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Smoke rises following an explosion in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli strikes kill more than 40 people in Gaza, say health officials, ahead of UN meeting

4:11 AM on Sunday, September 21

Health officials say Israeli strikes in Gaza City overnight and at a refugee camp have killed more than 40 people, including 19 women and children

A young member of the Afro-Bolivian community dances the “saya,” a traditional dance performed with drums and chants, as part of the celebrations to mark the upcoming National Day of Afro-Bolivian people, in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Afro-descendants in Bolivia fight invisibility with dance and memory

12:07 AM on Sunday, September 21

Afro-Bolivians, though recognized in their country's 2009 constitution, remain among Bolivia’s most invisible groups

FILE - Public relations expert Francesca Chaouqui walks past two Vatican Gendarmi as she leaves the Vatican during a pause of her trial, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Texts reveal behind-the-scenes maneuvering of the Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’

1:08 AM on Saturday, September 20

When the appeals trial opens Monday in the Vatican's “trial of the century,” thousands of pages of WhatsApp text messages will be taking center stage

FILE — Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during news conference in Rome, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

After explosive revelations, Vatican trial heads to appeals phase

12:45 AM on Saturday, September 20

The Vatican’s “trial of the century” is heading into the appeals phase

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, arrives for a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Orthodox patriarch defends recognition of an independent Ukrainian church

3:36 PM on Friday, September 19

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians has defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine

Vinicio Cruz and Carmen Chavez get married during a ceremony inside San Juan de Dios church in Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. The church withstood the 8.0 earthquake of 1985, however, its structure was severely damaged in 2017 and it was forced to shut down and reopened in late 2024 after most of its restoration was completed. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexican churches mark the anniversary of deadly quakes with remembrance and lessons for the future

3:26 PM on Friday, September 19

Sept. 19 carries a unique significance in Mexico: on this very date — 32 years apart — two powerful earthquakes struck the country, killing thousands and toppling buildings

Charlie Kirk's AI resurrection ushers in a new era of digital grief

10:28 AM on Friday, September 19

A wave of AI-generated content flooded social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, with supporters and even Kirk’s former colleagues sharing AI-created images, videos and audio messages featuring the late activist

FILE - People gather to light candles in a makeshift memorial to honor Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim who were killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, during a candlelight vigil outside of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

For many US Jews, High Holy Days will be a mix of anxiety and determination

6:24 AM on Friday, September 19

For Jews worldwide, the High Holy Days are always a compelling mix of celebration and repentance

Miniature replicas of the new central tower that will crown the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, making it the largest Christian church in Europe, are displayed during a press conference in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Barcelona's Sagrada Familia is ready to raise its highest tower and become Europe's tallest church

8:48 AM on Thursday, September 18

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica is ready to raise its immense central tower over the coming months and become the tallest Christian church in Europe

Israeli police and soldiers stand guard near the site of a shooting attack where Israeli officials say two people were shot and killed in a militant attack at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Gunman kills 2 at Israeli-run crossing between West Bank and Jordan. 4 soldiers killed in Gaza

7:58 AM on Thursday, September 18

Officials say a Jordanian aid truck driver opened fire and killed two people at an Israeli-run border crossing in the occupied West Bank on Thursday

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo talks Trump, sex abuse scandals, LGBTQ+ welcome and China in his first interview

4:29 AM on Thursday, September 18

Pope Leo XIV says he has no intention of getting involved in U.S. politics but will raise his voice on issues of concern to the Catholic Church, including on immigration

An exterior of Harvest Christian Fellowship church is seen on April, 5, 2020, in Riverside, Calif. (Cindy Yamanaka/The Orange County Register via AP)

Lawsuits accuse former California megachurch pastor of child sex abuse in Bucharest

9:08 PM on Wednesday, September 17

Two Romanian men have filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in California accusing a former megachurch pastor of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest

The crowd reacts after Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, is shot at the Utah Valley University Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

A timeline of Charlie Kirk's assassination and the arrest of a suspect

3:30 PM on Friday, September 12

Prosecutors say the 22-year-old man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University has been charged with capital murder

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