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Pope Leo XIV delivers a blessing in St. Peter's Basilica, on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in his first Latin American trip as pontiff

7:43 AM on Wednesday, August 5

Pope Leo XIV will make his first trip to Latin America as pontiff in November, visiting Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru

Elderly residents perform tai chi near the portrait of Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders at the Chengguan District Day Care Center for the Elderly in western China's Tibet autonomous region on July 20, 2026, as seen during a government-organized visit for foreign journalists. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A rare glimpse into Tibet, where some hope to preserve language and customs despite China's new law

9:04 PM on Tuesday, August 4

A 73-year-old retired nurse spoke her native Tibetan all her life but never learned to write it — until now

The financial dilemma that wound up helping US churches thrive

8:44 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Shiite worshipers carrying a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khomeini gather between the holy shrines of Imam Abbas and Imam Hussein during Arbaeen, marking the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashoura, in Karbala, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Shiite Muslims join Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq amid fears of US-Iran escalation

4:25 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Millions of Shiite Muslims have observed the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq, amid regional tensions and fears of escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict

Ethiopia landslide kills 14 at monastery ritual, search continues for missing

6:01 PM on Monday, August 3

A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Ethiopia’s Amhara region has killed 14 and injured seven others

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinians try to extinguish a burning car after an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Board of Peace envoy meets with Netanyahu on Gaza disarmament deal and urges a halt to strikes

3:10 PM on Monday, August 3

The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Vehicles travel past a billboard depicting a fallen Statue of Liberty and crowds carrying Iranian and Shiite flags at Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump optimistic Iran talks will reopen strait, and other developments in the Middle East

5:49 AM on Monday, August 3

After calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump says the two sides are resuming talks to wind down the war

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One while returning to the White House, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says Gulf leaders' input weighed heavily in decision to hold off on ordering new Iran strikes

12:09 AM on Sunday, August 2

President Donald Trump says he has decided to hold off on ordering new strikes against Iran after discussions with Gulf allies

A Palestinian woman inspects the scene of an Israeli airstrike near al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians in Gaza hope Hamas will disarm but fear Israeli forces won't withdraw

10:27 AM on Saturday, August 1

President Donald Trump's announcement that Hamas agreed to disarm offers a glimmer of hope for Palestinians in Gaza

Relatives and friends grieve over the body of Hassan Qahman at a hospital morgue after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Trump says he will order halt to Iran strikes after parameters reached for deal to end war

4:52 AM on Saturday, August 1

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on strikes he had threatened against Iran after the parameters of a deal to the end the war were reached

A Palestinian man rides his bicycle by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during the Israel Hamas war, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

White House signals Trump is weighing new strikes on Iran, and other developments in the Middle East

10:53 AM on Friday, July 31

A main development in the Middle East is that the White House is signaling that President Donald Trump is weighing carrying out new strikes on Iran

Pope Leo XIV speaks as he attends the "Canticle of Peace" prayer and fraternity meeting at Borgo Laudato Si' in Castel Gandolfo, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) southwest of Rome, Italy, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV, and says "Hi"

10:52 AM on Friday, July 31

Rock legend Patti Smith has met with Pope Leo XIV

As progressives seek to take on inequality, some cite religion as a motivating factor

7:25 AM on Friday, July 31

Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says his Muslim faith shapes his progressive views

Arlene Smith, lead singer of pioneering '50s girl group the Chantels, dies at 84

4:46 PM on Thursday, July 30

One of the first “girl group” stars has died

A damaged vehicle at the site of an airstrike on a Popular Mobilization Forces base in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Farid Abdulwahed)

US launches strikes on Iranian targets a day after it foiled missile attack on American forces

1:09 AM on Wednesday, July 29

The U.S. military says it has completed what it describes as “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran” conducted in response to an earlier Iranian missile attack on a U.S. base in Jordan

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