An uneasy calm enveloped the U.S. Embassy in Iraq as new images revealed extensive damage. Hundreds of soldiers from Fort Bragg were bound for the region.
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Texas church had fed gunman who opened fire during service, was watching him before rampage
A man fatally shot by congregants after opening fire at a Texas church service had been given food by the church many times, the pastor says.
After protesters storm US Embassy in Iraq, shouting ‘Death to America,’ Donald Trump says Iran will ‘pay a very big price’
Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad. The attack followed deadly U.S. airstrikes Sunday.
Two dead, one critically wounded after gunman opens fire at church outside Fort Worth, Texas
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Notre Dame Cathedral, empty for Christmas, may never recover from devastating fire
France’s Notre Dame Cathedral was dark and empty for Christmas and may never recover from this year’s devastating fire, its rector said.
Vase or missiles? US awaits Christmas ‘gift’ from North Korea’s Kim
Christmas has come and gone in North Korea with no apparent ‘gift’ thus far bestowed on the United States by the secretive nation’s leader.
Kroger says Christmas food giveaway contest is a hoax
Facebook posts promoting a food giveaway contest by the Kroger supermarket chain are a hoax, the industry giant says.
‘Mockery’ of justice? Saudi Arabian court sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing
The Saudi Arabian court sentenced 5 to death for the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in Istanbul last year.
Notre Dame Cathedral, ravaged by fire in April, will not host Christmas services for first time since French Revolution
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‘Wait for Mother Nature’: Last 2 victims of New Zealand’s volcano eruption may never be found
Winona Langford and Hayden Marshall-Inman, missing since the White Island Volcano erupted, were apparently washed out to sea and may never be found.