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Updated 1 day, 5 hours ago

Trump says he will ease sanctions on Syria, moves to restore relations with new leader

The developments were a major boost for the Syrian president who at one point was imprisoned in Iraq for his role …

Updated 2 days, 4 hours ago
Giant lily pads and a bronze tree are among designs for Queen Elizabeth II's memorial

Competition organizers put out the call to designers for “an emotionally powerful place and a space for pause and reflection.” The memorial will be built near …

Updated 5 days, 5 hours ago
Victory Day parade in Russia celebrates the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany

Friday’s parade was the largest since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in 2022 and drew the most global leaders to Moscow in a decade, including high-profile gu…

Updated 5 days, 5 hours ago
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as details emerge of how votes coalesced in the conclave

Leo presided over his first Mass before those same cardinal electors Friday morning, speaking off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel. He acknowledged th…

Updated 6 days, 5 hours ago
Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first Americ…

Updated 6 days, 6 hours ago
White smoke pours out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling the election of a new pope

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to…

Updated 1 week ago
The Latest: No pope chosen as black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel

Black smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church.

Updated 1 week ago
Those devoted to bullfighting in Mexico feel recent bans harm a sacred tradition

While matadors there are still allowed to fight bulls, piercing their muscles with laces or running a sword through their body is prohibited under that ban. …

Updated 1 week ago
The conclave to elect a new pope officially begins as the door to the Sistine Chapel closes

The conclave to elect a new pope has officially begun, with a Vatican official calling out “extra omnes” and the door to the Sistine Chapel shutting.

Updated 1 week ago
India fires missiles into Pakistani territory in response to Kashmir attack, killing 8 people

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned Wednesday's airstrikes and said the “deceitful enemy has carried out cowardly attacks at five locations in P…

Updated 1 week, 2 days ago
Berlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany

An Associated Press story from May 9, 1945, painted a stark picture. It read: “This town is a city of the dead. As a metropolis it has simply ceased to exist. …

Updated 1 week, 6 days ago
Wiener wonderland: hundreds of dachshunds chase record in Hungary

István Sebestyén, registrar and president of the association, said his organization would carefully tally the number of participating dogs — a challenge, he sa…

Updated 1 week, 6 days ago
US and Ukraine sign minerals deal after Trump presses Kyiv to pay back US for helping repel Russia

The two sides offered only barebone details about the structure of the deal, which they called the United States-Ukraine Reinvestment Fund. But it is expected …

Updated 2 weeks ago
Vietnam celebrates 50 years since war’s end with focus on peace and unity

Thousands camped overnight on the streets of the former South Vietnamese capital, which was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after it fell to North Vietnamese and Viet…

Updated 2 weeks, 1 day ago
Canada's Liberals celebrate a stunning win and the Conservative challenger loses his seat

The vote-counting agency Elections Canada said the counting of special ballots — cast by voters who are away from their districts during the election — has res…