BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said, days after the two sides reached a new ceasefire deal. Lebanon 's President Joseph Aoun called the strike against its...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The weeklong visit to Spain by Pope Leo XIV has brought the pontiff to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice and, recently, a political crisis for the governing Socialist Party. Leo is expected to double down on his...
MADRID (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged Spaniards on Saturday to stop "fanning the flames of polarization" as he arrived in Spain at a moment of political turmoil for the Socialist-led government and a credibility crisis for the Catholic Church. The American pontiff traveled to Spain dozens of times as...
BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey (AP) – The US military said it shot down Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf Arab allies on Friday, while striking some of the Islamic Republic’s coastal surveillance radar sites in response, an exchange of fire that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill. Senators voted 52-47 to pass the $70...
Trading on Wall Street was mixed again early Friday as markets waited to comb through the latest U.S. jobs data for signs that the Iran war or AI are impacting companies ' hiring. Futures for the S&P 500 lost 0.5% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola that Congo is battling took locals by surprise after weeks of spreading unnoticed. Hundreds of cases were suspected when the outbreak was declared in May, but many dismissed the news as a “Western conspiracy.” Congolese authorities...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A maritime drone that is being used in the war in neighboring Ukraine exploded Friday at a Black Sea port in Romania but did not cause any casualties, the Defense Ministry said. It said the drone self-detonated in the port of Constanta at around 10:30 a.m., and that the...
TIVAT, Montenegro (AP) — Leaders from across the European Union and the Balkans are gathering in Montenegro on Friday to discuss expanding the bloc to include countries in the region, seen as a key area in countering security and economic threats posed by Russia and China. The EU-Western Balkans...
DIBBINE, Lebanon (AP) — Israel’s air force struck different parts of southern Lebanon on Friday as the military issued evacuation warnings for nine villages, including one that has been spared much of the destruction and was sheltering thousands of people displaced by the three-month war. Six...
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week, both countries announced Friday, in what will be his first visit in nearly seven years. His trip will the latest in a series of steps by China to reinforce its close ties with its nuclear-armed neighbor, whose leader...
By WAKA OTA TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- The Vietnam Festival 2026 was held in central Tokyo last weekend, allowing Japanese locals and Vietnamese residents to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine, traditional water puppet shows, and stage performances by Erik and other popular Vietnamese singers. The festival, the...
