 15th 2025
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2025 -
BEIRUT (AP) — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three U.S. citizens had joined Syria's internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions that he might be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press Sunday. The attack Saturday in the Syrian desert near the historic ...
Source: wfla.com
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2025 -
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Source: huffpost.com
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2025 -
Armed police work at the scene after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. At least 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen fired on a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday in what Australian police and officials described as a terrorist attack. One suspected gunman was killed and another was in a critical condition, New South Wales Police Commissioner ...
Source: cnbc.com
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2025 -
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski arrived for an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, direct from a dentist appointment. The 63-year-old veteran human rights advocate — looking pale, visibly tired and emaciated — was experiencing a return to daily life after more than four years behind bars in Belarus. He was suddenly ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2025 -
Hamas has confirmed the killing of senior commander Raed Saad in an Israeli attack in Gaza in the highest-profile assassination of a senior figure in the Palestinian group since the October ceasefire. The Israeli military had said it killed Saad in an attack on Saturday near Gaza City. At least 25 people were wounded. Confirming Saad's killing in a video statement on Sunday, Hamas's Gaza chief, Khalil al-Hayya, ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2025 -
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country's bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war. Zelenskyy sat down with U.S. President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. The Ukrainian leader posted ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2025 -
A Hong Kong court will decide on Monday whether pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai is guilty of national security crimes, in a case that has sparked international concern over the city's political freedoms. – What is Lai accused of doing? – Lai is charged with two counts of conspiracy to foreign collusion under Hong Kong's national security law, which was imposed by Beijing in 2020 following huge and ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Sunday, Dec 14th, 2025 -
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama returned from a 12-game absence with 22 points and nine rebounds, giving San Antonio a surge and the Oklahoma City Thunder just its second loss with the 111-109 victory Saturday night putting the Spurs in the NBA Cup final. The Spurs play the New York Knicks in Tuesday night's final. Oklahoma City's last defeat was Nov. 5 at Portland, and the Thunder carried a 16-game ...
Source: apnews.com
Saturday, Dec 13th, 2025 -
Fernando Mendoza, the mercurial quarterback of No. 1 Indiana, won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the first Hoosier to win college football's most prestigious award since its inception in 1935. Mendoza claimed 2,362 first place votes. He beat Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia (1,435 votes), Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love (719 votes) and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin (432 votes). ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Saturday, Dec 13th, 2025 -
Lionel Messi's tour of India kicked off on a chaotic note on Saturday as fans ripped up seats and threw them towards the pitch after the Argentina and Inter Miami forward's brief visit to the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, the ANI news agency reported. Messi is in India as part of a tour during which he is scheduled to attend concerts, youth football clinics and a padel tournament, and launch charitable initiatives ...
Source: theguardian.com