Kremlin says a 2022 Ukrainian law bans Zelenskyy from talks with Putin
A Ukrainian decree from 2022 ruling out negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin raises the question of who could sit at the table in potential peace talks aimed at ending their ...
Middle East latest: Israel demolished 181 Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem, group says
An Israeli rights group says Israel demolished a record number of Palestinian homes in annexed east Jerusalem last year. Ir Amim, which closely tracks settlement activity and demolitions in the ...
Army surrounds South Sudan’s vice president’s home as his allies are arrested
South Sudanese soldiers surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital on Wednesday and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied ...
Greenlanders are waking up to a message from Trump welcoming them to the United States
Greenlanders awoke Wednesday to a message from U.S. President Donald Trump, who said his administration supported the Arctic island’s right of self-determination and also ...
Pope resting after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he battles pneumonia
Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week observances, after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he ...
Suspect arrested after man found shot to death in Riverside parking lot
A suspect was arrested after a man was found shot to death in a Riverside parking lot. The suspect was identified as Jose Leon Navarrette, 25, of Riverside. On Feb. 21, Riverside police ...
Prominent Los Angeles tattoo artist pleads guilty to tax crimes
A popular Los Angeles tattoo artist pleaded guilty to tax crimes, federal officials announced Tuesday. Daniel Joseph Winter, 43, better known as Winter Stone to his fans, pleaded guilty to one ...
Phone scammer caught taking shoebox of money in Chino Hills sting operation
A Southern California man was arrested for targeting an elderly woman through phone scams, stealing about $30,000, and attempting to take more before she called the police. The Chino Hills Police ...
Who’s St. Francis, whose love for the poor, creation, and peace inspires Pope Francis?
As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to make their way to this hilltop town to pray at the tomb of St.
Israel cut off food and supplies to Gaza. Aid groups are scrambling. What’s happening on the ground?
Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive trying to distribute dwindling ...
Five takeaways from Trump’s address to Congress
President Trump delivered the first congressional address of his second term on Tuesday evening. It was a chance for the president to underscore the sweeping changes he has wrought in the six ...
Trump vows to press ahead on reshaping America in speech to Congress as Democrats register dissent
President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in an ...