Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began the year declaring that he stood “shoulder to shoulder” with U.S. President Donald Trump as the two countries launched a war against Iran. But this week, as world leaders gathered in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, there were no...
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Pope Leo XIV told reporters they were welcome to cover him Friday, as he responded to the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House and affirmed the importance of journalists covering public figures. Leo spoke to reporters as he travelled to France at ...
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When Poland stopped registering asylum applications from migrants entering from Belarus in March 2025, authorities presented it as a temporary emergency measure to counter what they saw as a push by Russia and its ally Belarus to destabilize the country by directing tens of thous...
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As the U.S.-created Board of Peace pushes ahead with plans to rebuild Gaza , it has said there’s no place for the U.N. body that for decades has provided support to displaced Palestinians. But the agency’s last chief says that behind the scenes, board members and others have been...
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Tarek al-Salami, aged 7, sat in a diaper, looking frail. Normally, the malnutrition and diarrhea that weakened his tiny frame would have been treated within a few days, but nothing is normal in Yemen anymore. Tarek's father carried him on foot from the southwestern city of Mokha ...
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Asian shares were mixed Friday following another bond sell-off that brought U.S. Treasury yields to their highest in years. U.S. futures edged higher. Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.3% to 66,364.20. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 1.1% to 24,495.35. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.4% t...
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Pope Leo XIV began a four-day visit to France on Friday, hoping to draw attention to his appeals for peace at a time of war, and for greater reflection as artificial intelligence questions the very essence of what it means to be human. Leo is spending four intense days in Paris, ...
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President Donald Trump is taking Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the National Archives on Friday, showing off the sacred texts of U.S. democracy to the leader of the world’s most powerful communist country to cap off a three-day state visit criticized for being heavy on pom...
