While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday Sunday, stressed the importance of telling the tragedy of World War II to ...

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday he has instructed the military to prepare to remain in some of the occupied West Bank’s urban refugee camps “for the coming ...

The Vatican announces Saturday that Pope Francis, already hospitalized, was in critical condition following additional health ...

Pope Francis rested during a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican said Sunday.

An Afghan women’s radio station will resume broadcasts after the Taliban suspended its operations, citing “unauthorized provision” of content to an overseas TV channel and improperly using its ...

Lowell wrestling won its 12th consecutive state team title in Kalamazoo Saturday. (Feb. 22, 2025) ...

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Beirut early Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s former leader, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike ...

The Ukrainian intelligence soldier doesn’t know how long his clinical death lasted after an explosive detonated beneath him. All Andrii Rubliuk remembers is ...

For some famously progressive colleges in Ohio, a new state law designed to keep transgender women from using women’s ...

The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week as Europe attempts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a ...

German voters are choosing a new government in an election Sunday dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of ...