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Sandra Montanez/Getty Images (LONDON) — Millions of people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France lost power on Monday due to an unknown grid issue, the Spanish government confirmed to ABC News. The Spanish government [Read More…]

(LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary ceasefire to come into effect during the 80th anniversary commemoration of V Day, which celebrates the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in [Read More…]

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images (ROME and LONDON) — The conclave to replace Pope Francis will begin Wednesday, May 7, the Vatican said on Monday. Cardinals will convene at the Vatican to begin a process of finding [Read More…]

Andrew Chin/Getty Images (VANCOUVER) — At least 11 people were killed and “dozens” of others were injured Saturday as a vehicle plowed into a large crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, officials said, describing [Read More…]

Contributor/Getty Images (LONDON) — North Korean authorities confirmed for the first time that the country’s forces fought against Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region, with state media claiming “victory” there and describing the North Korean [Read More…]

Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images (LONDON) — An American overnight airstrike in Yemen killed at least 68 people at a migrant detention center in the Saada Governorate, according to the country’s Civil Defense organization. Another 47 people [Read More…]

Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he wants a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war in “two weeks or less,” but later said a little more time might be [Read More…]

Smoke rises after a massive explosion that ripped through the Shahid Rajaee Port as officials conduct operations on April 26, 2025. More than 500 people have so far been injured in a massive explosion (Photo [Read More…]

People gather along the road as the coffin of Pope Francis is transported from Saint Peter’s Basilica to Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, after the pontiff’s funeral ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, at The Vatican (Marco [Read More…]

(Antonio Masiello/Getty Images) (ROME) — At his funeral, Pope Francis was remembered and venerated as a pontiff with “strength and serenity” who modeled his pontificate on St. Francis of Assisi. The dean of the College [Read More…]

American Kielce Gussie, who works as a journalist at Vatican News, did the first reading in English — several verses from the Acts of the Apostles — at the funeral of Pope Francis. Image via [Read More…]

Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — With Pope Francis’s funeral drawing more than 200,000 expected attendees on Saturday, interest in the papal succession process has intensified. It’s driving viewers to the film “Conclave” [Read More…]

ABC News (LONDON) — A car bomb in Moscow has killed a senior Russian military officer, Russian officials said. A statement from the Russian Investigative Committee said that “Lt. General Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy head [Read More…]

(Franco Origlia/Getty Images) (ROME) — Pope Francis, who led the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years, died on Monday morning at the age of 88. Francis’ life and time as pope, which was noted for [Read More…]

Displaced Palestinians crowd with outstretched hands and containers to receive hot meals distributed by aid organizations at the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza City, Gaza on April 24, 2025. The ongoing blockade and military [Read More…]

Black smoke streamed from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney to signal that cardinals failed to select a new Pope in their first round of voting in Rome, Italy on April 18, 2005. (Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty [Read More…]

Mark Wilson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An alleged leader of violence during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 has been living in an exclusive enclave on Long Island as a beekeeper. He was arrested Thursday and [Read More…]

Mark Wilson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An alleged leader of violence during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 has been living in an exclusive enclave on Long Island, where he was arrested Thursday and accused of [Read More…]

(Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images) (LONDON) —  At least nine people were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight Russian attack on several districts and residential areas in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday, prompting [Read More…]

(Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images) (LONDON) —  At least nine people were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight Russian attack on several districts and residential areas in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. “Overnight, [Read More…]