World

Andriy Dubchak/Frontliner/Getty Images (NEW YORK) –At least 20 people have died and 55 are injured as the casualties continue to rise Saturday following an overnight blitz by Russia near Donetsk in Ukraine, officials said. “Last night, the Russian army fired two ballistic missiles at the center of Dobropillya in the Donetsk region,” according to a […]

Abstract Aerial Art/Getty Images (AUSTRALIA) — The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than three billion years ago is changing the way scientists view the history of Earth and the planet’s stages of evolution. Researchers in Australia found the crater in Western Australia’s Pilbara region and believe it’s […]

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (LONDON and ROME) — Pope Francis’ “overall condition remains stable within his complex medical situation and the prognosis remains reserved,” the Vatican said Friday. The pope “spent about 20 minutes in prayer in his chapel on the 10th floor apartment and the rest of the day alternated between rest, physiotherapy, prayer and […]

DOJ (WASHINGTON) — The United States Secret Service said it has seized a Russian cryptocurrency exchange website, according to court documents unsealed on Friday. The Justice Department also charged the two administrators of that website with a multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme, court documents said. Between 2019 and 2025, Aleksej Besciokov, 46, a Lithuanian national and […]

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis “had a tranquil night and woke shortly after 8 a.m.” on Friday morning, the Vatican said, coming a day after he made his first public comments since being hospitalized on Feb. 14. The 88-year-old pope “remained stable compared to previous days” and did not have “episodes of respiratory […]

Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia has carried out a massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, targeting energy and gas infrastructure in various regions, Ukrainian officials said Friday morning. A total of 261 missiles and drones were launched by Russia, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, which said it […]

James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images (PARIS) — Eurostar trains to London, including all trains heading to northern France, stopped abruptly on Friday morning after an unexploded bomb dating back to World War II was discovered near the tracks, officials said. The unexploded ordinance was discovered approximately 1.5 miles north of Gare du Nord in […]

Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images (JERUSALEM) — Two Palestinian men found themselves handcuffed and in shackles, detained by Israeli police in a Jerusalem courtroom. To an outside observer, they may have appeared to be criminals; however, the reality of their situation was far more troubling. Their so-called “crime”? Simply selling books. Mahmoud Muna and his […]

Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis on Thursday made his first public comments since being hospitalized on Feb. 14, thanking the public for their prayers. “I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health from the Square, I accompany you from here. May God bless you and the […]

Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis “remained stationary” on Wednesday, “without showing any episodes of respiratory failure,” but rested peacefully overnight into Thursday, the Vatican said. The pope, 88, received “high-flow oxygen therapy during the day, and noninvasive mechanical ventilation will be resumed during the night,” the Vatican’s press office said in its evening […]