(RUSSIA) -- When President Joe Biden was asked Friday what his message was to Russia over the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich this week, he replied, "Let him go." And as has become routine, there was public outcry for the American's release. But how to handle what…
(PRETORIA, South Africa) -- Former South African Olympic and Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius had his parole denied following a board hearing Friday. The hearing took place in Atteridgeville Correctional Centre on the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa, where Pistorius has been incarcerated since 2016. Pistorius was convicted of murder in…
(ROME) -- Pope Francis is expected to leave the hospital Saturday morning after spending three days recovering from bronchitis, according to the Vatican press office. "His Holiness's return home to Santa Marta is expected for tomorrow, dependent on his latest medical test results carried out this morning," director of the…
(LONDON) -- The Russian Federation will on April 1 take over the presidency of the U.N. Security Council, a shift in power that may seem extraordinary amid the war in Ukraine. Despite the international condemnation and the allegations of President Vladimir Putin's forces committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine, it…
(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S.-based nonprofit is providing life-changing prosthetic limbs to Ukrainian soldiers who were wounded while defending their country against Russian forces. In just a few months, Kind Deeds has helped 11 soldiers receive and get fitted with prostheses. Two of them, 32-year-old Roman and 50-year-old Oleh, each lost…
(ROME) -- Pope Francis has "progressively improved" after spending the night in the hospital with a respiratory infection, the Vatican Press Office said Thursday. The pontiff rested well during the night, Matteo Bruni, director of the Press Office of the Holy See, said in a statement issued in Italian. "The…
(NEW YORK) -- A fire broke out at a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, killing 39 people, officials said. The blaze began as the result of a protest by people being held in the facility, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico said in a morning…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. would like to see any decision on judicial overhaul in Israel in "keeping with a consensus" and based on the "broadest possible base of public support," White House spokesperson John Kirby said Wednesday. Kirby sent the message at the daily briefing amid questions on a rare public…
(DEN HAAG, Netherlands) -- A 41-year-old man allegedly fathered more than 500 children in the Netherlands, according to the Donorkind Foundation, an organization that helps children born via sperm donations who are looking for their origins. Donorkind, which is based in Den Haag, Netherlands, confirmed in a statement that a generous…
(NEW YORK) -- Countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East have all avoided taking sides on Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- but India's size and power make it the most influential nation to remain neutral, a year into the war. The world's second-largest country and sixth-largest economy will continue…
