Germany enters 2026 facing a world in upheaval. Whether navigating relations with the United States, Ukraine, China or Middle ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for a Christmas Day truce in ongoing conflicts around the world, and spoken out against the passage ...

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BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded a ...

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"If Russia can be barred from sport events for their invasion of Ukraine, how can we look at Israel and not do the same thing ...

Zelensky predicts no Ukraine ceasefire by Christmas, extending the war into a fifth year, complicating US-Europe relations.

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Pope Leo made an appeal for "one full day of peace throughout the world" in a Christmas address outside Castel Gandolfo in ...