International

Pope Francis will meet victims of clergy sexual abuse during his trip to Ireland, as scandals in several countries mire the Catholic Church in its worst credibility crisis in more than 15 years

Kerala received rainfall more than 40% greater than normal for the monsoon season, which runs from June to September

Regarding the relation between his country and the United States, he stressed that effective diplomacy and open dialogue would meaningfully address its current state, yet, he warned “we will push back against any and all threats”

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has doubled down on his challenge to the US by strengthening relations with Russia, Iran, and China, despite the economic sanctions that have plunged the Turkish lira to its worst level against the dollar in nearly 20 years

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won a landslide victory giving him a second term to try to turn back a surge in ethnic and Islamist militant violence

While Abdo campaigned on a promise to continue Horacio Cartes’ business-friendly policies, he also said the country would pursue more aggressive tax policies to increase government coffers

About 30 people were killed on Tuesday by the collapse of a motorway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa

Officials from both sides meeting in the truce village of Panmunjom, in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas, reached an agreement on a September summit between the countries’ leaders in the North’s capital of Pyongyang

Colombia’s President-elect Iván Duque Márquez took office on Tuesday, opening a new chapter in the South American nation with potential consequences for its peace process, the crisis in neighboring Venezuela and regional stability

The assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has once more raised the question of his government’s survival, amid new opposition efforts to consolidate a united front and a rampant economic crisis that is ravaging the South American nation