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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 […]

ABC News LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday to meet with European leaders as his nation seeks to weather continued attacks from Russia and growing political pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration in the U.S. The Ukrainian president’s latest visit to Brussels comes at a difficult moment for his […]

ABC News LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there can be “no pause” in pressure on Russia after another night of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, the latest barrage coming the day after the U.S. confirmed it had stopped sharing intelligence with Kyiv. President Donald Trump’s decision to pause all U.S. military aid […]

Tierney L Cross via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to block a historic $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun makers as both conservative and liberal justices raised concerns about allowing the government of Mexico to hold firearm manufacturers liable for cartel violence south of the border. Federal law grants […]