There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV found his voice on his epic and ongoing trip through Africa.

Europe is focusing on the Palestinians after Hungary's election defeat of Israel ally Viktor Orbán.

U.S. President Donald Trump is giving mixed messages about the path ahead for the U.S. war with Iran.

President Donald Trump is defending his Iran war strategy, attacking critics and skeptics on Monday as “TRAITORS, ALL” after a second round of talks with Iran were thrown into doubt by the U.S. Navy’s seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz.

The United States and the Philippines have kicked off one of their largest combat exercises, aimed at deterring aggression in Asia.

Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct on the social media platform X.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledges he made a mistake appointing Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington.

Four candidates to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations will audition for the job this week, far fewer than there were 10 years ago when António Guterres was selected as U.N. chief.

Five months after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, thousands of displaced fire victims are beginning to return to see what remains of their homes and retrieve their belongings.

A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court eventually struck down has launched.

Pope Leo XIV has traveled to pray at a popular Catholic shrine in Angola that was an epicenter of the African slave trade.

Senior Cabinet ministers are rallying around U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose leadership is under threat.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted two events in Barcelona to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for a rules-based world order.

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries.

Iran now says the Strait of Hormuz is fully closed until the end of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports.

Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway.

Two male runners in South Africa who were discovered fraudulently competing on behalf of female colleagues in a top marathon have been disqualified.

The small Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because it appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own security since the 1998-99 war with Serbia.

France and the U.K. have welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open.

A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia could compound the Iran war's impact on world travel if a fragile agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz collapses and Persian Gulf oil shipments stay blocked.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that while Cuba does not want military aggression from the United States, his country is prepared to fight should it happen.

The House has passed legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States.

The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left.

A South African opposition party leader, Julius Malema, has been sentenced to five years in prison for breaking firearm laws.