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The Vatican is opening a celebration of the popemobile, the now-iconic vehicle that for nearly a century has let popes get close to the faithful at home and abroad.

North Korea test-fired its latest salvo of missiles Thursday, with around a dozen projectiles launched from the country's west coast travelling around 155 miles before splashing in the Sea of Japan around midday.

Tehran has received Vice President J.D. Vance's letter proposing new peace talks between the U.S. and Iran, according to the Islamic republic's media, amid reports that factions in Washington are angling to restart diplomacy.

Parts of a large volcanic rock formation crashed down in Turkey's popular tourism destination of Cappadocia on Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring five others, officials said.

Israeli politics can seem bewildering to Americans because they are based on separate electoral, constitutional, and cultural foundations.

Prime Minister Mark Carney called Canada "the most European of non-European countries" early in U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war. Now, he's hosting European leaders to pursue an unprecedented alliance, but the proposed EU "associate member"

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will resign nine months before the end of her term, a move that opens the way for European leaders to choose a successor ahead of France's presidential election next year.

The villagers who first spotted the five baby orangutans in a casuarina forest in India in early September were puzzled by their reddish hair and unfamiliar faces.

A refusal by Israeli opposition leaders to work with the country's Arab political parties -- which won a historic 19 seats in Tuesday's elections -- could mean that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could remain in office.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's senior military planner as the Trump administration contemplates more strikes on Iran.