10+ hour, 26+ min ago   (397+ words) DAKAR, Senegal — The Olympic flame was welcomed by music and dancing in Senegal 's capital Saturday, as a march by 100 women marked the countdown to the first Olympic sporting event held in Africa — the Youth Olympic Games. More than a…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago   (376+ words) Marking the 25th anniversary of the 11 September terrorist attacks in his native country, Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope, called for a renewed commitment to peace on Sunday. Addressing gathered crowds in English from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s…...

4+ hour, 44+ min ago   (555+ words) An 18-year-old has admitted murder after purchasing a knife and travelling more than 150 miles to fatally stab a man accused by his family of stalking. Afghan refugee Sulaiman Tajzai, from Leeds, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Friday to…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (493+ words) A Nato jet scrambled to Lithuania Airport over a possible drone sighting was stood down – after the potential threat was confirmed to be a flock of birds. The sighting on Saturday prompted the closure of Vilnius airport and prompted at…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (126+ words) Newswav Indonesia says six killed, 129 missing after ferry capsizes off Java For the latest news and features from Malaysia and the rest of the world. In ferry disasters in Indonesia, search efforts are typically suspended during the night. BANJARMASIN: Rescuers…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (350+ words) Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska revealed that her family’s apartment was destroyed by a Russian missile on Friday evening. Yastremska, who reached the Australian Open semi-final in 2024, took to Instagram to share videos and images of the severely damaged apartment…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago   (225+ words) STOCKHOLM: Polling stations opened Sunday in Sweden in what is expected to be a close general election that will see either the far right enter government for the first time or the left-wing opposition reclaim power. Opinion polls have long…...

10+ hour, 46+ min ago   (335+ words) JAKARTA: An Indonesian ferry carrying 243 passengers and crew is out of contact while sailing north in bad weather from Java to Borneo, rescue officials said Sunday. The passenger and cargo ship Virgo Transport 8 departed from Surabaya, East Java, on Saturday…...

3+ hour, 59+ min ago   (187+ words) A Nato jet scrambled to Lithuania Airport over a possible drone sighting was stood down – after the potential threat was confirmed to be a flock of birds. The sighting prompted the closure of Vilnius airport and prompted at least one…...

6+ hour, 23+ min ago   (485+ words) BRICS leaders including China, Russia, India and Iran have called for “maximum restraint” over the escalating Middle East conflict, overcoming divisions within the expanding bloc to reach a rare consensus at their summit in New Delhi. The joint statement issued…...