Pope Leo XIV's four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years.

The incident took place at the Citadelle Henri, also known as Citadelle Laferriere, a 19th-century fortress and tourist spot in the northern town of Milot.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said Sunday that his government will offer new fuel tax cuts to try to end crippling protests over soaring gas costs, though he slammed the tactics of farmers and truckers who had blocked access to the nation's only oil refinery and several depots.

Britain said it is pausing a plan to transfer ownership of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius because it cannot complete the deal without U.S. support.

Voters in Benin cast ballots Sunday to choose a successor to President Patrice Talon, who is stepping down after a decade in power, leaving a mixed legacy of economic growth, a growing jihadi insurgency in the north,

China announced a series of policy measures to demonstrate “goodwill” toward Taiwan on Sunday, following a landmark meeting between President Xi Jinping and Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun.

April 12, 2026. Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday (April 12) of breaching a 32-hour ceasefire in

A Palestinian man was killed in the West Bank on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, in the latest killing in a wave of violence in the West Bank that has claimed the lives of 22 people