By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV declared Peru his "homeland" on Wednesday as he arrived in Lima at the start of his historic visit, returning to the place that taught him how to be a pastor and where a nationwide party erupted to ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China and Southeast Asian countries have made progress on a South China Sea pact but won't be able to conclude decades of consultations and negotiations this year as agreed, three regional diplomats said Wednesday. China and the ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Karol Nawrocki joins thousands of right-wing demonstractors at an annual march in the capital to mark Independence Day. The demonstration comes amid growing concerns about violent extremism in Poland after a deadly shooting in Krakow on Saturday. Before ...
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said law enforcement found no concrete threat during checks of thousands of school buildings that were evacuated Wednesday after an emailed bomb threat, the latest in a series of disruptions affecting European ...
By JOSEPH FALZETTA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — United Nations peacekeepers and South Sudanese authorities failed to take adequate action despite warnings weeks before insurgents raided a village and killed more than 200 people earlier this year, Amnesty International said in a ...
By CLARA PREVE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A 74-year-old Italian convicted of terrorism-related crimes for his involvement in a far-left militant group escaped house arrest in Buenos Aires by descending from a fifth-floor apartment using a harness and rope, prompting ...