Read more about the article UN General Assembly elects 5 non-permanent members to Security Council by Ehud Jones.
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UN General Assembly elects 5 non-permanent members to Security Council by Ehud Jones.

Today at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the General Assembly held a pivotal vote to determine five new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for the 2026…

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Read more about the article Pope Leo XIV celebrates his Inaugural Mass Sunday by Megan Owen.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost speaks from the Vatican balcony, May 8, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Marco Mantovani/Getty Images

Pope Leo XIV celebrates his Inaugural Mass Sunday by Megan Owen.

History is being made in Vatican City this weekend as Pope Leo XIV, the first American ever elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church, prepares to celebrate his inaugural mass.…

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Read more about the article Trump will call Putin and Zelenskyy next week by Megan Owen.
Trump said he will speak to Putin about ending the 'bloodbath' in Ukraine, and then he will call ZelenskyyImage: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Trump will call Putin and Zelenskyy next week by Megan Owen.

President Donald Trump is preparing for what could be pivotal conversations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. The White House has confirmed that President Trump will speak by phone…

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Read more about the article Vance meets with Zelenskyy in Rome by Megan Owen.
Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Palazzo Chigi prior their meeting in Rome, May 18, 2025. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images

Vance meets with Zelenskyy in Rome by Megan Owen.

With diplomatic developments out of Europe, where Vice President JD Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome—part of a flurry of high-level talks on the war in Ukraine,…

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Read more about the article Zelenskyy agrees to meet with Putin at Istanbul on Thursday by Megan Owen.
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Zelenskyy agrees to meet with Putin at Istanbul on Thursday by Megan Owen.

In a major diplomatic development, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for face-to-face peace talks. The high-stakes summit is scheduled to take place this…

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Read more about the article A Coalition of the willing between Leaders of Germany, France, the UK and Poland in Kyiv by Megan Owen
The Prime Minister, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Picture: X/@EmmanuelMacron

A Coalition of the willing between Leaders of Germany, France, the UK and Poland in Kyiv by Megan Owen

In a major diplomatic development, the leaders of Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Poland are on their way to Kyiv for a crucial meeting of the so-called “coalition of…

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Read more about the article Russia celebrates the 80th Anniversary of the Defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by Megan Owen
Heads of foreign delegations, led by Russia's President Vladimir Putin, watch service members marching past during a flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Victory Day. [Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters]

Russia celebrates the 80th Anniversary of the Defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by Megan Owen

Moscow has staged one of its largest Victory Day parades in years, marking the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II — even as the war in…

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Read more about the article Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV by Megan Owen.
Pope Leo XIV was elected on Thursday, May 8 after two days of voting. Credit : TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty

Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV by Megan Owen.

For the first time in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, an American has been elected pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary known for his decades of…

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