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Pakistan’s foreign minister said Saturday his country would consider de-escalation if India stopped its attacks, after India said it sought non-escalation if Pakistan agreed to do the same. Both countries traded strikes Saturday during the conflict sparked by a massacre last month, which India attributes to Pakistan. Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s …

Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Friday that “you cannot spy against an ally” in response to reports that the U.S. was gathering intelligence on Greenland, as U.S. President Donald Trump has continued to suggest purchasing the Arctic island. “Cooperation about defense and deterrence and security in the northern part …

India targeted three air bases inside Pakistan with missiles, most of which were intercepted, on Saturday, Pakistani military officials said.  The strike marks the latest escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals, a move triggered by a mass shooting that India blames Pakistan for. TRUMP OFFERS TO HELP INDIA, PAKISTAN AMID GROWING …

Two men were found guilty on Friday of cutting down Britain’s ‘Sycamore Gap’ tree two years ago, felling the much-loved landmark whose dramatic silhouette had featured in a Hollywood movie in what prosecutors described as a “moronic mission”. The sycamore, estimated to be almost 200 years old, stood at the …

The hostilities between India and Pakistan over the contested territory of Kashmir are igniting fears that a localized skirmish could boil over into a wider conflict and threaten the stability of the region. Watching closely is China and President Xi Jinping, a party to the Kashmir dispute with a stake …

Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as pontiff Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel. (Associated Press) A 2018 deal between the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party …

Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as pontiff Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel (Video: Associated Press.) Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff to take up …

Chinese President Xi Jinping was photographed standing next to Vladimir Putin on Friday as thousands of Russian troops and military vehicles rumbled through Moscow’s Red Square during the country’s annual Victory Day parade.  The event, marking Russia’s 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, featured over …

As silence and stillness calmed the eager world, Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti, overlooking a sea of tens of thousands of teary-eyed viewers in St. Peter’s Square, introduced Catholics and non-faithful to the newest pontiff. American Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected to take the papal seat and …

At least 119 Amtrak employees and doctors took the railroad company for a ride in a massive $12 million health fraud scheme, a watchdog found.  Amtrak’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) said employees based in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Connecticut and Washington, D.C., accepted cash kickbacks from …