The Iranian judiciary chief grants 10-day furlough to the eligible Christian convicts on the occasion of Christmas and ahead of the Gregorian New Year.

Covid is putting a damper on Christmas and New Year’s Eve events for the second year, as it forces the cancelation of celebrations and travel plans.

A Mississippi town has canceled its annual Christmas parade because of an increase in shootings.

As people around the world are preparing for New Year holidays, the Vatican lights up the Christmas tree and Nativity scene set up on Saint Peter's Square.

White House officials, scrambling to relieve global supply bottlenecks choking US ports, highways and railways, warn that Americans may face higher prices and some empty shelves this Christmas season.

Tory grandee and former deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine has called for a second Brexit referendum primarily as a means to obstruct Scottish independence.

US police officers on Sunday provided harrowing details of responding to a Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville, at times getting choked up reliving the moments that led up to the blast and offering gratitude that they were still alive.

Five women and girls were found dead at a home in rural Arkansas in what police believe to be a multiple homicide on Christmas night.

Embarrassing scenes of long queues outside food banks across the UK has brought the country's shocking poverty levels into sharp relief.

As fears surrounding the so-called 'British Virus' intensifies China suspends all incoming and outgoing flights from the UK for an indefinite period.