The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus looks like a ghost town on Christmas Eve, with celebrations in Bethlehem, located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, called off as the war in Gaza continues. "It's a very sad Christmas," said one Palestinian Christian theologian.
Police in Serbia fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital's city council building Sunday in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend.
A smelting furnace exploded Sunday in Palu on Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 in the latest deadly incident at nickel plants in Indonesia that are part of China's transnational development program known as the Belt and Road Initiative.
Israel bombed areas of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, with fighting throughout Sunday morning, residents and Palestinian media said as the Israeli military announced a mounting death toll in clashes with Hamas militants
The tombola played by most Italians is a much beloved, squeaky clean Yuletide tradition. But the Naples version is a reflection of the ancient history of the city where the game sprang up in the early 18th century as a way for impoverished people to win small stakes in a game of luck.
