Pope Leo XIV has offered to host a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican, while Cardinal Pietro Parolin called the failure of the two sides to reach a truce in Istanbul

Trump and Russia’s Putin spoke as Ukraine and Europe push for a ceasefire. The Supreme Court let Trump cancel protected status for Venezuelans. New worries about the U.S. economic outlook are coming into focus.

Russia’s contradictory messaging on Pope Francis’s death — and the strategy behind it - Exclusive: Analysis seen by The Independent found inconsistent messaging across Russian state-run outlets in the days following the death of Pope Francis,

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican. Vance offered Leo a letter from U.S.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he named Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of San Diego, California.