By NICOLE WINFIELD and SILVIA STELLACCI Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless thousands of people in St. Peter's Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, drawing wild cheers and applause as ...

By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and ELISE MORTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia on Sunday of creating a false appearance of honoring an Easter ceasefire, saying Moscow continued to launch attacks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

By MARCOS ALEMAN and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Sunday, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States his government has kept ...

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli investigation into the killings of 15 Palestinian medics last month in Gaza by Israeli forces said Sunday it found a chain of "professional failures" and a deputy commander has been fired. The shootings outraged many in the ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Pentecostal church in South Africa celebrated Easter Sunday with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with many of them entering into polygamous marriages. The International Pentecost Holiness Church said mass weddings are part of its Easter festivities and ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant deportation plans. Francis, who is recovering from ...

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana. And former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. Bells ...

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court want Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month. In a filing released late Wednesday, The ...

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings. The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, detected ...

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Foreign ministry officials from Bangladesh's interim government and Pakistan resumed talks on Thursday after a 15-year gap, as the two South Asian Muslim-majority nations attempted to ease strained relations. Under former Prime ...

Associated Press undefined MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, a group that was designated as a terrorist organization more than two decades ago. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO troops were ...

By WAFAA SHURAFA, FATMA KHALED and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Aid groups are raising new alarm over Israel's blockade of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where it has barred entry of all food and other goods for more than six weeks. Thousands of children have ...

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank cut interest rates Thursday for the seventh time to counter worries about economic growth fueled by President Donald Trump's tariff onslaught. The bank's move should support economic activity in the 20 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar's military government granted amnesty to nearly 4,900 prisoners to mark the country's traditional new year, state-run media reported Thursday, and an independent watchdog said they included at least 22 political detainees. At least 19 buses with prisoners ...

By RAJESH ROY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A 24-year-old American YouTuber who was arrested after visiting an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean with hopes of establishing contact with a reclusive tribe was further detained in custody on Thursday. Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov ...

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese military said it has detained a group of people linked to firing rockets into Israel last month. The army said in a statement late Wednesday that those detained included a number of Palestinians who were involved in firing ...

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A portrait of a young Palestinian boy who lost both arms as a result of an Israeli attack in Gaza was honored Thursday as World Press Photo of the year. The photo, taken by Qatar-based Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf ...

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan recorded a trade deficit in its March-April fiscal year but racked up a surplus with the U.S., the Finance Ministry reported Thursday. Japan's global trade deficit totaled 5.2 trillion yen ($37 billion) for the fiscal year through ...

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Malaysia's leader Wednesday that China will be a collaborative partner and stand with its Southeast Asian neighbors in the wake of global economic shocks. "In the face of shocks to global order and economic ...