DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war in the Middle East on Saturday, claiming two missile…
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Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean principality of Monaco to encourage its people to use their Catholic faith and wealth for good. As a cannon boomed, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene met Leo at the Monaco heliport Saturday. It's just down the coast from Monaco’s marina that is home to the megayachts of the rich and famous. A brilliant sun made the Mediterranean sparkle as Leo emerged from the Italian military helicopter that had ferried him from the Vatican for the one-day visit. It’s the first papal visit in modern times and the first since Pope Paul III came in 1538.
Israel’s military says it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel for the first time. The Houthis, a rebel group backed by Tehran that holds Yemen’s capital, have acknowledged launching the strike early Saturday. Attacks have appeared to intensify in the war in the Middle East including strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and an Iranian missile attack that wounded U.S. service members and damaged planes at a base in Saudi Arabia. The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations on Friday said Tehran has agreed to “facilitate and expedite” humanitarian aid through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. President Donald Trump has reiterated his desire for Saudi Arabia and Israel to normalize ties when the war ends.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched a wave of strikes on Iran early Friday ahead of a planned U.N. Security Council meeting to …
Israel’s military says it struck “the heart of Tehran” early Friday while smoke was seen billowing in the Beirut skyline. President Donald Trump has delayed his threat to obliterate Iran’s energy plants over its effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. He extended the deadline Thursday for the reopening after Wall Street’s worst day since the start of the war. Trump said talks aimed at ending the conflict were going “very well,” despite the fact Iran continues to publicly insist it is not negotiating with the White House. The Iran war has killed thousands and displaced millions across the Middle East.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Hamas militant group is weighing a new proposal for disarming its fighters in Gaza, a major concession that would clear t…
BEIRUT (AP) — A United Nations inquiry said Friday that there is “no indication” Syria has investigated violations its forces committed during…
A woman holds a portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest outside Iran's embassy, where dozens of people gathered waving Hezbollah and Iranian flags in solidarity with the Islamic Republic, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a deal to end the Iran war is near, after Tehran dismissed his 15-point ceasefire plan and issued its own sweeping demands to stop fighting as it launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries. Two officials from Pakistan described the 15-point U.S. proposal broadly, saying it included sanctions relief, a rollback of Iran’s nuclear program, limits on missiles and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil is normally shipped. Iran issued its own plan via state TV, which includes a halt to killings of its officials, means to make sure no other war is waged against it, reparations for the war, the end of hostilities, and Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
Over the past five years, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters at the U.S.-Mexico border to celebrating Mass with detained and deported migrants. Although border crossings have drastically changed under President Donald Trump’s administration, the priest says his mission remains centered on the Christian message “that God is accompanying you on your journey.” Based in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, Strassburger heads the Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries. He is one of three Jesuits on the staff who have been providing Mass and other sacraments to migrants on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border since 2021.