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Pope Leo XIV visits Monaco to urge its people to use their faith and wealth for good
MONACO (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged residents of the cosmopolitan Mediterranean principality of Monaco on Saturday to use their wealth, influence and Catholic faith for good, especially to uphold Catholic teaching on protecting the sanctity of life.Leo made a one-day trip to the glitzy enclave, becoming the first pope to visit since Pope Paul III came in 1538. As a cannon boomed, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene met Leo at the Monaco heliport, just down the coast from the marina that is home to the megayachts of the rich and famous.
At the palace, members of the... Read More
Iran-backed Houthis claim first missile launch on Israel as war in the Mideast intensifies
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile launch toward Israel early Saturday, their first since the war in the Middle East started. The Israeli military said it intercepted the projectile.The war, now marking its one-month anniversary, erupted after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, which retaliated with strikes against Israel and neighboring Gulf Arab states. The conflict has upended global air travel, disrupted oil exports and caused fuel prices to soar. Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway, has... Read More
Yemenâs Houthis claim responsibility for missile attack on Israel, their first since war started
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel early Saturday, the first time it had faced fire from that country. The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the attack, which calls into question whether the rebel group backed by Tehran will again target commercial shipping traveling through the Red Sea corridor.Sirens went off around Beer Sheba and the area near Israel’s main nuclear research center for the third time overnight Friday into Saturday as Iran and Hezbollah continued to fire... Read More
Africa is hurting again from a global crisis it had no part in starting
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Lagos taxi driver Adegbola Isaac went to the gas station twice last weekend. Each time, the price in the Nigerian city had climbed further and hit 1,350 naira ($0.99) per liter, a nearly 35% increase since the Iran war started. That's wiped out most of his daily profit.“It is hitting hard,” Isaac told The Associated Press.
Like many people across the world, Isaac is one of millions across Africa who are reeling from the economic impacts of the faraway conflict in the Middle East, which began Feb. 28 with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on... Read More
Mexico says a third of 130,000 missing people might be alive, fueling criticism from families
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's government said in a new report Friday that it identified signs of life for a third of the country's 130,000 registered missing people, an announcement that was quickly criticized by a number of search groups who called it another attempt to undermine the depth of Mexico’s disappearance crisis.The mounting criticism cut to the heart of fierce debate over how Mexico tracks disappearances, which have soared since the beginning of the drug war in 2006. While authorities say figures are overcounted, families say the number of missing people in Mexico B... Read More
Top Stories in International News
- Pope Leo XIV visits Monaco to urge its people to use their faith and wealth for good
- Iran-backed Houthis claim first missile launch on Israel as war in the Mideast intensifies
- The Latest: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claim responsibility for missile attack on Israel
- Yemenâs Houthis claim responsibility for missile attack on Israel, their first since war started
- Africa is hurting again from a global crisis it had no part in starting
- Mexico says a third of 130,000 missing people might be alive, fueling criticism from families
- Rubio pushes postwar plan for Strait of Hormuz after meeting G7 allies skeptical about Iran strategy
- Pro-Iranian group claims credit for hack of FBI Director Kash Patel's personal account
- UN report calls on Syria to investigate abuses during deadly clashes with Druze last year
- The war in Iran sparks a global fertilizer shortage and threatens food prices
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More- Iran war deflects attention from Ukraine as an emboldened Russia starts spring offensive
- EU lawmakers vote to make it easier to set up migrant detention centers outside the bloc
- EU lawmakers approve trade deal with US but add safeguards
- Naval drone strike damages Turkish-operated tanker in Black Sea, crew safe
- UN calls for reparations to remedy the 'historical wrongs' of trafficking enslaved Africans
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- Israel says it faces first incoming missile from Yemen as war in Middle East intensifies
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- North Korean and Belarussian leaders sign friendship treaty