Wartime Pope Pius XII probably knew about Holocaust early on, letters show
Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican archives that conflicts with the Holy See's official position at the time that the information it had was vague and unverified.
2023-09-18 01:58
EU chief pledges action while visiting Italian island hit by soaring migrant arrivals
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has pledged action to help Italy's crisis-hit island of Lampedusa during a visit on Sunday, after the island was left struggling to cope with an influx of migrants.
2023-09-18 00:57
NATO chief warns there will be no quick ending to the war in Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that the war in Ukraine could be long, as Kyiv's counteroffensive against Russia continues to make only marginal gains.
2023-09-17 22:15
Ukraine is firing shells faster than can be supplied. Can Europe catch up?
The scene looks almost lunar. Drone videos covering more than a thousand miles of the Ukrainian front line show great craters of earth, scooped from the ground by unseen barrages.
2023-09-17 18:46
Protests erupt in Iran, one year after Mahsa Amini's death
Protests erupted throughout Iran on Saturday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old women who died in the custody of Iran's morality police after being arrested for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly.
2023-09-17 13:52
What we know about the floods that killed thousands in Libya
Emergency teams are working to find survivors and retrieve bodies after a massive flood hit Libya's northeast three days ago, killing at least 11,000 people and leaving 10,000 missing.
2023-09-17 09:52
Dozens of children were left behind by UN personnel in Haiti. Their mothers want justice
When Pauline Philippe found out she was pregnant with twins, she felt a flash of happiness. Then she burst into tears in front of the ultrasound technician.
2023-09-17 09:51
Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to defy EU and extend ban on Ukrainian grain imports
Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia will defy the European Union and extend a temporary ban placed on Ukrainian grain imports, in a move likely to anger the bloc's leadership.
2023-09-17 01:28
Winemaker dies in Italy while trying to save colleague who fainted in wine vat
A winemaker in Italy has died while trying to save his colleague who had passed out in wine vat, according to Italy's fire brigade.
2023-09-17 01:16
Mahsa Amini's father detained by Iranian authorities on anniversary of daughter's death
Iranian authorities detained the father of Mahsa Amini on the one-year anniversary of her death Saturday, Iranian journalists and rights groups have said.
2023-09-16 20:21
Derna valley was once a 'paradise.' Now there's nothing left but devastation
Tarek Fahim was taking videos of the water filling behind the dam in the Derna valley in Libya late Saturday night. Up until 1:30 am, Storm Daniel was just wind and rain. When he went home an hour later, it took very little time between the moment he heard the dam burst and the gushing water flooding his street.
2023-09-16 17:45
Morocco's quake survivors must rebuild their homes and lives. But decimated communities can do little to help
Khadija Ait Si Ali was just starting to rebuild her life when the earthquake struck. Her husband died in a road accident seven months ago. They had been married for less than a year and she was five months pregnant.
2023-09-16 15:48