International News

11:20 AM on Saturday, April 18

A gunman who killed at least five people in the streets of Kyiv Saturday before taking hostages and barricading himself in a nearby supermarket has been shot dead by police, Ukrainian officials said

FILE - A sign stands in front of the New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, in London, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

UK police investigate an arson attempt on a building once used by the Jewish community

10:42 AM on Saturday, April 18

British counterterrorism police are investigating an attempted arson attack in London

Pope Leo XIV arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump but will keep preaching peace

9:50 AM on Saturday, April 18

Pope Leo XIV says it is “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the war in Iran but that he will continue preaching the Gospel message of peace

Barber Mohammad Mehdi cuts the hair of his client Ayman Al Zein inside his shop, which was damaged in an Israeli airstrike that also damaged Al Zein's shop, in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Macron says a French soldier was killed and 3 were wounded in attack on peacekeepers in Lebanon

8:44 AM on Saturday, April 18

French President Emmanuel Macron says a French soldier was killed and three others wounded in an attack on U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

FILE - The milky way and traces of meteors illuminate the sky over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, northern Germany, April 20, 2018. (Daniel Reinhardt/dpa via AP, File)

The Lyrid meteor shower is visible now and peaking soon. Here's how to spot it

8:03 AM on Saturday, April 18

The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to bring fiery streaks to the night sky

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, center, poses with attendees, at the Meeting in Defence of Democracy summit in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

While Trump lashes out at Spain, progressive leaders rally in Barcelona to defend democracy

5:59 AM on Saturday, April 18

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is hosting two events to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for the liberal order

Pope Leo XIV waves after arriving in Luanda, Angola, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Pope hopes to bring a message of joy to long-suffering Angolans on the third leg of his Africa tour

5:24 AM on Saturday, April 18

Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Angola and hopes to bring a message of joy and encouragement to its long-suffering people

The sun rises behind a tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again over US blockade and fires on ships

4:28 AM on Saturday, April 18

The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz has escalated again as Iran reverses its reopening of the crucial waterway and fires on ships attempting to pass

A local resident walks among debris inside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Jibchit, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The Latest: Iranian gunboats fire on tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Iran reimposes restrictions

12:56 AM on Saturday, April 18

Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway

Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

Traffic and trepidation in the Persian Gulf could keep gasoline prices from dropping quickly

5:30 PM on Friday, April 17

Oil prices plunged and the stock market rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open

FILE - A colorful collection of shoes cross the starting line at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, file)

Men caught competing in the women's category of a prestigious South African marathon

9:34 AM on Friday, April 17

Two male runners in South Africa who were discovered fraudulently competing on behalf of female colleagues in a top marathon have been disqualified

Two girls chant slogans as one holds an image of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

A fragile calm in Lebanon as a US-brokered truce holds and families head home

5:40 AM on Friday, April 17

A fragile calm has settled over parts of Lebanon as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as Starmer hosts social media industry leaders to discuss child safety online Thursday, April 16, 2026, in London. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)

Starmer rejects calls to resign over Mandelson appointment as pressure builds

4:24 AM on Friday, April 17

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, despite Mandelson failing security checks

A woman with her child attends Pope Leo XIV's meeting with University students and professors at the Catholic University of Central Africa, in Yaounde Cameroon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope urges Africa's youth to resist dual temptations of migration and corruption in Cameroon

1:53 AM on Friday, April 17

Pope Leo XIV is encouraging young people in Cameroon to resist the temptation to migrate and to stay at home and fight corruption

A woman member of the Basij paramilitary, affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard, holds her gun during a state-organized rally in support of the supreme leader marking National Girl's Day in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Latest: Trump and Iran’s top diplomat say the Strait of Hormuz is fully open

1:45 AM on Friday, April 17

U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels

Residents inspect damage at the site of buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes, in Jibchit, southern Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but threatens to close it again as the US maintains its blockade

1:19 AM on Friday, April 17

Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels

Released prisoners, in a bus, are welcomed by family members and colleagues after they left Insein Prison in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, April 17, 2026, following Myanmar President's amnesty to mark the country's traditional new year. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Former President Win Myint freed in broad Myanmar prisoner amnesty

12:26 AM on Friday, April 17

Myanmar's former President Win Myint has been freed as part of a broad prisoner amnesty by newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron co-host a multinational virtual summit at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, Friday April 17, 2026 (Tom Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP)

Macron and Starmer welcome Hormuz reopening and push for permanent navigation security

12:08 AM on Friday, April 17

France and the U.K. have welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open

FILE - A Canada Post mail truck is seen parked in their distribution center, in Montreal, Nov. 27, 2024. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Canada Post taking steps to stop home mail delivery

10:23 PM on Thursday, April 16

The government-owned corporation that delivers mail in Canada is taking steps to stop home delivery

FILE - A worker fuels an Air Canada jet at DFW International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Jet fuel supplies are lagging. What does that mean for airlines and travelers?

3:52 PM on Thursday, April 16

A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia could compound the Iran war's impact on world travel if a fragile agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz collapses and Persian Gulf oil shipments stay blocked

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