Pakistan says India fired ballistic missiles at three military bases inside the country
Pakistan says India fired ballistic missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan early Saturday morning. A military spokesman says most of the missiles were intercepted.
Pakistani state media said retaliatory attacks were already underway targeting "multiple locations" in India. Pakistani media did not provide further details on which locations were being attacked.
30-day ceasefire in Ukraine possible within days, decision up to Moscow
Germany's new Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said he believes an agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine is on the horizon and could happen within the next few days, but added that "the ball is now exclusively in Moscow's court."
Ukraine agreed to a 30-day ceasefire proposed by US mediators in Saudi Arabia in March, but so far Russia has refused to sign it, presenting counter-demands instead.
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, says former top EU diplomat
Former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has launched a scathing attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing genocide in Gaza and "carrying out the largest ethnic cleansing operation since the end of World War II with the aim of creating a great holiday destination."
Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister who served as the EU's top diplomat from 2019 to 2024 and president of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007, also criticized the bloc's failure to use all available tools to influence Israel, saying expressions of regret were simply not enough.
Survivors of sexual harassment by clergy concerned and offended by election of Pope Leo XIV
Groups supporting survivors of clergy sexual abuse say they are deeply troubled and outraged by the election of Pope Leo XIV, after he overcame questions about his handling of clergy sexual abuse cases early in his career, to become the first U.S.-born leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
Meanwhile, Prevost did not prevent another priest – whose ministry had been curtailed following allegations that he had abused minors – from living in an Augustinian residence located near a Catholic elementary school.
