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Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — President Donald Trump directed his administration to “pause” all military aid to Ukraine, two White House officials told ABC News on Monday, following last week’s combative [Read More…]

Leonardo Montecillo/Agencia Press South/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — There is only one gun store in the entire country of Mexico, yet America’s southern neighbor is awash in violent crimes perpetrated with millions of firearms made [Read More…]

North Korean defector Ryu Seong-hyeon in Seoul, South Korea. (ABC News) (SEOUL) — A former sergeant in the North Korean military says that few of Pyongyang’s soldiers have been captured fighting against Ukraine because they’re [Read More…]

Christoph Sator/picture alliance via Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis “slept all night” following Monday’s medical intervention amid two episodes of “acute respiratory failure,” the Vatican said Tuesday. “The pope slept all night, now he [Read More…]

Annabelle Gordon for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump directed his administration to “pause” military aid to Ukraine after the contentious Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on [Read More…]

Chris Furlong/Getty Images (ROME and LONDON) — Pope Francis suffered two episodes of “acute respiratory failure” on Monday, the Vatican said. The episodes were caused by a “significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and consequent bronchospasm,” [Read More…]

René Priebe/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — At least two people were killed and several others were injured when a car drove into a crowd in Mannheim, Germany, on Monday, during an annual carnival [Read More…]

René Priebe/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — At least one person was killed and several injured when a car drove into a crowd of people in Mannheim, southwestern Germany, on Monday, police said. “According [Read More…]

Sean Gallup/Getty Images (LONDON) — Local emergency services in Ufa, in Russia’s Bashkortostan republic, reported a fire at one of the country’s largest oil refineries, with one Ukrainian official describing the incident as a drone [Read More…]

Chris Furlong/Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis “rested well” overnight, his 17th night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican said on Monday. “The pope rested well all night,” the Holy See, the Vatican’s press office, [Read More…]

Justin Tallis via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed gratitude for years of American backing in a statement ending a tumultuous week of transatlantic diplomacy that saw a dramatic and public break [Read More…]

Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Ukraine’s future in the balance, a high-stakes meeting on Friday between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy devolved into a shouting match. The stunning exchange, [Read More…]

Candles and messages of healing for Pope Francis are laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on February 26, 2025. (Photo [Read More…]

(boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union, has conducted a “large-scale hit against child sexual exploitation” whose members are part of a criminal group engaging in the distribution [Read More…]

Candles and messages of healing for Pope Francis are laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on February 26, 2025. (Photo [Read More…]