Pope Francis sits upright in an armchair as prayers for his recovery continue
On Tuesday night, the faithful from Francis’ homeland gathered in the Argentine church of Rome for a special Mass presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre Reina, the pope’s vicar for Rome. Reina was also ...
UN food agency pauses aid to famine-hit Sudan displacement camp of a half-million people
The United Nations’ food agency says it has temporarily paused aid distribution in Sudan’s famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp of a half-million people as fighting intensifies between ...
Far-right Romanian politician who led canceled presidential vote is questioned by prosecutors
A far-right populist who won the first round in Romania’s canceled presidential election last year was stopped in traffic by police on Wednesday and taken for questioning ...
Pursuit ends with shots fired in L.A. neighborhood cul-de-sac; 1 dead
A pursuit that began early Wednesday morning ended with shots fired and one person dead at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Winnetka neighborhood of Los Angeles. California Highway Patrol officers ...
Mass crackdowns see thousands of scam center workers waiting in Myanmar for repatriation
A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town ...
A court in Bosnia sentences separatist Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik to 1 year in prison
A court in Bosnia on Wednesday sentenced Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president, to one year in prison and ...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams claims prosecutorial misconduct, asking judge to dismiss criminal case
New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge to toss out the corruption case against him Wednesday, alleging ...
The Latest: House GOP pushes ‘big’ budget resolution to passage
With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The bill includes $4.5 trillion in ...
US and Ukraine have agreed on a preliminary economic deal, Ukraine’s prime minister says
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Wednesday that Ukraine and the United States have reached preliminary agreement on a broad economic deal that includes U.S. access ...
RFK Jr. targeting childhood psychiatric drugs; doctors push back
Childhood psychiatrists insist the drugs, for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression, are nonaddictive and proven safe and say they are more concerned about young Americans ...
What is Ramadan and how do Muslims observe the Islamic holy month?
Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy ...
American Airlines flight discontinues landing to avoid departing plane at Washington National
An American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around at an air traffic controller’s instruction ...