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Peruvian police said they carried out a drug bust operation with the special help of Santa Claus in Huacal, near the capital Lima.

North Korean state TV aired video showing parachuters with glow-in-the-dark uniforms kicking of a parade of paramilitary groups to celebrate the country's founding anniversary. Leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter observed the event.

Two climate change activists hurled soup at the protective glass in front of the world-famous "Mona Lisa" painting in Paris' Louvre museum on Sunday (January 28).

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (December 24) dismissed reports that the United States had convinced Israel not to expand its military activity.

The home of a Paris suburb mayor was ram-raided and set alight while his wife and children were asleep inside during the unrest that has gripped the country following Tuesday's shooting of a teenager by a police officer, the official said on Sunday.

About 3,000 people marched through the heart of London’s West End on Saturday (July 8) in a Trans Pride event to promote their identity and to call for improved rights.

Hundreds of mourners on Saturday (October 14) attended the funeral for Reuters video journalist Issam Abdallah, who was killed in a missile strike in southern Lebanon.

Zimbabwe's opposition has rejected the result of the country's presidential election. Incumbent Emmerson Mnangwa was declared the winner late on Saturday of a vote EU observers say was conducted in a "climate of fear". David Doyle has more.

Tropical Storm Ophelia on Saturday (September 23) doused the US Atlantic Coast with torrential downpours and unrelenting winds that caused flooding and widespread power outages.

Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey on Thursday in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its oil by the U.S., Iranian state media reported, a move likely to stoke regional tensions. Ryan Chang reports.

California officials on Saturday (August 19) warned residents that the approaching Hurricane Hilary would trigger flooding and cause power outages in Southern California, urging them to take serious precautions.

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas took Israel by surprise on Saturday with its biggest attack in decades. A sudden assault by gunmen who crossed into Israeli villages killed dozens of people and brought hostages back into the Gaza Strip. Alex Cohen has more.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday (January 6) that Middle Eastern nations need to use their influence over regional actors to ensure the Gaza conflict is contained and prevent "an endless cycle of violence"

President Vladimir Putin said Russia had a "sufficient stockpile" of cluster bombs and reserved the right to use them if such munitions, the use of which he said he regarded as a crime, were deployed against Russian forces in Ukraine. Alex Cohen has more.

Firefighters battled blazes in Italy's Sicily on Saturday (September 23), which hit the Palermo and Messina areas, in the northern part of the island.

Azerbaijan's lightning offensive in the separatist Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh this week "achieved the set goals", Azerbaijan's foreign minister told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday (September 23).

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, speaking in Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday (October 15), said that the chamber would push through a military aid package to help Israel in its war against the militant Islamist group Hamas. This report produced by Jillian Kitchener.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official ever to stand trial before a Vatican criminal court, was convicted on Saturday of embezzlement and fraud and sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail. His lawyer told reporters he would appeal, saying his client was innocent. Lisa Bernhard produced this report.

Israel battered Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday after suffering its bloodiest day in decades when Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli towns, with hundreds killed on both sides. The spiraling violence threatens a major new Middle East war. This video contains graphic images. Lucy Fielder reports.

A Russian arms dealer freed last December in a prisoner swap for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been chosen as the candidate of a far-right party for a seat in a Russian regional legislature, state news agency RIA reported on Sunday. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returned from Turkey with five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol, who, under the conditions of a prisoner exchange, were meant to remain in Turkey until the end of the war. This report produced by Trevor Koroll.

Ecuadoreans took to the polls on Sunday (August 20) to choose a president and legislature they hope will lead the country out of a spiral of violence and economic troubles after a campaign darkened by the murder of an anti-corruption candidate. Trevor Koroll reports.

Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Saturday (October 14) confirmed a fourth Canadian death from last week's attack by Hamas on Israel, and said the country has a deal with Israel to get citizens out of Gaza, which she called "one of the worst places on Earth to be" right now.

Several provinces in southern Thailand were hit by severe flooding on Monday (December 25) after days of heavy rain, Thai local media reported.

Gunmen in armored vehicles stormed a village in an ethnic Serbian-majority region of Kosovo on Sunday, battling police and barricading themselves in a monastery in a resurgence of violence in the restive north. Emma Jehle reports.