Pope Leo XIV brought back the Christmas Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Wednesday night, which is the first held there since 1994.

Saudi Arabia on Thursday formally called on Emirati-backed separatists in Yemen to withdraw from two governorates their forces now control in the country, a move that threatens sparking a confrontation within a fragile coalition that's battling the Houthi rebels there.

A sanctioned oil tanker pursued by US forces turned away from Venezuela and retreated out into the Atlantic Ocean, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration continues a blockade piling pressure on Caracas.

The private jet carrying Libya's Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad and four other military officials crashed on Tuesday.

The son of a former prime minister of Bangladesh returned home Thursday after more than 17 years in self-imposed exile as a frontrunner to become the nation’s next leader in upcoming elections. Tarique Rahman moved to London in 2008 for medical treatment with permission after he was tortured while in custody during a military-backed government that ruled from 2006 to 2008.

President Donald Trump threw his support behind Asfura, 67, a politician and businessman who is the former mayor of the capital Tegucigalpa.

Police say five people were killed in Nigeria’s northeastern Maiduguri after a bomb exploded during prayer at a mosque Wednesday night

A bomb exploded in a Moscow suburb Wednesday, just two days after a car bomb exploded about 1,000 feet away. Three people were killed in the blast.