Crucial meetings will be held this week in which contenders begin jockeying in earnest for the job of leading the Roman Catholic Church.

The attack raised concerns that the cease-fire that ended a war between Israel and Lebanese militants might be in jeopardy.

The Pakistani military is under strain on several fronts as it also faces the possibility of armed conflict with India.

A man was arrested after a vehicle drove into a Filipino community festival on Saturday in British Columbia, in a “mass casualty incident,” the police said.

The United States has been pushing Ukraine to accept a peace plan that seems in part a gift to Moscow. But a short meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky, and subsequent comments, appeared to be a change in tone.

After Joe Tay set up a run for Parliament, China issued a warrant for his arrest and coordinated online attacks on his candidacy.

The ramming episode, at a Filipino-themed block party in Vancouver on Saturday, killed “a number of people,” and injured more, the police said.

As world powers face multiple crises, the one set off by a terror attack in Kashmir is getting scant attention, and little help de-escalating between two nuclear-armed neighbors.

Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.

Medicines and chemicals are huge exports for European Union countries. That makes the sector a weak spot as trade tensions drag on.