Winters holidays in Russia don’t often bring joy to car owners, who are constantly stuck in endless traffic jams or worrying about their vehicles on snowy and icy roads. However, some creative drivers decided to chill out this year.
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The aggressive arrest by a white Texas police officer of a black woman who had called police to report an assault of her young son was "obviously racist," a group of pastors said, while the Fort Worth police chief and mayor denied race was a factor.
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India has successfully tested its most powerful Agni-V ballistic missile, which is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the country’s Defense Ministry announced. PM Narendra Modi dubbed the launch a “tremendous strength” of the country’s defense.
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A neo-Nazi website has called for an armed march against a Montana Jewish community, using a graphic which shows the entrance to the notorious Auschwitz death camp and a yellow Star of David with the word ‘Jude’ printed on it.
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A Chinese aircraft carrier along with five other vessels has passed through waters south of Taiwan on its way to what are reportedly the carrier’s first blue water drills in the Pacific. Japan says it is closely monitoring the exercises.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called on Brussels to protect Europe’s borders from illegal immigration in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack in Berlin, but European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker prefers to rely on European values.
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China successfully tested its newest twin-engine radar-evading stealth fighter of the fifth generation, local media report, citing sources in the aviation industry. The FC-31 Gyrfalcon can carry 8 tons of weapons and is said to be worth around $70 million.
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Christmas services were held nationwide in war-torn Syria just a week after government forces liberated Aleppo. Amid new hopes of an end to the years-long conflict, both the Pope in Rome and Orthodox hierarchs in Syria prayed for a long lasting peace.
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Most of the passengers on board the crashed Tu-154 plane were members of the world-famous Alexandrov Ensemble army choir, traveling to perform a New Year concert in Syria. Artists worldwide are devastated by the deaths of their colleagues and friends.
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World-famous English singer, songwriter and record producer George Michael, who started his career in the 1980s as part of the Wham! musical duo, has “passed away peacefully at home,” British media reports state, citing Michael's publicist.
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