2022-12-25 f7f83d3f49f68ff64c1c94e78ce641c09a319f43 https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/WireAP_77f084b2315f4c059e39185ba4a0aeae_16x9_992.jpg https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/WireAP_77f084b2315f4c059e39185ba4a0aeae_16x9_992.jpg 7 Abdulla Yameen 70 /wiki/abdulla%20yameen Maldives 1 /wiki/maldives bribery 171 /wiki/bribery money laundering 115 /wiki/money%20laundering president 36 /wiki/president%20of%20the%20maldives sentencing 13 /wiki/sentence%20(law) Abdulla Yameen Maldives bribery money laundering president sentencing Maldives /feed/2022/12/25/a-court-in-the-maldives-sentences-former-president-abdulla-yameen-to-11-years-in-prison-on-money-laundering-and-bribery ABC News 25 c01455717e585fc551030e4ddcbbb083843ea9e5 12 https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/maldives-leader-gets-11-years-money-laundering-bribe-95808032 Ex-Maldives leader gets 11 years for money laundering, bribe 2022 A court in Maldives has found the former president guilty of money laundering and accepting a bribe and sentenced him to 11 years in prison A court in the Maldives sentences former president Abdulla Yameen to 11 years in prison on money laundering and bribery charges. 2022-12-25 545d896f8a0faef7396502b76542dda895e0e398 6 Pierce County 14 /wiki/pierce%20county,%20washington Pierce County substation attack 1 /wiki/pierce%20county%20substation%20attack United States 71 /wiki/united%20states Washington 37 /wiki/washington%20(state) electrical substation 2 /wiki/electrical%20substation power outage 116 /wiki/power%20outage Pierce County Pierce County substation attack United States Washington electrical substation power outage Pierce County substation attack /feed/2022/12/25/an-attack-on-an-electrical-substation-in-pierce-county-washington-united-states-cuts-off-power-to-14000-people-the Seattle Times 25 85cf26b4f68068e0d485ad78cf17ae2f83f9974f 12 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/tacoma-power-says-2-substations-attacked-christmas-day/ 2022 An attack on an electrical substation in Pierce County, Washington, United States, cuts off power to 14,000 people. The perpetrators and motive of the attack are unknown. 2022-12-25 5552312b1e51d14149f49e31d085612fc02c6984 5 Anglès 70 /wiki/angles,%20girona Barcelona 115 /wiki/barcelona Catalonia 1 /wiki/catalonia Spain 13 /wiki/spain autonomous community 36 /wiki/autonomous%20community Anglès Barcelona Catalonia Spain autonomous community Catalonia /feed/2022/12/25/catalonia-in-spain-registers-the-highest-december-temperature-ever-for-the-autonomous-community-in-angles-which-reached Catalan News 25 54ff4988f95804f849842ed14622e64ee8453539 12 https://www.catalannews.com/society-science/item/catalonias-not-so-white-christmas-day-after-recording-warmest-temperatures-in-decades 2022 Catalonia in Spain registers the highest December temperature ever for the autonomous community in Anglès, which reached 26.3 C. Several other stations, including in the regional capital of Barcelona, also break records. 2022-12-25 522665a21c4abdcc37f6faf8cf5a653be3330b94 4 Austria 171 /wiki/austria Emergency services 238 /wiki/emergency%20services Lech 70 /wiki/lech%20am%20arlberg Vorarlberg 115 /wiki/vorarlberg Zürs 36 /wiki/zurs avalanche 1 /wiki/avalanche ski resort 13 /wiki/ski%20resort Austria Emergency services Lech Vorarlberg Zürs avalanche ski resort Avalanche /feed/2022/12/25/at-least-four-people-are-injured-one-of-them-seriously-when-an-avalanche-hits-the-ski-resort-zurs-lech-in-vorarlberg RTL News in ''German 25 e502015dfe31b41b784e3c630f0db2680d6f6df1 12 https://www.rtl.de/cms/lawine-am-arlberg-oesterreich-alle-vermissten-wintersportler-gerettet-vier-verletzte-5022519.html?utm_term=rtl-aktuell&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=echobox&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1672040441 2022 At least four people are injured, one of them seriously, when an avalanche hits the ski resort Zürs-Lech in Vorarlberg, Austria. Emergency services rescue all of the ten people who had been buried alive. 2022-12-25 34c8e9edaf50096aa3c2bd5d7b1e4f092cabe3bd 3 2022 Northern Mindanao floods 1 /wiki/2022%20northern%20mindanao%20floods Mindanao 37 /wiki/mindanao Visayas 14 /wiki/visayas monsoon 2 /wiki/monsoon the country 71 /wiki/philippines 2022 Northern Mindanao floods Mindanao Visayas monsoon the country 2022 Northern Mindanao floods /feed/2022/12/25/at-least-eight-people-are-killed-and-19-others-are-missing-from-monsoon-floods-in-the-visayas-and-mindanao-regions-of-t Reuters via ABC News 25 15a96d20fd2140c60f62dd1afe2a2350275d4b4f 12 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-27/philippines-reports-eight-deaths-as-floods-disrupt-christmas/101809826 2022 At least eight people are killed, and 19 others are missing from monsoon floods in the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines. 2022-12-25 b7843feebcd95a5544ba071301fe0edc9e671705 2 Iran 2 /wiki/iran Piracy off the coast of Somalia 1 /wiki/piracy%20off%20the%20coast%20of%20somalia Somalia 14 /wiki/somalia al-Shabaab 37 /wiki/al-shabaab%20(militant%20group) jihadist 71 /wiki/jihadist tribal chief 116 /wiki/tribal%20chief Iran Piracy off the coast of Somalia Somalia al-Shabaab jihadist tribal chief Piracy off the coast of Somalia /feed/2022/12/25/fourteen-iranian-fishermen-are-returned-to-iran-after-eight-years-of-captivity-in-somalia-the-men-were-found-in-somalia AFP via Al Arabiya 25 6a163928f50b425694de0c9295b66b657a0a4f31 12 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/12/25/Fisherman-return-to-Iran-years-after-Somalia-kidnapping 2022 Fourteen Iranian fishermen are returned to Iran after eight years of captivity in Somalia. The men were found in Somalia by police last month and freed from al-Shabaab jihadists after negotiations between the captors, tribal chiefs and Somali elders. 2022-12-25 d18468d4ab2fe5eddbc6efd6cb040f49de2f8ca8 1 Balochistan 37 /wiki/balochistan,%20pakistan Insurgency in Balochistan 1 /wiki/insurgency%20in%20balochistan Pakistan 71 /wiki/pakistan civilian 14 /wiki/civilian soldiers 2 /wiki/pakistan%20army Balochistan Insurgency in Balochistan Pakistan civilian soldiers Insurgency in Balochistan /feed/2022/12/25/six-soldiers-are-killed-and-17-civilians-are-injured-during-a-series-of-nine-attacks-in-balochistan-pakistan ABC News 25 22a7ef717fc9112bf322b1629798a5159e2fb931 12 https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pakistan-troops-search-attackers-after-6-soldiers-killed-95819473 2022 Six soldiers are killed and 17 civilians are injured during a series of nine attacks in Balochistan, Pakistan.