VATICAN CITY (AP) — Over 1,000 LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome on Saturday, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the Catholic Church after long feeling shunned, and crediting Pope Francis with the change. Some wept as they walked through the...
LONDON (AP) — British police scuffled with protesters outside Parliament on Saturday as they arrested more than 400 demonstrators who gathered to defy a ban on the group Palestine Action, which has been deemed a terrorist organization by the government. Defend Our Juries, the campaign group...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli army issued evacuation orders and targeted high-rise buildings in Gaza City on Saturday, urging Palestinians to flee south ahead of an escalating offensive to seize the city of nearly 1 million. Aid groups warn that a large-scale evacuation would...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting a parody image from "Apocalypse Now" featuring a ball of flames as helicopters zoom over the nation 's third-largest city. " 'I love...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Ahmad Khan Safi had a good life in Afghanistan. The farmer raised livestock in the Dewagal Valley of Kunar Province, and people traveled from across the country to visit the area. Tourists marveled at its verdant landscape, winding paths, and formidable slopes. The...
Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Carlo Paalam and Junmilardo Ogayre seek to sustain their momentum when they battle in the Round of 32 of their respective weight classes on Sunday, Sept. 7, in the 2025 World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England. Paalam, 27, faces a daunting task in the men’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) – After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message on Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at rebranding the Department of Defense as the Department of War. Trump said the switch was intended to signal to the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has officially announced the schedule and activities for the 2025 National Teachers’ Month (NTM), National Teachers’ Day (NTD), and World Teachers’ Day (WTD) celebrations, in coordination with the National Teachers’ Day Coordinating Council (NTDCC) and...
TOKYO (AP) — Kim Jong Un put on a command performance this week at a gathering of some two dozen world leaders in China, striding with confidence and a broad grin across one of the biggest international stages of his 14-year career as North Korea 's leader. As Kim returns home Friday, his...
CHICAGO (AP) — At a Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV 's hometown, fifth graders read comic books about Carlo Acutis ' life titled "Digital Disciple." They draw pictures of what the teenage Italian computer whiz might have had as his cellphone wallpaper. They discuss the miracles that...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine, particularly while its invasion was still ongoing, would be considered "legitimate targets" by Moscow 's forces. Putin 's comments came hours after European leaders repledged their commitment to a...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck a high-rise building in Gaza City on Friday after warning residents to evacuate, as the military stepped up operations aimed at seizing control of the city of some 1 million Palestinians that experts say is experiencing famine. The military accused...
