Mosaics by Marko Rupnik, a Slovenian priest-artist, were covered up after at least 20 women accused him of sexual and psychological abuse. He is now on trial.

Pope Leo XIV continued an apostolic journey to France on Saturday by celebrating mass in front of 700,000 people at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

President Trump said he was rejecting an Iranian plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian proposal is similar to a memorandum of understanding agreed upon by the U.S. and Iran back in June.

Small island states are often on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, offering moral advice to mightier nations that isn’t always heard.

Two separate mass shootings near South Africa’s two biggest cities killed at least 27 people. The South African Police Service says 17 people were killed Saturday night when suspects armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar in Wedela township,

The Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 74,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The war began nearly three years ago. A ceasefire that took effect last October

The German and Russian foreign ministers have met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. On Saturday, they held what’s believed to be the first such tete-a-tete since Russia’s

China and the U.S. have agreed to set up a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications