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US: Hurricane-Force Winds Cause Widespread Power Outages in Colorado

Hurricane-force winds across Colorado downed power lines and left thousands without electricity, causing 185 flight delays at Denver International Airport and forcing multiple school districts to close on Thursday, December 18.

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Newly Confirmed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman at White House

Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Counterterrorism, left, shakes hands with Jared Isaacman, newly confirmed Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on Thursday, December 18, 2025. Credit: Aaron Schwartz / Pool via CNP

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Signing Ceremony Between Doug Ford and Mark Carney - Ottawa

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney leave following an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Signing Ceremony Between Doug Ford and Mark Carney - Ottawa

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney take part in a signing ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. They are joined by Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Todd McCarthy, back left, and Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Steven MacKinnon, back right. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Signing Ceremony Between Doug Ford and Mark Carney - Ottawa

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney take part in a signing ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. They are joined by Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Todd McCarthy, back left, and Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Steven MacKinnon, back right. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits Italian Senate - Rome

Pope Leo XIV paid a surprise visit to the Italian Senate on December 17, 2025. Pope Leo XIV was welcomed to the Upper House by Speaker Ignazio La Russa (Left) and went to its library to see an exhibition on the Borso d'Este Bible one of the most remarkable illuminated manuscripts of the Renaissance. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House - DC

Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, from left, Walt Nauta, White House director of oval office operations, and Natalie Harp, aide to US President Donald Trump, walk on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. US President Donald Trump paid tribute to two US soldiers and an interpreter killed in an ambush in Syria as their remains were returned Wednesday to Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base. Photo by Graeme Sloan/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Aides Walk On White House South Lawn - DC

Former US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, from left, Casey Wasserman, chair of the 2028 LA Olympics organizing committee, and US President Donald Trump, walk on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia's energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace agreement with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. Photo by Graeme Sloan/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Aides Walk On White House South Lawn - DC

Walt Nauta, White House director of oval office operations, from left, Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, Natalie Harp, aide to US President Donald Trump, walk on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia's energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace agreement with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. Photo by Graeme Sloan/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Aides Walk On White House South Lawn - DC

US President Donald Trump, from left, former US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, and Casey Wasserman, chair of the 2028 LA Olympics organizing committee, walk on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia's energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace agreement with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. Photo by Graeme Sloan/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Aides Walk On White House South Lawn - DC

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, left, and Natalie Harp, aide to US President Donald Trump, walk on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia's energy sector to increase the pressure on Moscow should President Vladimir Putin reject a peace agreement with Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. Photo by Graeme Sloan/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Pérez Llorca After Investiture - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (right), and the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juanfran Pérez Llorca (left), during a meeting at La Moncloa Palace, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). This is the first meeting between the President of the Government and the President of the Generalitat after the investiture of Pérez Llorca last December 2. During his meeting, the president of the Valencian executive has asked for a Water Pact and to "respect" the rules approved in Les Corts as the Law of Coasts. Photo by Alberto Ortega / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Pérez Llorca After Investiture - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (left), and the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juanfran Pérez Llorca (right), during a meeting at La Moncloa Palace, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). This is the first meeting between the President of the Government and the President of the Generalitat after the investiture of Pérez Llorca last December 2. During his meeting, the president of the Valencian executive has asked for a Water Pact and to "respect" the rules approved in Les Corts as the Law of Coasts. Photo by Alberto Ortega / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Pérez Llorca After Investiture - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (left), and the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juanfran Pérez Llorca (right), during a meeting at La Moncloa Palace, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). This is the first meeting between the President of the Government and the President of the Generalitat after the investiture of Pérez Llorca last December 2. During his meeting, the president of the Valencian executive has asked for a Water Pact and to "respect" the rules approved in Les Corts as the Law of Coasts. Photo by Alberto Ortega / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Pérez Llorca After Investiture - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (right), and the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juanfran Pérez Llorca (left), during a meeting at La Moncloa Palace, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). This is the first meeting between the President of the Government and the President of the Generalitat after the investiture of Pérez Llorca last December 2. During his meeting, the president of the Valencian executive has asked for a Water Pact and to "respect" the rules approved in Les Corts as the Law of Coasts. Photo by Alberto Ortega / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Pérez Llorca After Investiture - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (right), and the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juanfran Pérez Llorca (left), during a meeting at La Moncloa Palace, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). This is the first meeting between the President of the Government and the President of the Generalitat after the investiture of Pérez Llorca last December 2. During his meeting, the president of the Valencian executive has asked for a Water Pact and to "respect" the rules approved in Les Corts as the Law of Coasts. Photo by Alberto Ortega / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Pérez Llorca After Investiture - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (left), and the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juanfran Pérez Llorca (right), during a meeting at La Moncloa Palace, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). This is the first meeting between the President of the Government and the President of the Generalitat after the investiture of Pérez Llorca last December 2. During his meeting, the president of the Valencian executive has asked for a Water Pact and to "respect" the rules approved in Les Corts as the Law of Coasts. Photo by Alberto Ortega / Europa Press/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanchez Meets Pérez Llorca After Investiture - Madrid

