Pope visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, but does not pray, as he focuses on unifying Christians

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn’t stop to pray, as he opened an intense day of meetings and liturgies with Turkey’s Christian leaders where he again emphasized the need for Christians to be united. Leo took his shoes off and, in his whi...

Pope visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, but does not pray, as he focuses on unifying Christians

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn’t stop to pray, as he opened an intense day of meeting...

29.11.2025 10:45 0

The MAGA Reckoning: How Trump’s Foreign Policy Focus Is Dividing His Base

Some loyalists see the president’s increasing focus on Israel, Ukraine, Venezuela, and China as distractions from the movement’s ‘America First’ agend...

29.11.2025 09:00 0

Deadly Hong Kong Fire Is a Test of Beijing’s Rule in the City

After Beijing reshaped the political order in Hong Kong in its image, the fire has become a test of how well that new system can govern in a crisis....

29.11.2025 08:37 2

State Department Boosts Resources to Process Business Visas for South Koreans

The Trump administration has been trying to repair the damage from the detention of hundreds of South Koreans in an immigration raid in Georgia....

29.11.2025 06:06 1

Luigi Mangione Due in Court on Monday as Defense Seeks To Suppress Evidence From His McDonald’s Arrest That Could Put Him Away for Life

Defense attorneys are asking the judge to bar prosecutors from revealing the content of Mangione’s notebook and to bar it from being called ‘a manifes...

29.11.2025 05:55 3

South Africans Were Promised Job, but Ended Up ‘Going to War’ for Russia

The South African government is investigating how more than a dozen men unwittingly ended up on the front line in Russia’s war on Ukraine....

29.11.2025 05:03 0

Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rises to 248, authorities say

AGAM, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers in Indonesia struggled on Saturday to reach victims in several devastated areas that were hit by an earthquake a...

29.11.2025 04:50 4

Mammoth’s Clayton Keller plays in 4-3 loss to the

Mammoth’s Clayton Keller plays in 4-3 loss to the Stars one day after father’s death

DALLAS (AP) — Mammoth captain Clayton Keller played for Utah in Friday night’s 4-3 loss to the Dallas Stars, one day after the unexpected death of his...

29.11.2025 04:49 2

Authorities probe corruption and negligence in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has raised questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment comple...

29.11.2025 04:48 2