Pope Leo XIV has called for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the “heartbreaking” toll on its people. The appeal came as Leo presided over his first general audience in …
A leader of Panama’s most powerful union, a driving force for weeks of street protests against social security reforms, has climbed an embassy wall and requested political asylum from Bolivia. …
A British judge has ordered Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown released on $6.7 million bail while facing allegations that he beat and seriously injured a music producer in a London nightclub in 2023. …
At least three vehicles and four people were involved in the killing of the personal secretary and a close adviser of Mexico City’s mayor. The capital’s police chief Pablo Vázquez Camacho said …
A federal judge is considering sanctions against lawyers representing Alabama in litigation over state prisons after they used artificial intelligence to write error-filled motions. U.S. District …
The U.S. Department of Energy says that $365 million originally slated for solar projects in Puerto Rico will be diverted to improve the island’s crumbling grid. Wednesday's announcement sparked an …
During Syria’s civil war, protecting the revered Sayyida Zeinab shrine was a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and groups from beyond the country’s borders backing then-President Bashar …
CANNES, France (AP) — Much of the cinema world has descended on the Cannes Film Festival as the French Riviera extravaganza holds its 78th edition. This gallery features daily highlights from …
The top U.N. official for Syria is warning of the “real dangers of renewed conflict and deeper confrontation” in the war-battered country. But the official also told the U.N. Security Council on …
British police on Wednesday charged a member of Irish hip-hopgroup Kneecap with a terrorism offense for allegedly waving a Hezbollah flag at a concert. The Metropolitan Police force said Liam Óg Ó …
Authorities in Tanzania have blocked access to the social platform X after cyberattacks on some accounts of government institutions resulted in fake or pornographic posts. Authorities say the police …
Iran’s top diplomat is insisting that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium. It further underlines the Islamic Republic’s red line in negotiations with the United States over its rapidly …
Guyana is warning that anyone living in the South American country who participates in upcoming elections organized by neighboring Venezuela over a disputed region will be charged with crimes …
Officials say a suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing five people, including at least three children and wounding 38 others. A local deputy commissioner said the …
Militants attacked a Russian air base in Syria, killing two soldiers, a Syrian government official and a local activist have said. They added that the two militants who launched the attack Tuesday on …
The Omega gym in Rome is frequented by residents of the up-market Prati district, plus priests, nuns and monsignors from nearby Vatican City. And also, to the surprise of gym staff, the man who would …
Three allies of Israel used words like “abhorrent” and “monstrous” this week to describe the country’s actions in Gaza. The leaders of Britain, France and Canada consistently defended …
Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for fiction for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over a period of more than …
Swiss authorities added livestock to the list of evacuees along with about 300 people moved out of a village threatened by a possible landslide from an Alpine mountainside overhead. One puzzled …
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suggested that an unpopular measure which deprived millions of retirees of an annual winter fuel subsidy will be changed. Starmer spoke on Wednesday during the …