Pope Leo XIV is encouraging Turkey to be a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict. The American pope emphasized a message of peace as he arrived Thursday in Ankara on his first foreign trip as pontiff. After meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Leo prai… Read morePope Leo XIV encourages Turkey to be a force for stability and peace as he opens first foreign trip

Wisconsin authorities have asked a state court to revoke the conditional release of Morgan Geyser, the woman who in 2014 almost killed her sixth grade classmate in the name of horror villain Slender Man and escaped from a group home earlier this week. A Waukesha County Circuit Court judge ag… Read moreWisconsin seeks to block Morgan Geyser's conditional release after escape from group home

A senior Kremlin official confirms that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit Moscow next week. Efforts are picking up speed to find a consensus on ending the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov s… Read moreKremlin confirms US envoy will visit as talks on ending war in Ukraine gain momentum

Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the U.S. capital have been shot blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor characterized as a targeted attack. The FBI director and Washington's mayor say the guard members were hospitalized Wednesday in cri… Read more2 National Guard members shot in an ambush attack just blocks from the White House

Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in years is still burning. It has left at least 44 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers pulling residents from blazing high-rise apartment buildings into the morning. Police had arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with fire w… Read more3 arrested in Hong Kong, as a high-rise fire leaves at least 44 dead and 279 reported missing