Category: World

[ad_1] The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland plan to make their first-ever joint visit to Kyiv on Saturday, in an effort to underscore their support for Ukraine and reinforce calls for Russia to agree to a 30-day cease-fire. During a trip intended to showcase European unity, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, the new German…

[ad_1] As a boy growing up in a suburb of Chicago, the future Pope Leo XIV did not pretend to be a cowboy or a bank robber. Instead, he liked to play priest, according to his eldest brother, Louis Prevost. “We teased him a lot about, ‘Na na na, you’re gonna be the pope,’” Mr….

[ad_1] India and Pakistan, old enemies, are engaged in their most expansive military conflict in decades, and with continued shelling and further drone attacks on Friday, they are using new tools of war to enhance their ability to attack and spy on each other. On Friday, Indian defense officials said Pakistan’s military had attempted aerial…

[ad_1] In bigger cities of the northern Indian plains, 12 of which government officials said were the targets of Pakistani drone and missile attacks on Wednesday night, it also seemed that no one had been harmed. The sense of fear is real but vague, fed by a nationalistic press and social media. In the northern…

[ad_1] Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost’s ascension to the papacy marks an extraordinary moment for American leadership on the world stage at a time when President Trump has transformed the country’s reputation abroad and fueled distrust among longtime allies. But while two Americans now sit in positions of enormous global influence, Pope Leo XIV may offer…

[ad_1] Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost’s ascension to the papacy marks an extraordinary moment for American leadership on the world stage at a time when President Trump has transformed the country’s reputation abroad and fueled distrust among longtime allies. But while two Americans now sit in positions of enormous global influence, Pope Leo XIV may offer…

[ad_1] It was a Russian war spectacle designed to instill pride at home, impress allies and intimidate foes. The military parade on Friday in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was Russia’s most expansive celebration of the holiday in years, and it achieved at least the first two goals….

[ad_1] The debut of attack drones in the conflict between India and Pakistan injects a new and worrying style of warfare between the two nuclear armed powers, experts said. But it was also inevitable, given the proliferation of armed drones in combat worldwide. Both India and Pakistan have been developing their respective drone-building industries in…

[ad_1] Pope Leo is a lifelong American citizen. But as Pope, he is also the leader of Vatican City, an internationally recognized sovereign nation. Can an American citizen lead a foreign nation? And can a Pope retain foreign citizenship? The answers are yes and yes — but it rarely happens. United States law allows dual…

[ad_1] The new pope, Leo XIV, has spent most of his life as a friar in the Order of St. Augustine, a religious community in the Roman Catholic Church. His experience of joining, serving and leading that institution could shape his approach to the papacy. Experts said that a commitment to two elements of Augustinian…