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Pope Leo XIV has led a peace meeting in Cameroon’s northwestern city of Bamenda, which is part of a region battered by a separatist violence

7:36 AM on Thursday, April 16

Indonesia is reviewing a U.S. proposal for overflight access to its airspace

6:47 AM on Thursday, April 16

U.S. military forces have struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs

6:34 AM on Thursday, April 16

Gabon’s former prime minister and leading opposition figure, Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze, has been arrested by the country’s security forces, his party announced in a statement on Thursday

6:14 AM on Thursday, April 16

Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief, is playing a crucial role in mediating between Iran and the U.S. A recent video shows him in Tehran, highlighting his involvement in easing tensions

6:05 AM on Thursday, April 16

President Donald Trump's design for the Triumphal Arch he wants to build is up for review by a key federal agency and a possible vote to approve it

6:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

In a rare bipartisan moment, the House has agreed to consider legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants

6:01 AM on Thursday, April 16

A new Gallup poll shows more young men in the U.S. now say religion is “very important” in their lives compared to young women

4:59 AM on Thursday, April 16

A South African opposition party leader, Julius Malema, has been sentenced to five years in prison for breaking firearm laws

4:21 AM on Thursday, April 16

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is receiving the prestigious International Four Freedoms Award

3:38 AM on Thursday, April 16

A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing

2:36 AM on Thursday, April 16

Pope Leo XIV has condemned the “handful of tyrants” exploiting Earth through war and greed

2:22 AM on Thursday, April 16

India’s Parliament has opened debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, a reform that could also trigger a sweeping redrawing of electoral boundaries and heighten political tensions

1:48 AM on Thursday, April 16

Lionel Rosenblatt, a high-profile advocate for refugee rights, has died at 82 after a battle with cancer

11:14 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has refused to speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

8:38 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics

4:02 PM on Wednesday, April 15

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup “for sure” despite its war with the United States

9:22 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez are leading in the race for president in the vote count after Peru’s general election

10:59 AM on Tuesday, April 14

The timeline is tightening as some states attempt to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of the November midterm elections