Christmas

Christmas Wednesday was observed by Christians worldwide, although the atmosphere was soured by wars, a huge Russian attack on Ukraine on Christmas morning, and an aircraft crash in Kazakhstan. Pope Francis was also anticipated to plead...

Pope Francis presided over mass in the Vatican on Tuesday as Christians assembled at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem to commemorate a somber Christmas marred by conflict. For the second...

Christmas services were held in hundreds of Moscow churches for more than a million believers, according to Vitaly Suchkov, head of the capital’s department for national strategy and interregional relations, who spoke with TASS. “Despite the...

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, a prisons official said Monday. Among the 1,004 freed on Monday were...

Palestinians said they felt “no joy” this Christmas as Israel bombed the besieged Palestinian territory on Monday, with no end in sight to the war that Hamas says has claimed more than 20,000 lives. Festivities were...

As it is everywhere else in the globe, Bangladesh also observed holy Christmas today, which is the largest religious celebration of the Christian community and honors the birth of Jesus Christ. On this day, which is...

Over 6,000 flights were canceled and hundreds more were delayed throughout the world over the long Christmas weekend, according to a tracking website, as the highly infectious Omicron form caused holiday misery for millions. Severe weather...

Le Méridien Dhaka is going to celebrate a Magical themed Christmas this year on 25 December 2018. The merriment will start with a surprise visit by Santa Claus and a specially designed scrumptious Christmas buffet brunch...

A small bus taking an extended family to a dawn church service crashed into a larger bus in the town of Agoo, 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of Manila, killing 20 on board. Twenty pilgrims were...

Christmas is the celebration of rebirth, new beginning, forgiveness and peace, and renewing relationship with God and human beings. The Christian community of the country will celebrate Christmas Day on Monday as elsewhere across the world,...