1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (411+ words) MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's business community is seeking alternative shipping routes due to disruptions and security concerns around the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Strait of Hormuz after Iran-backed Houthis captured a key port city and an island, sending thousands of…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (208+ words) A police officer stands near the high school where a student stabbed and injured another student and a janitor, in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. Credit: AP/Uncredited ZAGREB, Croatia — A student in a high school in Croatia's capital, Zagreb, on…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (418+ words) People run from the police during a march in support of transgender people and their rights during the LGBTQ Pride week, in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 21, 2026. Credit: AP/Dilara Acikgoz ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities cracked down on multiple LGBTQ+ groups and…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago   (579+ words) KYIV, Ukraine — Civilians were killed and injured overnight as Russia and Ukraine continued to attack each other with waves of drones. Two people were killed in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local officials, while Ukrainian authorities reported Russian drone attacks on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (264+ words) MOGADISHU, Somalia — Fighting erupted early Thursday between government forces and militias on the outskirts of Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa, with reports of heavy gunfire and civilians fleeing their homes. Somalia’s Defense Ministry said government forces were responding to an…...

7+ hour, 33+ min ago   (589+ words) People look for the names of their family members on a passenger list after a ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea, at the rescuers command center in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. Credit: AP/Iman Satria…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (378+ words) Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Sept.9, 2026. Credit: AP/Andrew Medichini VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope, called for a renewed commitment to peace on Sunday as…...

12+ hour, 39+ min ago   (474+ words) FLORENCE, Italy — A cycle of frescoes by Italian 14th-century master Giotto, depicting key moments in the life of St. Francis of Assisi, has been unveiled after a four-year restoration. The newly vibrant “Stories of St. Francis” were shown to the…...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago   (431+ words) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a session of the BRICS Plus Outreach format in New Delhi, India, on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. Credit: AP/Alexander Kazakov NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned that rising geopolitical tensions, supply…...

9+ hour, 58+ min ago   (453+ words) A motorboat travels past commercial vessels anchored amid haze in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. Credit: AP/Vahid Salemi CAIRO — An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of…...