Indian military says Pakistani troops fired at positions along the border in...
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive night, the Indian military said Saturday, as tensions...
View ArticleRussia says it has fully reclaimed the Kursk region. Ukraine says it is still...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — All Ukrainian troops have been forced from parts of Russia’s Kursk region, which Moscow lost control of last year to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia’s top general said in a...
View ArticleThey came for the canonization of a millennial saint. They stayed for Pope...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of young people from around the world had come to Rome expecting to rejoice this weekend in the canonization of the first millennial saint during the Vatican’s Holy Year....
View ArticleWhat to know about the battle for Russia's Kursk region
Nearly nine months after losing chunks of the Kursk region to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia announced that its troops have fully reclaimed the border territory. Ukraine denied it, saying the...
View ArticleIran and the US hold hours of expert talks in Oman over Tehran's rapidly...
MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — Iran and the United States held in-depth negotiations in Oman over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program on Saturday, ending the discussions with a promise for more talks and...
View ArticleThe Latest: Francis is remembered as a ‘pope among the people’ as he is laid...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — World dignitaries and Catholic faithful attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday. Despite the presence of presidents and princes, prisoners and migrants met...
View ArticleSyria's Kurds call for a democratic state that protects their ethnic rights
QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives the country’s Kurds their ethnic rights after the fall of Bashar Assad. Some 400...
View ArticleA massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills...
MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing eight people...
View ArticleA look at the PLO’s new vice president, Hussein al-Sheikh
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hussein al-Sheikh has been named vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the internationally recognized representative of the Palestinian people. The...
View ArticlePalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed a new deputy in a major...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday named a veteran aide and confidant as his new vice president. It’s a major step by the aging leader to designate a successor....
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