Speaking outside Castel Gandolfo hours before the ceasefire, the pontiff said threatening to destroy an entire civilization crosses a moral line that international law alone cannot capture.
Reporter was abducted by Iran-allied militia and released in exchange for militia member prisoners, Iraqi officials confirm.
The region's strongest quake in six years killed one person, displaced nearly 2,000, and damaged hospitals and government buildings.
A landmark summit in Lyon unveiled four global initiatives including rabies elimination and a unified H5N1 response framework.
All 495 legislators voted in favor, making Hung only the 10th person to lead Vietnam's government since 1945.
Moscow has declared Luhansk "liberated" for the third time since 2022 while Ukraine hit a major Russian oil refinery in central Russia, capping a day with 157 combat engagements and 10,491 kamikaze drones deployed.
Moscow is defying Trump's oil embargo of Cuba by sending a second tanker to the island, even as a nationwide blackout, rationed food, and suspended surgeries signal a deepening humanitarian emergency.
Three months after the US military captured Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's acting president has exceeded her constitutionally set term without a vote to extend it — while ordinary Venezuelans wait in vain for economic improvement.
Iranian projectiles struck targets across the Gulf on Monday night as Tehran widened its regional campaign; 15 Americans were injured at Kuwait's Ali Al Salem base and GCC states have now collectively halted 7.5 million barrels a day of crude output.
Three armed assailants opened fire on Turkish police outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul's Besiktas district in what Turkey and Israel have both declared a terror attack, with one gunman killed and two captured.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told Reuters that 'all roads now lead to higher prices and slower growth,' as the war has already triggered what she called the worst-ever disruption to global energy supply.
The high-profile diplomatic visit underscores America's investment in Viktor Orban's political survival amid growing international isolation.
Investigations suggest military strike hit rehabilitation facility rather than intended target as families search through remains for missing relatives.
KMT leader Cheng Li-wun traveled to Shanghai at Xi Jinping's invitation to open cross-strait dialogue, weeks before Trump and Xi are expected to meet in Beijing in May.
The Vice President addressed an election rally in Budapest days before Hungary's April 12 parliamentary vote, the most competitive election Orban's Fidesz party has faced in over a decade.
Russia launched a mass drone assault across Ukraine, killing four civilians and knocking out power for 16,700 households, as Ukraine struck back against Russian oil infrastructure on the Black Sea.
The UN warns that Sudan's 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan is funded at just 16 percent of what is needed, with over 200 attacks on healthcare infrastructure verified and 1.6 million civilians returning to a devastated Khartoum.
The National Intelligence Service has upgraded its assessment of Kim Ju Ae from 'likely heir' to 'fair to view as successor,' citing elevated propaganda language and her growing presence at military events.
WatchIsrael's ground offensive pushes deeper into Lebanon, demolishing key bridges and ordering evacuation of southern Beirut as the humanitarian crisis reaches its worst levels since the country's civil war.
New revelations detail how the convicted criminal spent his last days of freedom meeting with influential French figures, using a familiar playbook.
Hungarian Prime Minister makes hostility toward Ukraine centerpiece of campaign while Moscow signals determination to repay the favor.
The EU finalized free trade agreements with both Mercosur and India while Canada reached a landmark deal with China, accelerating a structural realignment of global commerce that analysts say will take decades to reverse.
An 87-drone overnight operation set the Lukoil Kstovo refinery ablaze and targeted its power plant, defying allied calls to pause attacks on Russian energy infrastructure amid skyrocketing global oil prices.
The IDF confirmed Monday that Brigadier General Majid Khademi, effectively the IRGC's number two intelligence officer, and Quds Force commander Asghar Bagheri were both killed in precision strikes on April 6.
The UN nuclear watchdog said a projectile killed one worker and struck within 75 meters of the reactor perimeter on April 4 — the fourth such incident near Bushehr — raising alarms about a potential Caesium-137 release across the Gulf region.
Two RSF drone strikes hit Al-Jabalain Hospital in White Nile State on Thursday, destroying the operating theater and maternity ward in the latest of more than 200 attacks on Sudanese healthcare facilities since 2023.
Tehran promises to "step up attacks" as President Trump's ultimatum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz looms, while Israeli strike kills Iranian intelligence chief.
US agencies have tracked sodium perchlorate shipments — a key rocket propellant ingredient — flowing to Iranian defense facilities through third-country intermediaries, officials say.
Ukraine's president disclosed the intelligence during a visit to Damascus, saying Moscow's approach was 'identical' to its systematic destruction of Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
A US Air Force colonel evaded Revolutionary Guard hunters for nearly two days after his F-15E was shot down April 2. Civilians in Dehdasht reportedly blocked IRGC roads to buy time for the rescue.