Vatican City, Holy See - Pope Francis offered his solidarity Wednesday to Catholics in Israel and the Palestinian territories ahead of Easter, after meeting Jewish and Muslim bereaved fathers campaigning for peace. "You are not alone," the 87-year-old pontiff wrote in a letter ahead of...
A 72-year-old Japanese man died after his suit jacket got caught in an escalator at a station in eastern Japan on Wednesday, March 27. According to the local police, the man was identified as Mamoru Suzuki, a resident of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Local police said that a staff member...
BALTIMORE, United States - Authorities on Tuesday suspended their search for six people missing after a packed cargo ship slammed into a Baltimore bridge, causing it to collapse and blocking one of the busiest US commercial harbors. TOPSHOT - This handout screegrab courtesy of the National...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The UN expert who concluded Israel was committing acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip received broad support at the United Nations on Tuesday, with countries speaking up to back her and her report. United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Rights Situation in the...
WASHINGTON, United States - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant Tuesday that civilian casualties in Gaza are "too high" and suggested alternatives to a major Israeli operation in the territory's south. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (R) meets Israeli...
QUEBEC CITY, Canada - Victims of sexual assault by Catholic clergy and their supporters marched in of Quebec City Tuesday to raise awareness and encourage others to speak out against abusers within the Church. People hold crosses, symbolizing victims of sexual assaults perpetrated by the Church, in...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Five Chinese nationals working on a major dam construction site were killed along with their driver on Tuesday when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle in northwest Pakistan, officials said. Volunteers transport the coffins of Chinese national from a hospital following a...
PARIS, France - France's defence minister on Tuesday denied allegations from investigative journalists that France supplied components for ammunition used by the Israeli army in its Gaza campaign. France's Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu addresses a joint press conference with the...
WASHINGTON, United States - the collapse of a Baltimore bridge a "terrible accident," and pledged to get the major East Coast port up and running as soon as possible after a cargo ship struck one of the span's support pylons. TOPSHOT - Part of the steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on...
LONDON, United Kingdom - A judge on Tuesday ordered the disclosure of eBay and PayPal records that may contain evidence that a former British Museum employee sold items allegedly stolen from its collection. The storied museum, one of the UK capital's biggest tourist draws and best known for housing...
MADRID, Spain - Police said Tuesday they had arrested an 18-year-old Spaniard of Moroccan origin who had engaged in "intensive (online) efforts to encourage terrorism" and had ties with other radical jihadists abroad. The youth was arrested in Barcelona on March 16 on suspicion of links to the...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The dire humanitarian situation in violence-wracked Haiti following weeks of gang attacks could result in the death of "countless children," especially from lack of health care and nutrition, the head of UNICEF said Tuesday. A man pulls a cart with a casket through a...
