WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off on striking Iran to give the U.S. administration more time to push for a new nuclear deal with Tehran. “I told him this would be inappropriate to do right now...
A 74-year-old pedophile and former surgeon was given a maximum 20-year prison sentence on Wednesday by a French court for the rape and sexual assault of hundreds of patients, mostly children, over more than two decades. Joël Le Scouarnec was sentenced after admitting molesting nearly 300 victims...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — King Charles III arrives in Ottawa this week to underscore Canada 's sovereignty to U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump’s repeated suggestion that the U.S. annex its northern neighbor prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite Charles to give the speech from...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Archbishop of Buenos Aires fiercely criticized Argentine President Javier Milei during a religious ceremony the leader attended Sunday, saying that under the government 's harsh policies “fraternity, tolerance and respect are dying." Milei, a libertarian and...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea authorities have detained four officials over the recent failed launch of a naval destroyer , an incident that leader Kim Jong Un said was caused by criminal negligence, state media said. The 5,000-ton-class destroyer was damaged Wednesday ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of the St. John Lateran Basilica, which is Rome 's cathedral and seat of the diocese, with an...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, spiritually and psychologically abused members. As Leo 's past record of handling clergy sexual abuse cases comes under scrutiny, victims of...
BEIJING (AP) — Landslides in a rural area in China 's southwestern Guizhou province have killed at least four people with 17 others still missing in the debris, state media said. Two bodies were found in Changshi township on Thursday, and two others in nearby Qingyang village, where a...
When North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong took up an agency budget bill approved by the legislature, he vetoed a couple of line items. At least, that was his intention Monday. Instead, he accidentally vetoed $35 million for the state's housing budget. Now the state is figuring out how to deal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza," federal authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in the killings they...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat warned Thursday that his country would take “special measures" to defend its nuclear facilities if Israel continues to threaten them, raising the stakes further ahead of a new round of talks with the United States. The comments by...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday that she is considering sanctions against lawyers with a high-priced firm hired to defend Alabama’s prison system after ChatGPT was used to write two court filings that included nonexistent case citations. U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco...
