Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff known for his humility and dedication to the poor, has died at the age of 88. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Vatican’s camerlengo, announced that the pope passed away at 7:35 …
Opponents of President Donald Trump's administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation's democratic ideals.
The disparate events ranged from a m…
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed at least 25 people on Friday including children, hospital workers said, as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel made his first public appearance in Jerusalem.
The dead included 15 people killed in three strikes …
A federal judge on Wednesday said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court and warned he could seek officials’ prosecution for violating his orders last month to turn around planes carrying dep…
China appointed a new top international trade negotiator on Wednesday amid tariff tensions with the US.
The government said that Li Chenggang has been appointed to replace Wang Shouwen, who participated in the trade negotiations for the 2020 trad…
More than 400 people have been killed in recent attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Darfur region, according to United Nations sources.
The RSF, which has been fighting Sudan’s regular army since April 20…
When the first two rounds of 10% tariffs hit, Zou Guoqing, a Chinese exporter, groaned but didn’t find the barriers insurmountable. He gave up some of his profits and offered his client, a snow-bike factory in Nebraska, price cuts ranging from…
The Trump administration has moved to classify more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead, canceling their Social Security numbers and effectively wiping out their ability to work or receive benefits in an effort to get them to leave the country, acc…
China announced countermeasures by raising tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125% starting Saturday.
The U.S. and China have escalated a new trade war by raising tariffs even as U.S. President Donald Trump hit a pause on tariffs for other countri…
The roof of an iconic nightclub in the Dominican capital collapsed early Tuesday during a merengue concert attended by politicians, athletes and others, leaving at least 98 people dead and 160 injured, authorities said.
Crews were searching for p…