- King Charles III picks Westminster Abbey as the site of his Christmas Day broadcast
- Foreign-branded phone shipments in China more than doubled on year in Nov, CAICT data shows
- Pope Leo XIV remembers Gaza's suffering in first Christmas homily and calls for peace
- Field Marshal Asim Munir joins Christmas prayers, cites Quaid's vision on minorities' rights
- China accuses US of trying to thwart improved China-India ties