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Russia conducts another massive aerial attack on Ukraine overnight
Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russia has carried out a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, targeting energy and gas infrastructure in various regi...
Mar 07, 2025
Pope Francis remains stable after thanking public for prayers, Vatican says
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images(LONDON and ROME) -- Pope Francis' "overall condition remains stable within his complex medical situation and the prognosis remains reserved," the Vatican said Friday.T...
Mar 07, 2025
Israeli raid of famous Palestinian bookstore stokes censorship fears
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images(JERUSALEM) -- Two Palestinian men found themselves handcuffed and in shackles, detained by Israeli police in a Jerusalem courtroom. To an outside observer, t...
Mar 06, 2025
Pope Francis thanks public for prayers in first public comments since hospitalization
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images(ROME) -- Pope Francis on Thursday made his first public comments since being hospitalized on Feb. 14, thanking the public for their prayers."I thank you from the bottom o...
Mar 06, 2025
Zelenskyy arrives at emergency Europe summit amid pressure from US, Russia
ABC News(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday to meet with European leaders as his nation seeks to weather continued attacks from Rus...
Mar 06, 2025
Russian strike kills 4 in Ukraine amid US aid, intelligence freeze
ABC NewsLONDON -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there can be "no pause" in pressure on Russia after another night of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, the latest barrage coming ...
Mar 06, 2025
Greenland 'cannot be bought,' PM says after Trump speech to Congress
Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The prime minister of Greenland warned President Donald Trump off his controversial ambition to acquire the territory, writing o...
Mar 05, 2025
Russia bombards Ukraine as Trump touts prospect of 'beautiful' peace deal to Congress
Oleksandr Gimanov via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian authorities reported a major Russian missile and drone strike on targets across the country on Tuesday night, with a top aide to President Volod...
Mar 05, 2025
Russia 'will never agree' to European peacekeepers in Ukraine, Lukashenko says
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a signing ceremony at the Supreme Council of Russia and Belarus, December 6, 2024, in Minsk, Belarus. President Putin is having a one-day trip t...
Mar 05, 2025
Pope Francis goes through day without any 'episodes of respiratory failure,' Vatican says
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images(LONDON and ROME) -- Pope Francis "remained stationary" on Wednesday, "without showing any episodes of respiratory failure," according to the Vatican.The pope received ...
Mar 05, 2025