Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in 'trial of the century' against cardinal
The Vatican appeals tribunal has declared a mistrial in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century.”
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France’s far right makes gains in first-round municipal elections
France’s far right has made gains in the first round of municipal elections in the southeast, while big cities head to a runoff, including Paris, Marseille, and Lyon
Zelenskyy will discuss Russia-Ukraine war with British leader and NATO chief
The U.K. government says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due in London
A look at South Africa's extreme move to deploy the army to fight crime, by the numbers
South Africa’s president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the country’s violence-stricken areas
Pope highlights plight of vulnerable adults in abuse and meets with top Opus Dei critic
Pope Leo XIV has indicated growing concern with the next frontier in combatting abuses in the Catholic Church
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Spain’s king acknowledges ‘much abuse’ in the conquest of the Americas
Spain’s King Felipe says Spain’s conquest of the Americas involved abuse and ethical controversy, as Spain and Mexico remain at odds over calls for an apology
Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman says the death toll from an airstrike that hit a hospital has increased to 400
Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman says the death toll from an airstrike that hit a hospital has increased to 400
A timeline of attacks in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state
At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in suspected suicide bombings Monday night that targeted Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday
Rescue crews recover bodies from Kabul hospital airstrike blamed on Pakistan
Rescue crews are still digging bodies out of the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital Tuesday morning, after officials there said an overnight Pakistani airstrike killed at least 400 people at the facility
Police in Nigeria suspect suicide bombers in deaths of at least 23 people
Police in Nigeria say suspected suicide bombings have killed at least 23 people and injured more than 100 in Maiduguri
Cuba plunged into islandwide blackout as power crisis worsens, in photos
Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday as deepening energy and economic crises continue to strain a crumbling power grid. It marked the third major outage in four months. A separate blackout just over a week ago affected western Cuba, leaving millions without electricity. President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned Friday that the island has gone more than three months without oil...
Brazilian police release 3 Israeli tourists after clashes with pro-Palestine locals in beach city
Brazilian police released on Monday three Israeli tourists who this weekend got involved in a disturbance with pro-Palestine residents of a beachfront city in the country’s tropical northeast
Pope's upcoming Africa odyssey takes him to a mosque, a prison and the site of a deadly 2021 blast
The Vatican has released details of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming four-nation Africa tour
Migrants are vanishing in the Mediterranean. Authorities are withholding information
The beginning of 2026 ranks as the deadliest start to any year for people trying to cross the Mediterranean
Budapest's vintage freight trams celebrate 100 years in service
Budapest is keeping century-old freight trams running to do the work that modern passenger trams cannot, plowing snow and hauling broken-down vehicles
Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital
Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital with an airstrike
Planned demolition of a building in Nairobi goes wrong and leaves at least 4 people dead
Officials say a building has collapsed during a planned demolition that went wrong in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, killing at least four people
Chile's new far-right president launches work on border barrier
A single bulldozer is carving a trench in the dusty desert of Chile's northern border zone
Ecuador deploys 75,000 soldiers to crime-ridden provinces under nightly curfew
Ecuadorian officials say they have deployed 75,000 soldiers to four crime-ridden provinces, where the government is implementing a nightly curfew under which people are banned from leaving their homes from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Officials said Monday that 2...
Angry crowd attends the first hearing on deadly Dominican nightclub collapse
The owners of a nightclub whose roof collapsed nearly a year ago and killed more than 230 people in the Dominican Republic capital have made their first court appearance
Cuban officials report island-wide blackout as country struggles with energy crisis
Ministry reports a "complete disconnection" of the country’s electrical system.
Families of journalists kidnapped in gang-controlled area of Haiti plead for details
Families in Haiti plead for answers after gangs reportedly kidnapped two journalists in Port-au-Prince
Brazil's Bolsonaro out of intensive care unit after condition improves, wife says
Jair Bolsonaro moves out of intensive care after doctors see signs his health is improving, according to his wife
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of carrying out strikes in Kabul targeting hospital treating addicts
Afghanistan has accused Pakistan’s military of targeting a hospital treating drug addicts in Kabul in airstrikes that killed and wounded several people
Cuban officials report an island-wide blackout as country struggles with energy crisis
Ministry reports a "complete disconnection" of the country’s electrical system.
EU border patrol boat capsizes off Greek island with Estonian ambassador aboard
A Frontex patrol boat capsized off a tiny Greek island, with the Estonian ambassador to Greece among the five people on board
Planned demolition of a building in Nairobi goes wrong, leaves at least 4 dead
Officials say a building has collapsed during a planned demolition that went wrong in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, killing at least four people
4 teens are suspected of terror offenses in the Rotterdam synagogue explosion, Dutch prosecutors say
Dutch prosecutors say four teens are suspected of terror-related offenses after an explosion outside a synagogue in the port city of Rotterdam
BBC asks US court to dismiss Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit
The British Broadcasting Corp has asked a U.S. judge to throw out President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over an edited documentary clip
Police in Haiti arrest lawmaker Arnel Belizaire, who faces charges including terror financing
Haitian authorities say they have arrested legislator Arnel Belizaire