A fierce storm is lashing Ireland and Scotland with record winds, downing power lines
Ireland was hit with wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour, the strongest on record, as a winter storm battered ...
Japan’s leader says he’s preparing for tough negotiations with Trump on maintaining US presence
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, said Friday he will seek to maintain ...
Killed for fighting corruption, a Congolese man made a martyr is inspiring a new generation
When Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to the eastern Congo city of Goma, he knew the risks ...
Afghan women’s group hails court’s move to arrest Taliban leaders for persecution of women
An Afghan women’s group on Friday hailed a decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Taliban leaders for their persecution of women. The International Criminal Court’s chief ...
Freedom is bittersweet for Palestinians released from Israeli jails
When Dania Hanatsheh was released from an Israeli jail this week and dropped off by bus into a sea of jubilant Palestinians in Ramallah, it was an uncomfortable déjà vu.
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of ‘Europe’s last dictator’
The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the ...
Trump targets California water policy as he prepares to tour LA fire damage
As President Donald Trump prepares to tour wildfire damage in California, he’s zeroing in on one of his frequent targets for ...
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
Naftali Fürst will never forget his first view of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, on Nov. 3, 1944. He was 12 years old. SS soldiers threw open the doors of the ...
Asylum-seekers pushed to new extremes in Mexico after Trump’s border crackdown begins
When Dayana Castro heard that the U.S. asylum appointment she waited over a year for was canceled in an instant, she had no ...
What to know about the ruling blocking Trump’s order on birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally faced the first of what will be many legal tests ...
March for Life returns to Washington: What to look for when anti-abortion activists gather
Thousands of anti-abortion activists are coming to Washington Friday for the annual March for Life, seeking to build momentum after a string of victories and maintain pressure on legislators.