World News Summary

World News

• YEARENDER: Inflation, elections and war dominated 2024 December 23, 2024
  Inflation dropped in most economies around the world in 2024, but voters didn"t care. In the United States, higher costs helped Donald Trump win a second term as president.
• Woman killed when set on fire on New York subway train, police say December 23, 2024
  Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, killing her.
• Tens of thousands protest over fatal Serbia train station accident December 22, 2024
  Tens of thousands protested Sunday in Serbia's capital Belgrade to demand that leaders take responsibility for the collapse of a train station roof that killed 15 people last month.
• Spanish royals visit town hit by deadly floods in October December 22, 2024
  Spain's King Felipe VI and his family on Sunday carried out a surprise visit to one of the towns worst hit by deadly floods in October.
• Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal unless deal reached December 22, 2024
  President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert US control over the Panama Canal, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage.
• Gaza medics struggle to rescue patients after Israel orders hospital evacuated December 22, 2024
  Israel ordered the closure and evacuation on Sunday of one of the last hospitals still partly functioning in a besieged area on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, forcing medics to search for a way to bring hundreds of patients and staff to safety.
• Suspect in German Christmas market attack held on murder charges December 22, 2024
  A man suspected of plowing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an attack that killed five people and injured scores faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, police said on Sunday.
• Four killed in helicopter crash at Turkish hospital December 22, 2024
  Four people were killed in southwest Turkey on Sunday when an ambulance helicopter collided with a hospital building and crashed into the ground.
• Pope Francis calls Gaza air strikes 'cruelty' after Israeli minister's criticism December 22, 2024
  Pope Francis on Saturday again condemned Israeli air strikes in Gaza, a day after an Israeli government minister publicly denounced the pontiff.
• US fighter shot down in 'apparent case of friendly fire' over Red Sea December 22, 2024
  The US military said it mistakenly shot down one of its own fighter aircraft over the Red Sea early on Sunday, forcing both pilots to eject.
• US military conducts precision air strikes vs Houthi targets in Sanaa, Yemen December 22, 2024
  The US military said it conducted precision air strikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Sanaa.
• Israeli military says Yemen missile lands near Tel Aviv, 14 lightly injured December 21, 2024
  The Israeli military said it failed to intercept a missile from Yemen early on Saturday that fell in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area, and the ambulance service said 14 people received mild injuries.
• Israeli air strikes kill at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say December 21, 2024
  Israeli air strikes killed at least 25 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, including at least eight in an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp and at least 1 in Jabalia.
• Driver kills at least two after ramming into crowd at German Christmas market December 21, 2024
  A driver rammed a car into a large crowd of revelers at a Christmas market in central Germany on Friday evening, killing at least two people and injuring more than 60 before he was arrested.
• Canada PM Trudeau looks set to lose power after key ally vows to topple him December 20, 2024
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday looked set to lose power early next year after a key ally said he would move to bring down the minority Liberal government and trigger an election.