(SEOUL, South Korea) -- North Korea's state newspaper published pictures of Kim Ju Ae, the famous 10-year-old daughter of Kim Jong Un, again overseeing a missile test site on Monday. The outside world is looking at the dictator's young daughter with curiosity, as the girl shakes hands with experienced military…
(AMMAN, Jordan) -- The Pentagon on Monday announced the establishment of a multinational naval task force to protect commercial ships from Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which have escalated in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The task force will be known…
(NEW YORK) -- A 12-year-old girl has died in an apparent strike at a Gaza hospital weeks after she said in an interview that she only wanted "the war to end." A tank shell struck a children's ward at the Nasser Hospital Complex in Khan Younis on Sunday night, killing…
(NEW YORK) -- Pope Francis has formally signed off on allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples -- a radical change in Vatican policy. A declaration from the Vatican's doctrine office released Monday provides guidance and details the declaration, which states, in part, "When people ask for a blessing, an…
(CAIRO) -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday won a third term in office, earning 89.6% of the vote, the National Elections Authority said in a statement. Egyptians voted last week in an election eclipsed by the war in neighboring Gaza, with incumbent El-Sisi guaranteed another term in the…
(NEW YORK) -- North Korea launched a long-range ballistic missile, testing a warhead that may be capable of striking anywhere in the continental United States, Japanese officials said. Based on the flight trajectory, the launch appeared to have been an intercontinental ballistic mission with an estimated range of about 9,300…
(HONG KONG) -- After more than three years in prison, pro-democracy activist and media mogul Jimmy Lai’s long-awaited and delayed national security trial opened Monday morning under heavy security in Hong Kong. In the most high-profile case since Beijing's imposition of its controversial national security law in 2020, Hong Kong…
(ROME) -- The Vatican city court on Saturday sentenced Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once touted as a possible papal contender, to 5 1/2 years in prison for mismanaging a Vatican property portfolio which included a luxury flat in London. Becciu, the former Substitute for General Affairs in the Vatican Secretariat…
(GAZA) -- The Israel Defense Forces said they mistakenly killed three hostages during combat this week in Shejaiya, Gaza, spokesman Daniel Hagari said during a press briefing Friday. The three men killed have been identified as 28-year old Yotam Haim; 26-year old Alon Shamriz; and 22-year old Samer Talalka. Haim…
(LONDON) -- A U.K. judge on Friday issued a ruling in Prince Harry's lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers, the publisher of The Daily Mirror, saying the Duke of Sussex's phone was probably hacked "to a modest extent" by Mirror Group Newspapers. The Duke of Sussex has been awarded £140,600 ($179,…
