TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The number of injured from an explosion Saturday at a port in southern Iran jumped to 281, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
IRNA quoted Mojtaba Khaledi, the spokesman of…
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Trump and Zelensky Meet on Sidelines of Pope Francis’ Funeral, White House Says
President Trump met privately with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Saturday in Rome, the White House said, on the sidelines of the funeral service for Pope Francis. It was the first time the two leaders had met in person since their…
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What the Pope Told Me About Politics
Only a handful of times in my life have I witnessed an instance of what could be described as perfect manners, and one of those occurred in Azerbaijan, during a period of three or four days that I spent following Pope Francis around. This was…
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Did Weight and Noise Make a Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse?
The first ominous signs at the Jet Set nightclub came around midnight, when sprinkles of plaster and water from the ceiling landed on some of the hundreds of bankers, politicians, civil servants and former baseball players crowded inside Santo…
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Pope Francis’ funeral Mass underway at the Vatican before crowds of mourners
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The funeral of the pope is underway in Vatican City, where throngs of mourners have gathered to give a final send-off to Francis, who will be remembered…
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Indian military says Pakistani troops fired along border in disputed Kashmir overnight
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive night, the Indian military said Saturday, as tensions…
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Trump pays respects to a pope who publicly disagreed with him for years
ROME (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday was among more than 50 heads of state and other dignitaries attending the funeral of Pope Francis, where he paid his respects to the Roman Catholic leader…
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Pope Francis’s funeral presents chance for ‘brush-by’ diplomacy
ReutersWorld leaders may be gathering on Saturday to pay their respects to a fellow statesman whose church has more members than their states have citizens.
But they may also use the Pope’s funeral as a rare and unexpected opportunity to conduct a…
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Trump’s attacks on media test US press freedom rules – DW – 04/26/2025
On April 22, courts ruled in favor of the US-based broadcaster Voice of America’s lawsuit against the White House, in a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s targeting of the free press.
From gutting Voice of America (VOA), to barring the…
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