The world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic ...

The year is drawing to a close around the world, and pictures of wild celebrations are emerging as populations say goodbye to ...

Dancers performed the dance of releasing the sun 2024, welcoming the sun 2025, a New Year's Eve celebration in Bali, ...

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It was another turbulent year from start to end, dominated by wars still raging in Ukraine and the Middle East. But 2024 also ...

The 75-year-old leader was spotted arriving at Israel’s Knesset with his personal doctor after earlier leaving the Hadassah ...

As Americans prepared to celebrate New Year's Eve on Tuesday, millions of people around the world were ringing in 2025. The ...

Crowds around the world will gaze at fireworks, raise their toasts and greet 2025 as they bid farewell to a tumultuous year that was the hottest on record, and which brought Olympic glory, elections ...

South Korea orders a "comprehensive inspection" of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country's carriers, after a Jeju Air plane crash-landed and burst into flames, killing 179 people on ...

About half of school-age children in Syria are missing out on education after nearly 14 years of civil war, Save the Children ...

Jimmy Carter's state funeral will take place on Jan. 9 at Washington National Cathedral, following a six-day procession from ...