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The authority offered scant information about why it issued the ban in January, and it maintained that stance in announcing that it was rescinding it.

People in the city of Chiclayo, where Leo XIV served as bishop for about eight years, gathered to celebrate a man they see as one of their own.

Experts say the moves, which would apply to household appliances, will raise energy costs for consumers.

Plus, a big week for the art world.

Edan Alexander, a dual Israeli American national, was released following pressure from President Trump, who is set to travel to the region.

In his first audience with journalists as the pontiff, Leo renewed pleas for a more peaceful world. He also spoke to Ukraine’s president on Monday.

Damage was caused to the entrance of a property belonging to the prime minister in Kentish Town, but nobody was hurt, the police said.

On Monday, Hamas released the American Israeli citizen, who was serving in the Israeli army when he was captured on Oct. 7, 2023.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reverberate in neighboring countries.

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

European leaders threatened new sanctions unless Moscow accepted a cease-fire right away. President Trump seemed to endorse the idea of a meeting between Ukraine’s and Russia’s presidents, and said he might take part.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is visiting Beijing this week, and China’s Xi Jinping will also meet top officials from other Latin American and Caribbean nations to emphasize their ties.

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

The best art makes us question the received ideas we’ve internalized and, just maybe, offers us ideas for living differently.

Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country flew out of Johannesburg on Sunday. Their departure for the U.S. came as the Trump administration was halting virtually all refugee admissions.

Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country flew out of Johannesburg on Sunday. Their departure for the U.S. came as the Trump administration was halting virtually all refugee admissions.

The Kurdish group waged a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for four decades.

President Trump goes to the Gulf kingdom this week seeking $1 trillion worth of investments in the United States — a sum equivalent to the entire Saudi gross domestic product for a year.