Welcome to The Azadi Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that unpacks the key issues in Afghanistan. To subscribe, click here. I'm Abubakar Siddique, senior correspondent at RFE/RL's Radio Azadi.

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Americans gathered in St. Peter’s Square on May 8 to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States. Born Robert Francis Prevost on Chicago’s South Side ...

Wild new video shows the moment a crew of pint-sized perps — some of them linked to a violent migrant youth gang — ganged up on two NYPD cops in the heart of Times Square, police said.

Florida St. According to Mobile police spokesperson Blake Brown, the shooter approached a woman in her 70s, and demanded money from her. She refused and there was a struggle, Brown said.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zartaj Gul was acquitted on Tuesday in two cases related to the party’s Azadi March, following a verdict announced by a local court in Islamabad.

Pope Francis made a brief appearance on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter's Square as he continues his recovery from a near-fatal bout of double pneumonia. "Brothers and ...

Architect-designer Nicholas Potts drew inspiration from the past yet ditched convention to render a Washington, DC, home ...

By increasing the residents living and businesses operating on the Square, the city is increasing pedestrian activity. To put it simply, opposing development is the antithesis of pedestrian safety.

Milwaukee police say a 70-year-old person was beaten to death during a home invasion in the early morning hours of April 25, and are investigating the crime as a homicide. The incident occurred ...