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Centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist

Supporters of presidential candidate Nicusor Dan celebrate on the street after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania on Sunday. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption toggle caption Vadim Ghirda/AP Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan has won Romania's closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist, nearly complete electoral

Zelenskyy meets Vance in Rome, hours after Russia’s largest drone attack on Ukraine

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following Russia's drone attack in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, May 18, 2025. AP/Ukrainian Emergency Service hide caption toggle caption AP/Ukrainian Emergency Service KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with top U.S. officials and European leaders in Rome on

Israel holds ceasefire talks with Hamas, as new ground operation in Gaza begins

Israeli soldiers move tanks around staging area near the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Sunday, May 18, 2025. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption toggle caption Ariel Schalit/AP TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's military on Sunday said it has launched a new ground offensive in Gaza, as the sides entered their first round of

Poles vote for a new president as security concerns loom large

Supporters of conservative presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki hold up signs as they rally in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. The writing reads: Karol, the man who will become president, Wake up, Poland! and Our president Karol Nawrocki. Czarek Sokolowski/AP hide caption toggle caption Czarek Sokolowski/AP WARSAW, Poland — Poles are voting Sunday in a

Pope Leo XIV vows to work for unity as he is inaugurated at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV on his popemobile tours St. Peter's Square at the Vatican prior to the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, Sunday, May 18, 2025. Domenico Stinellis/AP hide caption toggle caption Domenico Stinellis/AP VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes

Hundreds of Rwandans who fled to Congo after the 1994 genocide return home

Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994 Rwanda genocide are repatriated by bus from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Moses Sawasawa/AP hide caption toggle caption Moses Sawasawa/AP GOMA, Congo — Hundreds of Rwandan refugees who were living in eastern Congo since the 1994

Trump plans to call Putin, then Zelenskyy, on Monday to push for Ukraine ceasefire

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, rescuers recover the bodies of passengers after a Russian drone struck a passenger bus at the village of Bilopillya in the Sumy region, Ukraine, on Saturday. Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP hide caption toggle caption Ukrainian Emergency Service/AP KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. President Donald Trump said that he

More than 100 Palestinians are killed in Gaza in a day of Israeli airstrikes

People surround the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike in front of the Indonesian hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday. Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — It has been a deadly week of Israeli airstrikes in