An Azerbaijani airliner crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, leaving at least 32 survivors, according to officials. More than 30 people may be dead.

New York could be about to wake up to its first White Christmas in more than a decade but the frosty weather and an airline software outage is causing travel chaos across the states.

Countless people have reported mysterious hovering objects dotting the night skies and posted blurred images on social media. Every day, for weeks.

The recovery in September of the bodies of six Israeli hostages, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, triggered deep shock in Israel.

Some 32 million tourists are expected to walk through the “Holy Door” just opened by Francis at St Peter’s. He’s asked all to have courage to better the world.