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Pope Leo XIV condemned violations of media freedom and paid tribute to slain journalists during his weekly Sunday prayer, multiple news outlets report.

The Israeli government has approved the purchase of two U.S.-built fighter jet squadrons for the Israeli air force.

A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship killed three people and left at least five others seriously ill, including two crew members requiring urgent care.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist party is poised to wrest control of the state of West Bengal, an opposition stronghold, in a key local election.

Britain's Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, announced Monday that they are expecting their third child.

The U.S. military is denying Iranian claims that it struck a Navy ship in the Middle East as President Trump launches a program to help vessels stuck in the Strait of Hormuz.

A United Airlines plane hit a delivery truck from a Baltimore bakery Sunday while the passenger jet was attempting to land at Newark International Airport, police said.

Projectiles struck a ship in the narrow Strait of Hormuz, the British military said Monday, the second such attack in hours as tensions remain high between Iran and the United States.

The Navy will deploy guided-missile destroyers, more than 100 land- and sea-based combat aircraft, and several sea and air drones to guide international commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command officials said Sunday.

Rudolph Giuliani, the ex-mayor of New York City and a former adviser to President Donald Trump, is in critical but stable condition at a hospital, his spokesman said Sunday.