LOURDES, Sept 27 — Pope Leo XIV will meet today with victims of clerical sex abuse, a day after holding an open-air mass for hundreds of thousands of worshippers and

LIVERPOOL, Sept 27 — Britain’s ruling Labour Party gathers today for its first annual conference under Andy Burnham’s leadership, heartened by his start as prime minister but now looking for

BANGKOK, Sept 27 — Flooding in Bangkok is showing signs of easing as rainfall subsides after a monsoon trough and low-pressure system moved away from the Thai capital. Bangkok Governor

TEHRAN, Sept 27 — Iran stood firm today on its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, despite US President Donald Trump’s rejection of the proposal that had created some

RIYADH (Saudi Arabia), Sept 27 — Parents across Riyadh received emails from schools today announcing a last-minute plan to shift to remote learning for a week, according to messages seen

NEW YORK, Sept 27 — Heavy rain and strong winds battered the northeastern US yesterday as an unusually powerful autumn storm intensified, leaving tens of thousands without power and US

JAKARTA, Sept 27 — The death toll after a ferry sank in Indonesia’s Java Sea almost two weeks ago has jumped to 64, an official said yesterday, as rescuers extended

MADRID, Sept 27 — Thousands of people marched through Madrid yesterday to protest the eviction earlier this week of an 87-year-old woman from her lifelong home, calling for greater protection

WASHINGTON, Sept 27 — AFP teams in Washington, Tehran and New York US President Donald Trump yesterday rejected a truce deal proposed by Iran that Tehran said could have reopened the

LONDON, Sept 26 — Mystery has engulfed the fate of legendary British adventurer Ranulph Fiennes, after relatives and friends went public claiming he was missing and his wife was isolating him