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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke to reporters after the second day of meetings had concluded in Geneva

De-escalating tensions

US, China hail 'substantial progress' after trade talks in Geneva

Zelensky did not say whether he would attend if Russia did not accept a truce

Zelensky offers to meet Putin in Turkey 'personally'

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the media during a book signing event in Muscat last month

'No apparent breakthrough'

Iran says nuclear talks 'difficult but useful', US 'encouraged'

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama (L) is seeking a fourth straight term

Rama chases fourth term

Albanians vote in election seen as key test of EU path

Pope Leo XIV issued a call for peace

Amid international uncertainty

Pope Leo XIV warns of spectre of global war in first Sunday address

Students play cards outside of St. Thomas of Villanova Church at the campus of Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania, where Pope Leo XIV studied and graduated in 1977

What about Bob?

At his former US university, the new pope is just 'Bob'

India and Pakistan have traded blame over the ceasefire violations

Following days of attacks

India, Pakistan ceasefire holds after early violations

People have started trickling back to Poonch in buses

Following 'deadliest fighting'

India's worst-hit border town sees people return after ceasefire

Erdogan spoke by phone with the Russian and French leaders

Ankara ready to host talks

Erdogan says efforts to end Ukraine war at 'turning point'

Thousands gathered at St Mary's Cathedral in Chiclayo to pay homage to Leo, who spent eight years as the city's bishop

Nine years in Peru

Jubilant Peruvians celebrate new pope at mass in adoptive city

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was 'committed to serious negotiations with Ukraine'

Symbolic show of European unity

Putin proposes direct Ukraine talks but quiet on 30-day ceasefire

Former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli spent 15 months at the Nicaraguan embassy to avoid a nearly 11-year sentence on money laundering charges

Money laundering accusations

Convicted ex-Panama president Martinelli granted asylum in Colombia

The People Power Party formally registered Kim Moon-soo as its official presidential candidate on Sunday, a day after it tried to cancel his candidacy

Attempts to cancel candidacy

S. Korea conservatives choose presidential candidate after last-minute chaos

Flanking a famous Alma Mater statue, students sit on the steps of the Low Memorial Library at New York's Columbia University on April 14, 2025

Fears of arrest

Under Trump pressure, Columbia University ends semester in turmoil

The national mourning period in honor of the slain soldiers will run through Monday

Starting Saturday

Ecuador declares national mourning for 11 troops killed by guerrillas

Vatican News published a photo of the white-robed pope kneeling before Francis's simple marble tomb

In humble footsteps

Leo XIV, new pope and 'humble servant of God', visits Francis's tomb

South Korea's People Power Party initially chose Kim Moon-soo as its presidential candidate, but it cancelled his nomination after he won the primary -- and then reinstated him as the candidate

Nominating outsider and former prime minister

S.Korea conservative party reinstates candidate after day of turmoil

The India-Pakistan ceasefire comes after four days of attacks and counter-attacks by both sides that killed at least 60 people

India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire after days of attacks

The panicked crowd scrambled to get on the train

Headed to New Delhi

Panicked Indians flee Kashmir city on special train

The twins died on Wednesday as their family tried to flee

Indian town mourns young twins killed in Pakistani shelling

Pope Leo XIV addressed cardinals two days after being elected the 267th leader of the Catholic Church

Pope Leo XIV says choice of name reflects social commitment

'Be human! That is what I ask you to do,' Margot Friedlaender would tell her many audiences

At the age of 103

German Holocaust survivor and witness-bearer Margot Friedlaender dies at 103

Toxic cloud in Catalonia: over 160,000 people confined to their homes

The disputed territory of Kashmir has seen days of artillery firing by both sides since India launched air strikes on Pakistan on May 7, 2025

World leaders calling for restraint

India, Pakistan launch multiple attacks as US warns against 'miscalculation'

US President Donald Trump is heading to a turbulent Middle East

Eyeing business deals

Trump faces Mideast tensions on return to his 'happy place'

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Saudi Arabia's King Salman, Melania Trump and President Donald Trump in Riyadh in 2017

Trump's first foreign tour

Swords, orbs and fist-bumps: US presidents in Saudi

Louis Prevost, brother of newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, thinks his brother's papacy will be able to unite the Catholic Church, attract more faithful and make the world a more peaceful place

'Burst with joy'

'You're gonna be the Pope,' Leo XIV's brother recalls telling him

The US city of Chicago is celebrating the selection of native son Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th pope, spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics

'Sense of pride'

'It's terrific': Chicago hails hometown hero Pope Leo XIV

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