PARIS — France's interior minister says security forces are hunting for three gunmen who stormed the offices of a satirical newspaper in Paris, killing 12 people.

Minister Bernard Cazeneuve promised to give the people of France the highest level of protection after the attack on the weekly paper Charlie Hebdo. The gunmen killed its editor and at least one cartoonist as well as two police officers guarding the paper.

The French president has called the shootings a terrorist attack “without a doubt.”

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Divers and an unmanned underwater vehicle today spotted the tail of the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people on board, an important finding because the jet's black boxes are located in that part of the aircraft, an official said.Powerful currents and murky water continue to hinder the operation, but searchers managed to get a photograph of the debris.The find is significant because the cockpit voice and flight data recorders are located in the aircraft's tail.

Across the world, Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas with Mass and prayers.Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar. This was largely replaced in western Europe by the Gregorian calendar 500 years ago.