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The Vatican has ordered the world’s estimated 1.4 billion Catholics to no longer refer to Mary as the “co-redeemer” of the world, reaffirming that only Jesus Christ came to save humanity by offering salvation and eternal life to all who believe in Him.
Afghanistan struggled on Tuesday with the aftermath of a powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake that officials said shook the north of the troubled country, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, while also damaging the historic Blue Mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif.
At least seven people were killed and several others injured Tuesday after a passenger train crashed into a cargo train in central India, according to senior local government officials and railway sources.
Christians appealed for prayers Tuesday after Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally known as Tino, left at least one person dead and forced tens of thousands to flee as it swept through the central Philippines, officials and aid workers said.
Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, 71, announced Monday that he had formed a new governing coalition with right-wing and anti-Islam partners, triggering immediate controversy over his plan to appoint a foreign minister accused of racist and abusive behavior.
The aftermath of Spain’s worst flooding in recent memory became clearer Monday as Valencia’s regional president, Carlos Mazón, resigned after enduring months of political and public backlash over his handling of the 2024 floods that killed more than 200 people.
Tensions remained high in Serbia’s capital Monday after opponents and loyalists of President Aleksandar Vučić clashed in Belgrade during a rally marking one year since the Novi Sad train-station collapse that killed 16 people.
Ukraine was weighing its options Monday after U.S. President Donald J. Trump said he will not currently approve the transfer of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, despite Kyiv’s urgent requests as Russian strikes intensify around Pokrovsk and other eastern front-line areas.
Two prominent female survivors of Britain’s grooming-gang scandals have resigned from a government-backed panel advising a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation, amid concerns about how authorities are handling one of the country’s worst social crises.
British police have arrested two men on suspicion of attempted murder after a mass stabbing aboard a high-speed passenger train traveling through eastern England late Saturday left 11 people injured, several critically.
Mexico’s president has expressed her shock after a festive weekend turned tragic Saturday when at least 23 people, including children, were killed and a dozen others injured in a fire and explosion at a discount store in northwestern Mexico.
Doctors stripped of their medical licenses for serious offenses — including sexual assault and fatal malpractice — have continued to practice medicine in other European countries due to failed oversight and weak cross-border alert systems, a sweeping investigation has revealed.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says he hopes to convince U.S. President Donald J. Trump to exempt Hungary from new American sanctions targeting Russian oil companies, citing his nation’s heavy dependence on pipeline energy supplies.
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Serbia’s northern city of Novi Sad on Saturday to mark one year since a railway station roof collapse killed 16 people — an accident many blame on government corruption and negligence.
One of Europe’s largest music gatherings, the Sziget Festival, faces an uncertain future after the Budapest City Council failed to approve a new land-use agreement for the Óbudai-sziget (Óbuda Island) venue, where the event has been held since 1993.