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When Il-yong Ju was a child, something strange would happen in his tiny village in rural North Korea every December 25th.

At Christmas, the world can seem a little more humane than usual - even in wartime.

The White House has ordered the US military to focus on enforcing a "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil for the next two months, according to a US official.

The latest US-Ukraine peace plan suggests eastern areas seized by Russia could become free economic zones.

North Korea is showcasing what appears to be progress on a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media images revealing a largely completed hull.

A second fatal bombing on the streets of Moscow in the space of three days.

The thousands-year-old Christmas procession from Jerusalem to Bethlehem is finally being celebrated with festive fanfare after a two-year pause to mourn the devastating war in Gaza.

Families in Nigeria were reunited with more than a hundred schoolchildren and teachers abducted in November.

The European Union's executive branch has warned it would respond to any "unjustified measures" after the US State Department barred five Europeans it accuses of pressuring American tech companies to censor or limit US viewpoints.

The row between Europe and Washington about what you can do online just ramped up.