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez (left), and the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Juanfran Pérez Llorca (right), during a meeting at La Moncloa Palace, on December 17, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). This is the first meeting between the President of the Government and the President of the Generalitat after the investiture of Pérez Llorca last December 2. During his meeting, the president of the Valencian executive has asked for a Water Pact and to "respect" the rules approved in Les Corts as the Law of Coasts. Photo by Alberto Ortega / Europa Press/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts a Hanukkah Reception - Washington

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President, American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), left, makes remarks during a Hanukkah reception hosted by United States President Donald J Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on December 16, 2025. Looking on are US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, center, and Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski, right. This year's holiday reception was attended by hundreds of guests and supporters. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts a Hanukkah Reception - Washington

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President, American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), left, makes remarks during a Hanukkah reception hosted by United States President Donald J Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on December 16, 2025. Looking on are US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, center, and Holocaust survivors Jerry Wartski and Michael Bornstein. This year's holiday reception was attended by hundreds of guests and supporters. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts a Hanukkah Reception - Washington

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President, American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), left, makes remarks during a Hanukkah reception hosted by United States President Donald J Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on December 16, 2025. Looking on are US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, center, and Holocaust survivor Jerry Wartski, right. This year's holiday reception was attended by hundreds of guests and supporters. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts a Hanukkah Reception - Washington

From left to right: Holocaust survivors Jerry Wartski and Michael Bornstein, United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President, American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), during a Hanukkah reception hosted by United States President Donald J Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on December 16, 2025. This year's holiday reception was attended by hundreds of guests and supporters. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts a Hanukkah Reception - Washington

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President, American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), left, makes remarks during a Hanukkah reception hosted by United States President Donald J Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on December 16, 2025. Looking on are US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, center, and Holocaust survivors Jerry Wartski and Michael Bornstein. This year's holiday reception was attended by hundreds of guests and supporters. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Hosts a Hanukkah Reception - Washington

From left to right: Holocaust survivors Jerry Wartski and Michael Bornstein, United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Executive Vice President, American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), during a Hanukkah reception hosted by United States President Donald J Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on December 16, 2025. This year's holiday reception was attended by hundreds of guests and supporters. Photo by Andrew Thomas / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Social Security Financing Bill Debate - France

Member of parliament Mathilde Panot, President of La France Insoumise and the alliance of left-wing parties the "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front) LFI-NFP parliamentary group, delivers a speech during a discussion before the final vote on the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS) for 2026 at the National Assembly in Paris, France, December 16, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Social Security Financing Bill Debate - France

Member of parliament Mathilde Panot, President of La France Insoumise and the alliance of left-wing parties the "Nouveau Front Populaire" (New Popular Front) LFI-NFP parliamentary group, delivers a speech during a discussion before the final vote on the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS) for 2026 at the National Assembly in Paris, France, December 16, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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EU leaders' Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki

LKS 20251216 From left, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal (behind President Nauseda), Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, Romanian President Nicusor Dan and Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina posing for a family photo at the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki, Finland, on December 16, 2025. The one-day summit focuses on threats to European security and defence readiness, especially at the EUs eastern border. - HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA / LEHTIKUVA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES.(Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EU leaders' Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki

LKS 20251216 From left, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina and Romanian President Nicusor Dan posing for a family photo at the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki, Finland, on December 16, 2025. The one-day summit focuses on threats to European security and defence readiness, especially at the EUs eastern border. - HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA / LEHTIKUVA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES.(Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EU leaders' Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki

LKS 20251216 From left, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, Romanian President Nicusor Dan and Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina posing for a family photo at the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki, Finland, on December 16, 2025. The one-day summit focuses on threats to European security and defence readiness, especially at the EUs eastern border. - HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA / LEHTIKUVA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES.(Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EU leaders' Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki

LKS 20251216 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (left) arriving to the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki, Finland, on December 16, 2025. The one-day summit focuses on threats to European security and defence readiness, especially at the EUs eastern border. - HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA / LEHTIKUVA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES.(Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EU leaders' Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki

LKS 20251216 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (left) arriving to the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki, Finland, on December 16, 2025. The one-day summit focuses on threats to European security and defence readiness, especially at the EUs eastern border. - HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA / LEHTIKUVA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES.(Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EU leaders' Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki

LKS 20251216 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (left) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaking together when arriving to the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki, Finland, on December 16, 2025. The one-day summit focuses on threats to European security and defence readiness, especially at the EUs eastern border. - HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA / LEHTIKUVA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES.(Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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EU leaders' Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki

LKS 20251216 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (left) and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson together when arriving to the Eastern Flank Summit in Helsinki, Finland, on December 16, 2025. The one-day summit focuses on threats to European security and defence readiness, especially at the EUs eastern border. - HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA / LEHTIKUVA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES.(Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan: Low-Pressure System Brings Blizzard Conditions to Hokkaido, Knocking Donw Trees

A rapidly developing low-pressure system moved through Hokkaido on Monday, December 15, bringing heavy snow and blizzard conditions that have caused widespread havoc and left up to 36,000 homes without power. The severe winter storm resulted in collapsed roofs, downed trees, power lines and school fences, stranded cars, and major train cancellations.

