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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...

(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 humilit...

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...

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-Raph...

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 ...

(Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)(LONDON) --     At least 12 people were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight Russian attack on several districts and resident...

Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images(GAZA) -- Gaza's small Catholic community is mourning the death of Pope Francis, who maintained daily contact with local church leaders throughout the ongo...

(LONDON) -- A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has rattled much of Turkey Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.The quake occurred at a depth of just 6.2 miles with the epicenter...

Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images(VATICAN CITY) -- Pope Francis marked multiple firsts for the papacy, becoming the first Latin American pope and the first from the Southern Hemisphere when elected in ...

Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images(TATAKOTO, FRENCH POLYNESIA) -- A possible "biological treasure chest" of corals located in an underwater lagoon off a remote island in the South Pacific appear to be surv...