Jordan has announced a sweeping ban on the Muslim Brotherhood that could include shutting down the country’s largest opposition party, after accusing the group of planning attacks. The Islamic …
Two Belgian teenagers who were found with thousands of ants valued at $9,200 and allegedly destined for European and Asian markets will be sentenced in two weeks. A Kenyan magistrate said Wednesday …
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has shaken Istanbul and other areas in Turkey. There are no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries Wednesday in the metropolis of 16 million …
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A procession to move the body of Pope Francis to St. Peter’s Basilica for three days of public viewing ended Wednesday morning, where thousands had already filled the central …
At least 26 people were killed and more than a dozen injured after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir. It was the worst assault targeting civilians in years, but …
Antisemitic attacks around the world have increased dramatically since the war in Gaza began, but have declined slightly from a peak directly after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack against Israel, …
Security has been beefed up across Indian-controlled Kashmir a day after an attack killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists, as Indian forces launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of one …
The official invitation extended by Iraq to new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to attend the upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad has triggered sharp political divisions within Iraq. Al-Sharaa …
Pope Francis had a learning curve on clergy sexual abuse, with the turning point coming in 2018. Few people could have predicted that a comment he made then, dismissing victims of Chile's most …
China announced the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space. The Shenzhou 20 mission’s astronauts are Chen Dong, Chen …
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched a missile toward northern Israel, a rare target for the group as a monthlong intense U.S. airstrike campaign continues to target them. Sirens sounded in Haifa, …
Authorities in Ukraine say Russian drones battered the port city of Odesa and glide bombs hit Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday. The Kremlin again is warning that negotiators are unlikely to obtain a swift …
A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices have started proceedings to determine whether federal officers, retired military officers and an aide of former President Jair Bolsonaro will also stand …
Zurab Tsereteli, a prominent Georgian and Russian sculptor known for colossal, often controversial, monuments, has died at 91. His assistant Sergei Shagulashvili told Russia’s state news agency …
Indian police say gunmen have killed at least 20 tourists at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Two senior police officers say at least four gunmen, whom they described as militants, fired at …
Hundreds of people packed into a Barcelona church to mourn a Spanish family of five who died earlier this month in a sightseeing helicopter crash in New York City. Mourners gathered and wept quietly …
Pope Francis never set foot in his native Argentina during his papacy. That left many of the faithful in his homeland feeling puzzled and snubbed by the world’s first Latin American pope. Analysts …
Israeli police are looking for a swimmer who they fear was attacked by a shark. A shiver of endangered sharks has been swimming close to Israel’s Mediterranean Sea shore for years, attracting …
Australians have begun voting at general elections as the death of Pope Francis overshadows campaigning. Polling stations opened Tuesday to voters who, for a variety of reasons, will be unable to …
In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral concern. The document accused the “structurally perverse,” profit-driven …