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Arrests made following Christmas harassment incident at Catholic school in India

Mariela Gmez, right, and her partner Abraham Castro, a Venezuelan migrant couple, sit for Christmas dinner at Castro's parents' home in Maracay, Venezuela, early Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. The couple abandoned their journey to the United States and returned home from Mexico by land and sea following President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

A Venezuelan family’s Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

Dec 26
Matias Delacroix,
Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro speaks at a ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of the signing of a peace deal between the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (Credit: Fernando Vergara/AP.)

At gunpoint in Colombia, priest forced to speak for guerrillas through Church’s loudspeakers

Dec 24
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves the Castel Gandolfo residence to head to the Vatican, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope disappointed over approval of assisted suicide legislation in his home state of Illinois

Dec 24
Paolo Santalucia,
Associated Press

The Spanish flag flies during a memorial for coronavirus (COVID-19) victims in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Cardinal says Pope Leo visiting Spain next year is likely

Dec 24
Fionn Shiner

Arrests made following Christmas harassment incident at Catholic school in India

Dec 27
Nirmala Carvalho

People visit the site of a U.S. airstrike in Northwest, Jabo, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (Credit: Tunde Omolehin/AP.)

Nigerian villagers are rattled by US airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky glow red

Dec 27
Ope Adetayo,
Tunde Omolehin, Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria

Dec 26
Chinedu Asadu,
Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Credit: Alex Brandon/AP.)

Trump orders US strike on Islamic State targets in Nigeria

Dec 26
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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