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FILE- In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to the then commander of the Revolutionary Guard Mohammad Ali Jafari during a graduation ceremony of a group of the guard's officers in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2015. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

What to know about Iran's Revolutionary Guard, a powerful force within the country's theocracy

10:20 PM on Sunday, March 1

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has become a powerful force within the country's theocracy, answering only to the supreme leader

Palestinians gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Gaza's ceasefire had some momentum. Now, some fear a new war will distract the world

3:54 PM on Sunday, March 1

Palestinians in Gaza are reacting to a possible shift in the world's attention away from the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to a new regional conflict with Iran

Buddhist practitioner and disciple of Master YongHua, Sarah Kim, shows the Fragrant Oil Shariras among other Buddhist relics displayed at Wei Mountain Temple, in Rosemead, Calif., Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Teeth, finger bones and blessings: Buddhist relics inspire belief

7:00 AM on Sunday, March 1

Every Lunar New Year for the past 14 years, a Southern California Buddhist temple has displayed what it calls the “10,000 Buddha Relics.”

Shiite Muslims set a fire at the U.S. Consulate's entrance gate during a rally to condemn the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

At least 22 people killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm US Consulate

2:02 AM on Sunday, March 1

Authorities say at least 22 people were killed and more than 120 wounded in clashes with police on Sunday after protesters tried to storm the U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi and U.N. offices in the north of the country

People stock up on food at a market in Algiers, Algeria, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2026, before the start of the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Algerians struggle to afford Ramadan feasts as prices rise despite government pledges

11:03 PM on Saturday, February 28

Many Algerians mark Ramadan with prayer and shared meals, but rising prices make the holiday table hard to afford

FILE - In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 31, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

How succession works in Iran and who could be the country's next supreme leader

8:49 PM on Saturday, February 28

In Iran the supreme leader is the heart of a complex power-sharing theocracy and has final say over all matters of state

FILE - In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in a ceremony meeting a group of officials, in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who led the Islamic Republic since 1989, is dead at 86

7:51 PM on Saturday, February 28

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, has been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes

FILE - In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to a speaker during a meeting with a group of university students in Tehran, Iran, May 28, 2018. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

What to know about Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

4:57 PM on Saturday, February 28

Iranian state media say Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead

People take shelter in an underground metro station as air raid sirens warn of incoming strikes by Iran, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

In familiar ritual, Israelis race back and forth to shelters to escape Iranian missile barrages

10:45 AM on Saturday, February 28

Nonstop Iranian missile fire has sent residents of central Israel scrambling in and out of shelters throughout the day

A screen with a replica of “The Last Judgment,” superimposed on it covers the scaffolding used for its extraordinary maintenance during a presentation for press in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican removes salty white film coating Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment'

6:56 AM on Saturday, February 28

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement” is getting a facial

Archbishop Bernard Hebda, and Cardinals Robert McElroy, Christophe Pierre and Joseph Tobin celebrate a mass in solidarity with migrants at the Chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

In Minnesota, US cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations and call for reconciliation

12:39 PM on Friday, February 27

Two American cardinals and the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government’s immigration crackdown

FILE - Cities Church is seen in St. Paul, Minn. where activists shut down a service claiming the pastor was also working as an ICE agent, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Attorney general announces indictment against 30 more people who protested at a Minnesota church

12:34 PM on Friday, February 27

Attorney General Pam Bondi says federal prosecutors have indicted 30 more people tied to a protest at a Minnesota church over an immigration enforcement crackdown

Trump says he's 'not happy' with the way Iran is negotiating but says 'we'll see what happens' with additional talks

12:07 PM on Friday, February 27

Trump says he's 'not happy' with the way Iran is negotiating but says 'we'll see what happens' with additional talks

People gather at a lookout to look for the possible arrival of the US Navy's aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford in the Mediterranean Sea near the coast of Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Trump says he is 'not happy' with the Iran nuclear talks but indicates he'll give them more time

5:40 AM on Friday, February 27

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with the latest talks over Iran’s nuclear program but has indicated he'll give the negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East

Palestinians gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A new Gallup poll shows how Americans' sympathies have shifted in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

3:06 AM on Friday, February 27

A new Gallup poll shows that American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis

New Gallup poll finds that American sympathy has shifted toward Palestinians after decades of strong support for Israel

3:02 AM on Friday, February 27

New Gallup poll finds that American sympathy has shifted toward Palestinians after decades of strong support for Israel

Trees and buildings dot Tapalpa, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, a day after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

In 'El Mencho's' last redoubt, a crucifix, saint candles and a handwritten psalm

7:19 PM on Thursday, February 26

Items inside cartel boss “El Mencho’s” hideout showed a strong streak of popular religious devotion

FILE - Students work under Ten Commandments and Bill of Rights posters on display in a classroom at Lehman High School, in Kyle, Texas, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Hundreds of corrections being issued for Texas' Bible-infused curriculum

6:44 PM on Thursday, February 26

A Bible-infused curriculum that Texas approved for public schools over pushback in 2024 will undergo corrections to fix hundreds of errors caught by teachers and education officials after the material was introduced to classrooms

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