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Pope Francis held a private meeting at the Vatican on Sunday morning with US Vice President JD Vance, the Vatican said in a statement. Vance, a Catholic who has clashed ...

Ozgur Ozel, the leader of Turkey’s largest opposition political party the CHP, on Saturday decried the “bankruptcy” of the country’s foreign policy in the wake of the signing ...

Pope Francis reiterated his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in an Easter Sunday message read aloud by an aide as the pontiff, still recovering from pneumonia, looked on ...

Turkey’s presidential communications directorate on Saturday night slammed “fictitious” and “unfounded” allegations levelled against the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and others regarding reported ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that the Russian army is making a pretence of an Easter ceasefire declared by President Vladimir Putin, continuing overnight attempts to inflict front-line losses ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 6 p.m. Moscow time (1500 GMT) on Saturday until the end of Sunday. ...

By Parisa Hafezi Iran and the United States agreed on Saturday to hold another round of talks next week over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, Iranian state TV reported, as they ...

Hamas’ armed wing said on Saturday the fate of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander was unknown after the group found the guard who was holding the hostage killed. On Tuesday, Hamas ...

By Nate Raymond A federal judge held on Friday that the Trump administration’s policy of refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect their gender identities ...

By Eduardo Baptista and Alessandro Diviggiano Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans ...

By Erin Banco Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months despite President Donald Trump telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that ...

By Andrew Chung, Luc Cohen, Kristina Cooke and Jack Queen The US Supreme Court early on Saturday paused the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan men in immigration custody after their ...

A Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv killed one man inside his home and wounded at least 112 others, including nine children, on Friday, officials said. “This ...

A US judge on Friday denied Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bid to delay his upcoming sex-trafficking trial by two months. US District Judge Arun Subramanian said the hip-hop mogul made his ...

Russia and Ukraine will conduct a new prisoner swap on Saturday mediated by the United Arab Emirates, a source close to the negotiations told Reuters. Nearly 500 Russian and Ukrainian prisoners ...

US strikes on Yemen’s Ras Isa fuel port have killed at least 74 people in the deadliest attack since the US launched its large-scale campaign against the Houthis last month, ...

Russia’s defence ministry on Friday accused Ukraine of attacking Russian energy facilities four times during the past 24 hours despite a US-brokered moratorium on striking each other’s energy infrastructure. ...

Officials will discuss major steps to restore support for Syria from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund at spring meetings next week, though sanctions remain a major obstacle to ...

A Slovenian court on Friday brought the first-instance ruling to acquit Janez Jansa, a three-time prime minister and the key opposition figure in the Alpine country, and two alleged accomplices ...

The Russian rouble strengthened past 81 to the US dollar, supported by rising oil prices, reaching its highest level since June 28, 2024. At 0900 GMT the rouble was up 1.5 per cent 80.90 to the ...

Britain’s King Charles has used his annual Easter message to reflect on war, human suffering and the heroism of those who risk their lives to protect others. “One of ...

The United States will walk away from efforts to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal unless there are clear signs of progress soon, U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of ...

Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said, ...

Four people died and one suffered life-threatening injuries after a cable car crashed to the ground near Naples in southern Italy on Thursday, mountain rescue services and firefighters said. The ...