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Four children were killed when vehicle smashed through Illinois building, police say

Police received calls about a vehicle fatally hitting three people outside, ramming through the building and then hitting another person before exiting the othe...

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Power begins to return after huge outage hits Spain and Portugal

The cause was unclear, with Portugal suggesting the issue originated in Spain and Spain pointing the finger at a break-up in its connection to France

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Russia declares a 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for next week to mark Victory Day in World War II

The truce, ordered on “humanitarian grounds,” will run from the start of May 8 and last through the end of May 10 to mark Moscow’s defeat of Nazi Germany

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Conclave to elect new Pope to begin on May 7

To validly elect a new Pope, a two-thirds majority of the electors present is required.

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The Vatican closes the Sistine Chapel to the public and prepares for a papal conclave

Sistine Chapel is being prepared for the red-robed cardinals who will gather at the Vatican to choose the next pope in an ancient process fictionalized in the 2...

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U.S. in touch with India and Pakistan; urges work toward 'responsible solution'

US expressed support for India after Kashmir attack but has not directly criticized Pakistan

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North Korea confirms that it dispatched troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine

The troops’ deployment was meant to “annihilate and wipe out the Ukrainian neo-Nazi occupiers and liberate the Kursk area in cooperation with the Russian armed...

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Trump says he doubts Putin’s desire for peace

Attacks came hours after Russia claimed to have regained control over the remaining parts of the Kursk region that Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise incursi...

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Murder charges filed against suspect for killing 11 in Vancouver street festival ramming attack

British Columbia Prosecution Service charged Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, with eight counts of second degree murder and said more charges were possible

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Multiple dead, injured in Vancouver after vehicle plows into Filipino festival

A black vehicle was seen driving erratically in the area of the festival just before the crowd was struck

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China launches first 10G broadband network

China has launched its first commercial 10-Gigabit broadband network in Sunan County, Hebei Province, in collaboration with Huawei and China Unicom

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US peace proposal shock: Ukrainians will not accept any formal surrender of Crimea

Giving up the land that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 is also politically and legally impossible, according to experts

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Trump's next 100 days to feature trade deals, peace talks, 'torpedoes,' officials say

The U.S. President expects trade deals within 90 days but analysts skeptical