What comes next is a mystery, but I’d like to share a note of appreciation as 2025 fades into history.
If you came to Greater Los Angeles from Mexico, by way of Calexico, Feliz Navidad.
If you once lived in Syria, and settled in Hesperia,…

What comes next is a mystery, but I’d like to share a note of appreciation as 2025 fades into history.
If you came to Greater Los Angeles from Mexico, by way of Calexico, Feliz Navidad.
If you once lived in Syria, and settled in Hesperia,…

Italy arrests nine fundraising for Hamas instead of Gaza | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/World NewsMohammad Hannoun, president of the Palestinian Association in Italy, was among those arrested, according to a statement posted to X by the…

President Trump began the year with huge plans and a GOP in lockstep, but heading into 2026 there are cracks in his support that could affect how much his administration gets done.
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President Jeffrey R. Holland, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died Saturday, December 27 at 3:15 a.m. MST, at age 85, from complications associated with kidney disease.
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Africa’s regional governance bodies on Saturday rejected the recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation by Israel a day earlier, the first by any country in more than 30 years.
Somaliland declared independence…

A reform-minded mayor is taking charge of New York City at a time when the largest police department in the country is finding its stride in its stability, touting a drop in gun violence and homicides while its…

CAIRO — The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen warned Saturday it would immediately respond to any military movements of separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates that undermine de-escalation efforts in the southern region of the country, as the…

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2026 must be the year for governments to rethink their rollback on equality, so that we can offer trans people their…

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Kate Adie presents stories from Iran, Norway, France, Ireland and Switzerland.
A recent marathon race in Iran caused controversy after many of the 2000 women runners ignored the country’s mandatory hijab law, and ran…