ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn’t stop to pray, as he focused more on bolstering ties with Orthodox patriarchs and promoting courageous steps for Eastern and Western churches to be united. Leo took his shoes off and, in his white socks, toured the 17th-century mosque, looking up […]
LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s Shakespeare In Love, has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said Stoppard died “peacefully” at his home in Dorset in southern England, surrounded by his family. “He will be remembered for his […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka rose to 132, with 176 people still missing, authorities said Saturday. Nearly 78,000 people have been displaced and are in temporary shelters, the South Asian country’s disaster management center said. The death toll is expected […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Saturday outlined recovery and compensation plans for the southern part of the country, where severe flooding has killed at least 162 people. More than 1.4 million households and 3.8 million people have been affected by floods triggered by heavy rains in 12 southern provinces, the Department of Disaster […]
(The Center Square) – An Arizona man is one step closer to building his hotel in downtown Prescott after years of being denied city permits for what’s being called vague reasons. Jim Griset, who owns buildings in the Arizona city of about 46,000 people, has been trying to build his boutique hotel on his property. […]
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) announced his retirement from Congress on Saturday, the latest of several House Republicans to announce their departure. Nehls, 57, said he made the decision after careful consultation with his family over Thanksgiving. Unlike some others, like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), he will only exit Congress after his term ends. “After […]
(The Center Square) – Assaults against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are up 1,153% in 11 months, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. As ICE officers continue to arrest the most violent criminals nationwide, U.S. citizens have increasingly obstructed their efforts, including physically attacking them and threatening to kill them, according to […]
A top Ukrainian delegation will arrive in the United States ahead of special envoy Steve Witkoff’s meeting with top Russian officials in Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday that Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov would lead the delegation, marking the replacement of the former head of […]
(The Center Square) – Texas officials are seeking a partnership with the conservative organization Turning Point USA to place chapters on every college and high school campus in the state. Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of TPUSA, at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, many have debated what this means for freedom of speech and […]
ISTANBUL (AP) — Ukraine used domestically produced Sea Baby naval drones to strike two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, an official from Ukraine’s security services told The Associated Press on Saturday. The two oil tankers, Kairos and Virat — said to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” that evade sanctions — were struck in quick […]
