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In the suit, 15 Democratic states called Trump’s declaration illegal and said federal agencies were rushing permits for fossil fuel projects under false pretenses.

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

President Trump made his threat in a post on Truth Social that came after a phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.

The pope’s eldest brother, Louis Prevost, remembering their boyhood in Illinois from his home in Florida, said that the pontiff had always been a peacemaker.

Both countries accused each other of aiming attacks at territories well beyond their disputed Kashmir border. As night fell late Friday, India reported heavy drone incursions in the country’s north.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago and gradually rose through the ranks of the Roman Catholic Church.

In the past, cricket helped bring the two countries closer. But separating the growing political tensions from the sport has became almost impossible.

No one has a clear idea about how far the new fight with Pakistan might lead — into their country, or even into their own homes.

Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from the president’s America First approach.

From delivering help to flood-ravaged regions to singing Christmas songs to blessing babies, Pope Leo XIV tried to be a cleric of the people in Peru.

St. John Paul II cut the waiting period to five years, but his own canonization nine years after his death has become a cautionary tale.

India has said it identified Turkish drones used by Pakistan; Pakistan said it identified Israeli drones used by India. Neither of those reports could be independently verified.

A lawsuit filed with the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights seeks the release of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States and jailed in a notorious Salvadoran prison.

Two men were found guilty Friday of felling the famous tree in northern England, bringing some closure to a baffling crime that had saddened and mystified the nation.

With the United States on the sidelines, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are trying to play a role as mediators.