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Soldiers take security measures near the damaged mosque situated at health and education complex which was hit by Indian strike in Muridke, near Lahore, Pakistan, on May 07, 2025 (Photo by Muhammed Ali/Anadolu via Getty [Read More…]

(Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — One day after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the U.S., seven American cardinals sat down [Read More…]

(Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) (ROME) — Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen as Pope Francis’ successor on Thursday, taking the papal name Leo XIV. The world is wondering how the first American pope compares to his predecessor. [Read More…]

Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY, ITALY) — Americans and world leaders are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost. The 69-year-old, who hails from [Read More…]

akub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Leo XIV’s first message to the world shortly after becoming the new pontiff focused on bringing more peace to the world and connections. The new pope [Read More…]

Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — The Catholic Church has a new pope. American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the 267th pontiff. He has chosen the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The [Read More…]

(VATICAN CITY) — The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds majority to elect a new pope [Read More…]

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, [Read More…]

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis has been laid to rest, the conclave has been assembled and, after due deliberation by the participating cardinals, the world at last has seen white smoke wafting from the Sistine Chapel chimney, [Read More…]

Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — India claimed on Thursday morning to have intercepted “drones and missiles” fired by Pakistan at several military targets throughout northern and western India, saying the overnight attack amounted to [Read More…]

Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commenced on Wednesday, bringing cardinals from all over the world [Read More…]

NASA (MOSCOW) — A failed Soviet-era spacecraft that became trapped in Earth’s orbit by mistake more than 50 years ago is expected to crash back down onto the planet in a matter of days, according [Read More…]

Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — The papal conclave, the secretive election process to elect the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commences on Wednesday, bringing cardinals from all over the [Read More…]

Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON and DELHI) — More than 26 people were killed and dozens more were injured overnight in Pakistan by Indian aerial attacks, Pakistani officials said. The Pakistani military said the [Read More…]

(PAKISTAN) — India fired several missiles into Pakistan overnight on Tuesday, according to the Pakistani army, which said it has responded from the “air and ground.” The attacks, labeled Operation Sindoor, targeted nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” [Read More…]

(LONDON) — TThe Israeli military on Tuesday launched an attack on Yemen’s Sana’a International Airport and other civilian sites, claiming they were used by Houthi militants. The strike came two days after a ballistic missile [Read More…]

Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope. It [Read More…]

(LONDON) — The Israeli military on Tuesday issued an evacuation warning for Yemen’s Sana’a International Airport, saying being in the nearby area “exposes you to danger.” Avichay Adraee, the Israel Defense Forces’ Arabic spokesperson, posted [Read More…]

Contributor/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow for the second consecutive night on Monday, as the Russian capital prepared for Victory Day celebrations that Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Kremlin-friendly world leaders are [Read More…]

ABC News (VATICAN CITY) — An AI-generated image of President Donald Trump dressed as the pope is drawing criticism from some Catholics after it was posted on social media just days before the papal conclave [Read More…]