Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike
Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was released on bail Friday, his supporters said.
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Pope lands in South Sudan to urge peace as fighting kills 27
The pontiff arrived in South Sudan on Friday for the second and final leg of his African pilgrimage.
Australia to remove British monarchy from bank notes
Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes. The nation’s central bank said its new $5 bill would feature an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III.
Russia hits civilian targets anew, EU officials visit Kyiv
After months of agonizing, the United States agreed to send longer-range bombs to Ukraine as it prepares to launch a spring offensive.
Pope urges Congo youth to reject corruption
KINSHASA, Congo — Pope Francis led Congo's young people in a rousing denunciation of political corruption on Thursday, turning an otherwise scripted meeting with church catechists into a rally that shook the capital's sports stadium.
Iranian film director goes on hunger strike in prison
An Iranian director who was arrested last summer has gone on hunger strike to protest his continued detention amid more than four months of anti-government protests.
Neighbors win privacy feud with United Kingdom art gallery
The U.K. Supreme Court ruled that a viewing platform at London’s Tate Modern art gallery breached the privacy of residents of luxury apartments next door, saying the scrutiny made residents feel like animals in a zoo.
Central American gangs raising fears in southern Mexico
Street gangs from Central America are expanding their organized crime activities in southern Mexico. A key profit center is terror-based extortion on public transportation drivers.
Ireland celebrates 'matron saint' with prayers, new holiday
Devotees in Ireland are marking the feast day of St. Brigid of Kildare, a medieval saint who is making a 21st century comeback.
Putin invokes Stalingrad battle as justifying Ukraine fight
"It's incredible, but it's a fact: they are threatening us again with German Leopard tanks with crosses painted on their armor," he said.
Beyoncé announces much anticipated 'Renaissance' world tour
The global superstar announced Wednesday she is taking her "Renaissance" global — starting a world tour in Sweden in May.
Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found in Australia
"This is an extraordinary result … they have quite literally found the needle in the haystack," the Emergency Services minister said.
Pope consoles Congolese victims: 'Your pain is my pain'
Congolese from traveled to Kinshasa to tell the pope of the horrific violence they suffered for years as rebel groups fought over territory.
Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found in Australia
The capsule the size of a pea was detected by a search vehicle travelling at 43 miles per hour when specialist equipment picked up radiation emitting from the capsule.
Global report highlights link between corruption, violence
The report ranks countries on a scale from a "highly corrupt" 0 to a "very clean" 100. Denmark is seen as the least corrupt, with 90 points.
Blinken Mideast visit highlights US limitations in region
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday wrapped up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank with no visible signs of progress toward halting one of the deadliest outbreaks of Israeli-Palestinian violence in years.
Church helps mining community evolve in dark, warming Arctic
Social life in the Norwegian village of Longyearbyen — hemmed in by mountains, a glacier and a fjord on a remote Arctic island — has long revolved around its only church.
'Hands off Africa!': Pope blasts foreign plundering of Congo
Pope Francis demanded Tuesday that foreign powers stop plundering Africa's natural resources for the "poison of their own greed."
Blinken urges Israel-Palestinian calm as violence soars
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israel and the Palestinians to exercise restraint amid a spike in violence that has the region on edge.
France buys new masterpiece for Orsay museum with LVMH gift
France has acquired a stunning Impressionist masterpiece for its national collection, with a donation from luxury goods giant LVMH paying nearly $47 million for "Boating Party" by 19th-century French artist Gustave Caillebotte.
