A Pope skullcap lays in the display window of the Gammarelli ecclesiastic clothes tailor shop in Rome, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ROME (AP) — Two papal tailors and no conclave orders. The conclave that begins next Wednesday to elect a successor for Pope Francis is...
The College of Cardinals has requested for prayers from the faithful as it prepares for the upcoming conclave to choose the next pope. The Cardinals said they feel “the need to be supported by the prayers of all the faithful,” since they are aware of their responsibility in choosing the next...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights said on Wednesday that Serbia "should prevent the use of sonic weapons or similar devices" for crowd control following claims that a sound cannon was directed at protesters during a huge anti-government rally on March 15. People attend an...
KARNAL, India (AP) — When Aishanya and Shubham Dwivedi married in February, they began planning a vacation to Indian-controlled Kashmir to celebrate. Indian naval officers carry a casket containing the body of their fellow officer Vinay Narwal, who was killed by militants at Pahalgam in Indian...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is poised to sign a landmark mineral resources agreement with the United States in Washington on Wednesday, according to two senior Ukrainian officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the matter publicly. FILE - President...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Wednesday the next round of negotiations over its rapidly advancing nuclear program it will have with the United States will be in Rome on Saturday. This combo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 and...
A series of 2025 Vatican Vacant Seat stamps are on display in the Filitalia stamps, coins, and souvenirs shop next to the Vatican walls, in Rome, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican post offices and selected collectors' shops this week started...
Firefighters inspect a hotel building which caught fire on Tuesday resulting in several deaths, in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire tore through a hotel in the city of Kolkata in eastern India , killing at least 14 people, police said...
Denmark's King Frederik, left, and Greenland's Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, right, arrive in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) NUUK, Greenland (AP) — King Frederik X of Denmark arrived in Greenland on Tuesday, kicking off a visit to the...
Passengers crowd the train entrances at Sants station in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) MADRID (AP) — The cause of Spain and Portugal's widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was...
Food parcels provided by the World Food Program, part of the humanitarian aid shipments into Syria, are stacked at the Reyhanli border crossing with Syria, near Hatay, southern Turkey, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, Pool, File) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Several U.N....
Vietnamese troops march during a parade to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh) HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam celebrated the end of the war with the United States and the formation of...
