Trump Says U.S. Will Impose More Sanctions on Russia if It Does Not Agree to an Extended Truce
The scene where a two-story apartment building was destroyed by a Russian ballistic missile, in April.
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Amid Blockade, Trump and Israel Mull Divisive Aid Plan For Gaza
Food distribution in Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, last month.
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Inside the Roller-Coaster Negotiations for the US-UK Trade Deal
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, center, discussed over the phone a trade deal with President Donald J. Trump, at a car factory in the West Midlands, England on Thursday.
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‘Justice for Cwecwe’: Report of a Child’s Rape Enrages South Africans
Protesters in Matatiele, South Africa, calling for justice for a 7-year-old girl known as Cwecwe who said she was raped.
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Indian Defense Firm Says It Did Not Resell U.K. Technology to Russia
A model of a Sukhoi fighter aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is displayed at an investor summit in Visakhapatnam, India, in 2023.
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2 Men Found Guilty of Felling UK’s Sycamore Gap Tree
The Sycamore Gap tree after it was cut down along Hadrian’s Wall, in Northumberland, England, in September 2023.
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El Salvador Put Trump Deportees Behind Bars. Now Their Families Are Suing.
People hold a poster that reads, “Freedom to the Venezuelan migrants kidnapped in El Salvador,” during a protest, in San Salvador, El Salvador in March.
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UK Antiques Show Expert Admits Selling Art to Suspected Hezbollah Financier
Oghenochuko Ojiri, also known as Ochuko Ojiri, arriving at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Friday.
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Putin Enlists Russian Pride for War in Ukraine During Moscow Parade
Russian service members at the Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday.
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What We Know About the Terrorist Groups India Said It Targeted
An Indian paramilitary guard at a lake in Srinagar, in the India-controlled part of Kashmir, in April, after a terrorist attack on tourists that killed 26 people.
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Here are 6 times when popes shaped history, for better or worse.
Pope John Paul II blessing the crowd during a visit to Poland in 1997. He played an important role in the end of Communism in Eastern Europe.
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A New Kind of Battle for India and Pakistan, Two Old Foes
Streaks in the skies over Jammu, a city in the part of Kashmir that India controls. Residents reported a blackout and sounds of explosions on Friday.
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Leo XIV’s first words set a pastoral tone, acknowledging tradition.
Pope Leo XIV spoke from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time on Thursday.
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Pope Leo XIV Emerges as a Potential Contrast to Trump on the World Stage
Americans cheered the announcement of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope on Thursday. Other spectators were bewildered when his identity emerged.
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India and Pakistan to Move or Cancel Cricket Games Amid Rising Tensions
The Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, India, was shuttered after the Indian Premier League said it had suspended its matches for a week because of the fighting between India and Pakistan.
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Can Pope Leo XIV Keep U.S. Citizenship?
Crowds watch Pope Leo XIV on a teleprompter on Thursday.
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Drones Complicate the Fight Between India and Pakistan
A damaged restaurant in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Thursday. India and Pakistan have been developing their respective drone-building industries in recent years.
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On climate change, the new pope is likely to match Francis’ focus.
As a cardinal, Pope Leo XIV spoke at a seminar last year in which he urged the world to move from “words to action” on tackling climate change.
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The church might resist any rush to make Pope Francis a saint.
Pope John Paul II cut the waiting period for sainthood to five years, but his canonization has become a cautionary tale.
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Gulf States Step In as India-Pakistan Conflict Escalates
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia with Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Droupadi Murmu of India in New Delhi in 2023. The Gulf states, particularly Saudi Arabia, have a track record of mediating the conflict between India and Pakistan.
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Peru Celebrates Pope Leo XIV and Claims Him as Their Own
Pope Leo XIV served as a bishop in Chiclayo, Peru.
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Pope Leo’s work with migrants is another link to Francis.
Venezuelan migrants in Tumbes, Peru, in 2019. Pope Leo XIV helped migrants in northern Peru when he was a bishop there.
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When the pope was chosen, two tailors in Rome were ready.
