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A woman crosses a street in front of a painting of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini and paramilitary Basij forces in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump says not to rush as details emerge of a potential Iran deal

3:34 AM on Sunday, May 24

Regional officials say the United States is close to a deal with Iran to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz

FILE - Vatican investigators Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, right, from Spain, and Archbishop Charles Scicluna, from Malta, walk outside of the Nunciatura Apostolica during a break from meeting with people who alleged abuse by the Catholic lay group Sodalitium Christianae Vitae in Lima, Peru, on July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru's Catholic Church holds a symbolic ceremony in apology for Indigenous land dispossession

2:34 PM on Saturday, May 23

The highest Catholic authorities in Peru have held a symbolic reparation ceremony for an Indigenous community affected by land dispossession

In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, speaks with Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Trump says a deal with Iran and opening of Strait of Hormuz are 'largely negotiated'

7:40 AM on Saturday, May 23

President Donald Trump says a deal with Iran, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been “largely negotiated.”

Faisal Rashid, left, practices putting on his ihram robe as he speaks with his wife Samiha Matin as they packfor the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, at their home in Pasadena, Calif, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Fueled by faith, some US Muslims embark on Hajj against a backdrop of regional tensions

4:33 AM on Saturday, May 23

U.S. Muslim pilgrims have been preparing for this year's Hajj against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire, tensions and uncertainty in the Iran war

Pope Leo XIV rides on his popemobile during his one-day pastoral visit in Acerra, Italy, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)

Pope Leo meets families of youth lost to illegal toxic waste dumping in Italy's 'Land of Fires'

11:46 PM on Friday, May 22

Pope Leo XIV has visited families near Naples affected by illegal toxic dumping linked to the mafia

Candles with victims names are placed outside the Islamic Center of San Diego in the aftermath of a shooting on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Ty Oneil)

Behavior of teen in mosque shooting led police to seize family guns a year before attack

2:36 PM on Friday, May 22

Court records reveal new details about one of two teenagers who killed three people at a San Diego mosque

FILE - Muslim pilgrims offer prayers on the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

A look at the Hajj pilgrimage and Eid al-Adha and their significance to Muslims around the world

11:25 PM on Thursday, May 21

Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year in Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, the pilgrimage that is one of the pillars of Islam

FILE - Israeli far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir gestures after election exit poll results are released at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem on Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv, File)

Israeli security minister who taunted flotilla activists has a record of extreme actions

10:07 AM on Thursday, May 21

Israel's far-right national security minister has sparked global outrage after promoting a video of himself taunting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force

A man with a ghost painting takes part in a ceremony to invoke rain amid the rice planting season in Pring Ka-ek village, northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian villagers honor guardian spirits to pray for rain and good fortune

11:20 PM on Wednesday, May 20

Hundreds of Cambodian villagers have honored their guardian spirits with a colorful ceremony to pray for good fortune, rain and prosperity

Two people pray during a vigil, the day after a shooting, outside of the Islamic Center of San Diego, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The teens who attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego were latest to cite prior atrocities

9:14 PM on Wednesday, May 20

An attack at a California Islamic center is the latest violence where the perpetrators said they were inspired by past atrocities, such as the 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand

Giovanni Galizia poses with the 'Calendario Romano' calendar that has for two decades been a bestseller in Rome’s souvenir shops, at his home in Verona, Italy, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Holy deception: Rome's 'sexy priest' calendar star never set foot in a seminary

10:47 AM on Wednesday, May 20

A calendar featuring close-ups of young, handsome priests has been a popular Rome souvenir for two decades

Netanyahu's coalition alliances with religious parties put his reelection at risk

7:13 AM on Wednesday, May 20

For most of the past 17 years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained in power due in part to a tight alliance with ultra-Orthodox religious parties

Israel's Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir in the Israeli parliament, during a session considering a bill to dissolve the government in Jerusalem,Wednesday, May 20,2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu scolds Israeli security minister for releasing videos taunting detained flotilla activists

6:00 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Israel’s national security minister has drawn a sharp rebuke from his boss and triggered a backlash abroad after he released videos taunting detained activists from a flotilla that tried to reach Gaza

FILE - Bryan Cranston, right, presents the award for outstanding talk series to Stephen Colbert, left, for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" during the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Stephen Colbert's long goodbye is coming to an end, leaving a void

4:20 AM on Wednesday, May 20

Stephen Colbert's run on “The Late Show” ends Thursday, marking the conclusion of his on-air feud with President Donald Trump

People embrace near the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Community grieves the 3 men killed while defending San Diego mosque

10:35 AM on Tuesday, May 19

Authorities say the three people killed by two teen shooters at a San Diego mosque died while saving roughly 140 children who were in the building at the time of the attack

FILE - President Donald Trump, center, applauds as Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, left, and Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rossen Jeliazkov, right, hold up their signed Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Board of Peace will ask the UN Security Council to press Hamas to disarm

7:20 AM on Tuesday, May 19

The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to press Hamas to disarm

Attendees react as they listen to a speech during a vigil, the day after a shooting, outside of the Islamic Center of San Diego, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

San Diego mosque shooters met online and left writings expressing hate, FBI says

10:44 PM on Monday, May 18

Authorities say the two teenagers who shot and killed three people in an attack on a California mosque had been radicalized online where they first met

Nicole Witherow prays beside flowers placed outside of the Islamic Center of San Diego, the day after a shooting, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

What to know about a deadly attack by teen gunmen on a San Diego mosque

6:47 PM on Monday, May 18

An attack by two teenagers on a San Diego mosque left a community mourning its victims, Muslim leaders calling for increased security and investigators parsing white supremacist writings by the suspects

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