People walk outside St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis , expressing sorrow for his suffering, hope for his recovery and gratitude for...
Pallets of branded aluminum cans at the production line in the Palestinian Chat Cola bottling plant, in the West Bank city of Salfit, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) SALFIT, West Bank (AP) — Order a Coke to wash down some hummus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank these days and chances are...
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu, right, and Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin inspect honor guards during a welcoming ceremony prior to their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Russia and...
Catholic priests pray the rosary in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican for the recovery of Pope Francis, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square Monday evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis,...
In this photo taken Jan 20, 2025 and released by Guo Qingshan, a view of the "puppy mountain" which went viral over the internet in China seen in Yichang, a city in central China's Hubei Province. (Guo Qingshan via AP) When Shanghai-based designer Guo Qingshan posted a vacation photo on...
Elevated parts of a highway under construction is seen collapsed in Cheonan, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Elevated parts of a highway under construction collapsed in South Korea on Tuesday, killing three workers and injuring six...
A BNSF locomotive heads south out of Oklahoma City, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thieves have targeted freight trains running through the deserts of California and Arizona in a string of audacious heists resulting in the theft of more than $2 million worth...
ATLANTA (AP) — A Delta Air Lines flight returned to the Atlanta airport soon after taking off Monday when crew members reported a smoky haze inside the cockpit, according to federal officials. Delta Flight 876 to Columbia, South Carolina, returned safely to Hartsfield-Jackson International...
A Chinese military helicopter flies close to a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic (BFAR) aircraft above Scarborough shoal on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan, File) BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese authorities said they began live-fire exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin...
The Taliban on Monday confirmed the arrest of a British couple in their 70s in Afghanistan after a plea from their children for their release. The four adult children of Peter and Barbie Reynolds said their parents have lived in Afghanistan for 18 years, remaining after the Taliban toppled the...
ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Monday announced the start of nighttime prayers for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square, and invited Romans and others to join in, as the 88-year-old pontiff battled a complex lung infection and complications. People pray for Pope Francis in front of the...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay sex. Two gay men sit inside a courtroom during their trial at Sharia court in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Monday, Feb 24, 2025. (AP Photo/ Reza...