Images of previous popes displayed at Gammarelli, a tailor, which has dressed at least the last eight heads of the Catholic church.
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Pope Leo XIV Said He Would Continue a “Synodal Church.” What Does That Mean?
Under Pope Francis, center, the Catholic Church’s gatherings to discuss teachings and policy were opened to lay people.
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In his first homily, the pope emphasizes ‘desperately needed’ missionary work.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV celebrating Mass at the Vatican on Friday.
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Trump Suggests Openness to Slashing China Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks
A garment factory in Guangzhou, China, last month. An 80 percent tariff would be a big drop in the tariffs that President Trump applied to Chinese imports.
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How Indians Are Feeling About the Escalating Conflict With Pakistan
The wife of a man killed in Pakistani shelling during his cremation in Poonch, in the India-controlled part of Kashmir, on Thursday.
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Here are 7 divisive issues confronting the new pope.
Cardinals in Vatican City after the death of Pope Francis. A conclave to choose his successor is to start on Wednesday.
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India-Pakistan Tensions Revive Old Fears Amid New Weapons and Deeper Uncertainty
A Pakistani soldier aims his rifle as a fellow soldier runs for cover during Indian shelling of Pakistani positions in 1971.
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Pope Leo XIV overcame an old taboo: Being American.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, accepting his election as 267th head of Roman Catholic Church, appearing on the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, on Thursday.
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Friday Briefing
Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica yesterday.
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Russia’s Victory Day Parade Marks 80 Years Since Nazi Defeat: What to Know
Spectators watch a passing column of Russian armored vehicles in Moscow on Wednesday, a rehearsal day before the big Victory Day military parade there on Friday.
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Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaners to U.S. as Refugees Next Week
A group of white South Africans rallying outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria this year. The South African government has vigorously disputed the claim by the United States that Afrikaners qualify for refugee status.
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What’s in a Name? In the Case of Leo XIV, Lessons in Bridging Historical Shifts
A portrait of Pope Leo XIII, who led the Roman Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, by the German painter Franz Seraph von Lenbach.
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What Does Pope Leo XIV Do Now? Here’s a Look at His Upcoming Schedule.
Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday with, from left, Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Cardinal Vinko Puljić.
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Peru rejoices over the new pope and claims him as their own.
The Vatican’s flag fluttering at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Lima, Peru, after Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave on Thursday.
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American church leaders signal support for Leo XIV and for the continuation of Francis’ priorities.
Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, right, with Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco in St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Thursday after a new pope had been chosen.
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The Pope Is a Graduate of Villanova, Where the Church Bells Won’t Stop Ringing
St. Thomas of Villanova Church at Villanova University in Pennsylvania on Thursday.
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Pope Leo XIV Overcame a Major Strike Against Him: Being American
Pope Leo XIV on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, greeting the crowd in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Thursday.
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World leaders offer Pope Leo XIV wishes for peace and unity.
Pope Leo XIV made his first appearance on the balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Friday Briefing: The First American Pope
Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica yesterday.
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A fact sheet on the first American pope, Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope.
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost’s Rise to Become Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost at the Vatican in March.
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Pope Leo XIV Appears Uneasy With Trump Immigration Policies
Vice President JD Vance in Rome to meet with Pope Francis last month.
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Americans Celebrate Pope Leo XIV, the First Pontiff From the U.S.
A television at a restaurant in Cincinnati showed the announcement of the new pope.
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For the faithful in St. Peter’s Square, confusion and shock gave way to relief.
People in St. Peter’s Square watching a screen as Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday.
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Pope Leo is a friar in the Order of St. Augustine. Why does that matter?
Leo XIV helped his credentials by serving in a key Vatican post, experts say.
India-Pakistan Enter Third Night of Conflict Amid Efforts at Peace
Live Updates: Leo XIV’s Service to Poor Propelled Him to Papacy, Cardinals Say
Shock and Fear Outside of a Gaza City Restaurant
Putin Aims to Project Power at Military Parade Marking Victory Over Nazi Germany
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John Prevost, Pope Leo XIV’s Brother, Reflects on His Election and Values