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Border Conflict With Thailand Evacuees - Cambodia

Civilians flee Srei Snam district in Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Dec. 15, 2025. Thai military forces' attack on Cambodia in the 4th Military Region has entered further deep into Cambodian sovereign territory, said the Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Monday. The Thai military forces have expanded their airstrikes to a location in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, the ministry said in a press release, adding that the Thai military used an F-16 fighter jet to drop two bombs near a displaced civilian camp in the province at 10:00 a.m. on Monday local time. The fresh border conflict with Thailand has left 12 Cambodian civilians dead and 74 others injured as of 6 p.m. local time on Sunday, Cambodia's Interior Ministry Spokesperson Touch Sokhak said at a press briefing on Monday. Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Border Conflict With Thailand Evacuees - Cambodia

Civilians flee Srei Snam district in Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Dec. 15, 2025. Thai military forces' attack on Cambodia in the 4th Military Region has entered further deep into Cambodian sovereign territory, said the Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Monday. The Thai military forces have expanded their airstrikes to a location in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, the ministry said in a press release, adding that the Thai military used an F-16 fighter jet to drop two bombs near a displaced civilian camp in the province at 10:00 a.m. on Monday local time. The fresh border conflict with Thailand has left 12 Cambodian civilians dead and 74 others injured as of 6 p.m. local time on Sunday, Cambodia's Interior Ministry Spokesperson Touch Sokhak said at a press briefing on Monday. Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Border Conflict With Thailand Evacuees - Cambodia

Civilians flee Srei Snam district in Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Dec. 15, 2025. Thai military forces' attack on Cambodia in the 4th Military Region has entered further deep into Cambodian sovereign territory, said the Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Monday. The Thai military forces have expanded their airstrikes to a location in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, the ministry said in a press release, adding that the Thai military used an F-16 fighter jet to drop two bombs near a displaced civilian camp in the province at 10:00 a.m. on Monday local time. The fresh border conflict with Thailand has left 12 Cambodian civilians dead and 74 others injured as of 6 p.m. local time on Sunday, Cambodia's Interior Ministry Spokesperson Touch Sokhak said at a press briefing on Monday. Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Border Conflict With Thailand Evacuees - Cambodia

Civilians flee Srei Snam district in Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Dec. 15, 2025. Thai military forces' attack on Cambodia in the 4th Military Region has entered further deep into Cambodian sovereign territory, said the Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Monday. The Thai military forces have expanded their airstrikes to a location in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, the ministry said in a press release, adding that the Thai military used an F-16 fighter jet to drop two bombs near a displaced civilian camp in the province at 10:00 a.m. on Monday local time. The fresh border conflict with Thailand has left 12 Cambodian civilians dead and 74 others injured as of 6 p.m. local time on Sunday, Cambodia's Interior Ministry Spokesperson Touch Sokhak said at a press briefing on Monday. Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Border Conflict With Thailand Evacuees - Cambodia

Civilians flee Srei Snam district in Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Dec. 15, 2025. Thai military forces' attack on Cambodia in the 4th Military Region has entered further deep into Cambodian sovereign territory, said the Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Monday. The Thai military forces have expanded their airstrikes to a location in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, the ministry said in a press release, adding that the Thai military used an F-16 fighter jet to drop two bombs near a displaced civilian camp in the province at 10:00 a.m. on Monday local time. The fresh border conflict with Thailand has left 12 Cambodian civilians dead and 74 others injured as of 6 p.m. local time on Sunday, Cambodia's Interior Ministry Spokesperson Touch Sokhak said at a press briefing on Monday. Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Border Conflict With Thailand Evacuees - Cambodia

Civilians flee Srei Snam district in Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Dec. 15, 2025. Thai military forces' attack on Cambodia in the 4th Military Region has entered further deep into Cambodian sovereign territory, said the Cambodian Ministry of Defense on Monday. The Thai military forces have expanded their airstrikes to a location in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, the ministry said in a press release, adding that the Thai military used an F-16 fighter jet to drop two bombs near a displaced civilian camp in the province at 10:00 a.m. on Monday local time. The fresh border conflict with Thailand has left 12 Cambodian civilians dead and 74 others injured as of 6 p.m. local time on Sunday, Cambodia's Interior Ministry Spokesperson Touch Sokhak said at a press briefing on Monday. Photo by Agence Kampuchea Presse via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The King visits L'Hospitalet de Llobregat for the 100th anniversary of the city

King Felipe VI (right), and the President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa (left), during a visit to the La Florida 6.0. center on December 15, 2025, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The King visits the Barcelona town of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, on the occasion of the centenary of the granting of the title of city by King Alfonso XIII. Photo by David Zorrakino / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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