ISLAMABAD — Pakistani counterterrorism police in multiple raids arrested at least 12 suspects in connection with last week’s suicide bombing that killed five Chinese workers and their Pakistani driver in the volatile northwest, officials said Monday. The detainees were not directly involved in...
TRUCKEE, California — Two people died when a single-engine airplane crashed amid moderate snow conditions in a California mountain town just north of Lake Tahoe, authorities said. The Socata TBM9 with two people aboard crashed around 6:40 p.m. Saturday while on approach to Truckee...
WASHINGTON, United States - Donald Trump and fellow Republicans assailed President Joe Biden on Saturday for what they called an assault on Christianity, after the US leader highlighted the Transgender Day of Visibility that this year coincides with Easter. It was the latest skirmish in the culture...
NEW YORK, United States - New York City is iconic for its yellow taxis, pizza slices, bright lights on Broadway and its rats. A woman sorts out garbage from a bag in the Manhattan borough of New York on March 20, 2024. The mountains of black bags of garbage that invade New York's sidewalks for rats...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis urged the world to resist "the logic of weapons" in his Easter message at the Vatican on Sunday, easing growing health fears as he greeted thousands of Catholics. TOPSHOT - Pope Francis stands at the central loggia of St. Peter's basilica for the Easter 'Urbi...
WINDSOR, United Kingdom - Britain's King Charles III attended an Easter church service on Sunday, in his most high-profile public appearance since revealing a cancer diagnosis earlier this year. Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, arrived by car for the hour-long late morning service at St...
PARIS, France - France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Sunday said 13,500 police and anti-terror soldiers had been deployed outside 4,530 churches to protect them against any "terrorism" as they celebrate Easter. (FILES) French Interior and Overseas Minister Gerald Darmanin (L) looks during...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - A mayor was shot dead at a restaurant in Mexico on Saturday, the regional prosecutor's office said, the latest politically related killing in the country plagued by violence and organized crime. Guillermo Torres, 39, and his 14-year-old son were attacked at a restaurant in...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Pope Francis will visit Indonesia in September, the country's religious affairs minister has said, as concerns mounted over the 87-year-old pontiff's health. Outgoing President Joko Widodo invited the pope to visit Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population, in...
LOS ANGELES, United States - The death of six Latino workers who were fixing potholes when a Baltimore bridge collapsed highlights the crucial role immigrants play in keeping America running, say advocates. And it stands in stark contrast to the rhetoric of populists like Donald Trump, who cast...
LARNACA, Cyprus - A second vessel carrying aid to war-torn Gaza set sail from Cyprus on Saturday, an AFP correspondent reported, more than two weeks after the last shipment arrived by sea. The barge Jenifer, part of a three ship flotilla carrying food aid for the Gaza Strip, sails next to the...
BALTIMORE, United States - The complex process of clearing the tangled wreckage of the Baltimore bridge that collapsed spectacularly this week was set to begin Saturday with removal of a first section, officials said. Cranes begin the clean-up of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge and the...
