WASHINGTON — Oman said it mediated a ceasefire deal between Yemen’s Houthis and the U.S., marking a major shift in the Iran-aligned group’s policy since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza in Oct. 2023. Neither side will target the other, including U.S. vessels in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, Oman said in…
Given the stakes, extreme measures have been taken to avoid eavesdropping, not just sweeping the Sistine Chapel for bugs but shuttering its windows to prevent scanners from detecting vibrations of the cardinals’ words on the panes. The electors must not only give up their cellphones, but are also encouraged to vote using disguised handwriting. They…
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Hours after he suffered a historic defeat, Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor of Germany on Tuesday. The leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) had been widely expected to win the vote to become the country’s 10th chancellor since World War II. No candidate for chancellor in post-war Germany had failed to win on the first…
MANILA, Philippines — A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the mock assault, prompting the drill to be canceled, U.S. and Philippine military officials said. The BRP Miguel Malvar, which was decommissioned by the Philippine…
Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve the children of Gaza, officials said Monday. The Jerusalem and Sweden branches of the Vatican’s Caritas charitable federation released photos of the repurposed vehicle on Monday. There is no word, though, on when it might…
For more than a decade, travelers at New Zealand’s Wellington Airport have been greeted by two Hobbit-themed sculptures of giant, hovering eagles, one of which carried wizard Gandalf. Suspended from the roof by cables, the two towering figures were unveiled in 2013 to promote director Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning “Lord of the Rings” and Hobbit films,…
KATHMANDU, Nepal — An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children’s cancer program, officials said Tuesday, the second death in the Himalayan nation’s climbing season that began in March. The world’s fifth-highest mountain, Makalu’s peak is 28,000 feet high — almost as tall as Mount Everest, the world’s…
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to garner the parliamentary majority needed to become chancellor on Tuesday in a first round of voting in an unexpected setback for his new coalition with the center-left Social Democrats. Merz, 69, who led his CDU/CSU conservatives to win a federal election in February and since secured a coalition deal with the center-left…
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