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President Trump's first major overseas trip of his second term is to the same place as his first ter

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and President Trump's efforts to change the U.S. relationshi

Since Israel's military went to war against Hamas in Gaza more than a year and a half ago, it has co

The world's 1.4 billion Catholics now have a new pope. Robert Prevost, who was born in Chicago and s

India conducted airstrikes on targets across Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It wa

This week 133 cardinals will meet in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to select a new pope who will

Israel's cabinet has approved plans for Gaza that include expanding the war, taking territory with t

At the heart of a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is what, if any, Ukrainian territo

Donald Trump has passed one hundred days in his second term as president of the United States. We lo

Every year Israeli's spend their Memorial Day commemorating Israelis killed in war and attacks. This

Fifty years ago this week Communist forces seized the city of Saigon bringing an end to the Vietnam

Pope Francis was laid to rest in a funeral ceremony over the weekend and next week the College of Ca

During Syria's long civil war, the White Helmets were known for running into harms way, rescuing civ

The sometimes cold and often frozen relationship between Russia and the U.S. has gotten a lot warmer

America's neighbor to the north has seen wide ranging impacts from the tariffs on goods sent to the

Catholics around the world are in mourning following the death of Pope Francis. We go to one tiny ch

Pope Francis died of a stroke on Easter Monday, according to the Vatican. He was one of the most pop

In Kenya, generations of mostly Somalians have lived in one of the world's largest refugee camps for

The discovery of a clandestine cartel crematorium on a disused ranch in Jalisco has once again raise

After being hunted to near extinction, wolves have made a population comeback in recent decades with