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In this handout photograph taken on Feb. 24, 2025 and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Feb. 25, 2025, allied leaders visit an exhibition of the latest drones in Kyiv, Ukraine. Handout/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL [Read More…]

Alberto Pizzoli via Getty Images (ROME) — The pope spent another ‘quiet night’ in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been recovering from a bout with bronchitis since Feb. 14, the Vatican said early Wednesday. [Read More…]

(LONDON) — Israel confirmed it is conducting strikes in southern Syria, as the new Syrian government calls for the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Syrian territory. “We will not allow southern Syria to become [Read More…]

STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (BELIZE) — Police in Belize are investigating after three young American women were found dead in their hotel room at a luxury beachfront resort last weekend. The women — identified as 23-year-old [Read More…]

Tiziana FABI / AFP via Getty Images (ROME and LONDON) — Pope Francis’s condition remains “critical but stable,” Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday. “There have been no acute respiratory episodes and [Read More…]

Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — When she left her home in Gaza City 16 months ago, Tala Herzallah didn’t think she was seeing it for the last time. Now, walking in the rubble [Read More…]

Paula Bronstein/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his leadership team spent much of 2024 cautiously courting both sides of America’s widening political divide — well aware that repelling Russia’s ongoing invasion relied, [Read More…]

Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images (KYIV, UKRAINE) — Ukraine’s parliament has passed a resolution affirming the legitimacy of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as president and confirming that elections are not possible until after the war ends. The resolution is [Read More…]

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — French President Emmanuel Macron used his visit to the U.S. to publicly push back on President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on Ukraine, fact-checking his American counterpart [Read More…]

Tiziana FABI / AFP via Getty Images (ROME and LONDON) — Pope Francis “rested well, all night long” in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. The pope slept without [Read More…]

Neil Milton/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — NATO ally Poland scrambled “military aviation” in its airspace early Tuesday morning in response to Russian missile strikes in western Ukraine, the country’s Operational Command said. “Due [Read More…]

Soldiers from 1st Battalion 4th Infantry Skynet team walking through the area of operations during Combined Resolve 25-1at Hohenfels Training Area on Feb. 5, 2025. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Airam B. I Amaro-Millan) [Read More…]

Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Image (ROME and LONDON) — Pope Francis’ “critical clinical condition” has shown a “slight improvement,” the Vatican said on Monday, as the 88-year-old pontiff remains hospitalized following a pneumonia diagnosis. [Read More…]

Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — The World Health Organization warned Monday that the Ukrainian health care system is facing “unprecedented challenges” as the country marks the third year of defending against Russia’s invasion. Ukrainians [Read More…]

Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) —  Russia launched 185 attack drones into Ukraine in an overnight attack coinciding with the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor, as allied leaders gathered in [Read More…]

Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Before the final votes in Germany’s election were even counted, Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union party, who is set to become the next [Read More…]

Oleksi Liskonih/Getty Images (LONDON) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared martial law early on Feb. 24, 2022, under Kyiv skies still tinged black by the smoke from Russian missile strikes. Three years later, the ravaged nation is [Read More…]

Mert Gokhankoc/ dia images via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude for the “absolute heroism” of Ukrainians over three years defending against Russia’s invasion, of which Monday marked the third [Read More…]

Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Image (ROME and LONDON) — Pope Francis is “resting” on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican press office said. “The night passed well, the [Read More…]

ABC News ROME and LONDON — Pope Francis rested overnight in the hospital, the Vatican said on Sunday. “The night passed peacefully. The Pope rested,” the Holy See said in a short statement. The 88-year-old [Read More…]