VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis has waived the statute of limitations for a priest and world-renowned mosaic artist accused of sexual and psychological abuse, opening the way for potential disciplinary proceedings, the Vatican said Friday. Slovenian Marko Rupnik, 68, has twice been...
LEWISTON, United States - Thousands of anxious small-town Maine residents began a second day under lockdown Friday as police waging a sprawling manhunt struggled to find a US Army reservist accused of killing 18 people in America’s deadliest mass shooting this year. Dozens of law...
Brussels, Belgium - French President Emmanuel Macron called Friday for a "humanitarian truce" in the Hamas-Israel conflict for the protection of civilians in Gaza, as he said Israel's response must "better target... terrorists". The war erupted after Hamas militants stormed across the Gaza...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -Tesla mechanics in Sweden walked off the job on Friday to protest against the electric carmaker's refusal to sign a collective wage agreement, the metalworkers union said. The strike affects around Tesla's 130 mechanics at seven workshops across Sweden, IF Metall union...
TOKYO, Japan - The European Union and Australia have made "progress" towards a free trade deal, France's trade minister said Friday, ahead of a Group of 7 trade meeting. "At the current stage of discussions, we have made a number of very positive advances," Olivier Becht told reporters on a...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) announced on Friday, Oct. 27, the confiscation of a total of P16,864,863.60 worth of illegal drugs and arrest of 513 drug suspects in a series of buy-bust operations in the city from Sept.1 to Oct. 26. QCPD said its different police stations and units...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian lawmakers backed a record increase in military spending to fund Moscow's offensive on Ukraine, in a first reading of the bill Thursday. Defence spending will account for almost a third of all outlays in 2024 -- up 68 percent to 10.8 trillion rubles ($115 billion). At...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU leaders on Thursday called for "humanitarian corridors and pauses" in Israel's war with Hamas to get aid into Gaza, after hours of negotiations at a summit of the bloc in Brussels. The European Union has struggled for both unity and influence in the face of the...
BERLIN, Germany - Germany has arrested a businessman for allegedly selling components to Russia that are used in military gear, including drones currently deployed by Moscow's troops in Ukraine, prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect from the central city of Kassel, who was not named, has been...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the first segment of the new space station that Moscow plans to construct to replace the ISS should be in orbit by 2027, despite recent setbacks. Russia previously announced its intention to withdraw from the International...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -The Gaza war raging between Israel and Hamas could deal a heavy blow to the global economy, banking titans told a glitzy investment forum in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The dour mood from some of the gathering's most high-profile speakers underscored how the conflict...
WASHINGTON, United States - A new US rocket, United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s Vulcan Centaur, is to make its maiden flight on Christmas Eve with a payload that includes a private lunar lander. The mission, called Cert-1, will also carry on board the cremated remains of several people associated...
