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Over 130 cardinals will be able to vote on a successor for Francis, and a two-thirds majority is needed to elect the new head of the Roman Catholic Church.

When rebel forces took over Syria, they pledged to unite the country’s disparate armed groups into a unified national army. The biggest challenge for them by far has been in northeastern Syria, an autonomous region run by the country’s Kurdish …

Representative Mike Lawler faced shouts, groans and mockery at a high school auditorium in Rockland County.

The Pakistani military is under strain on several fronts as it also faces the possibility of armed conflict with India.

The British police arrested a man on Saturday after an attack in Leeds, a city in northern England.

More than 1,100 people were also injured in the explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port, the largest in Iran.

After Joe Tay set up a run for Parliament, China issued a warrant for his arrest and coordinated online attacks on his candidacy.

Both major political parties are pledging steep cuts on the number of foreigners allowed to study in Australia as a way to rein in runaway housing prices.

The Justice Department and the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office told a judge that an immunity law did not apply. A group of Israelis had accused the agency of assisting Hamas.

For many ordinary Palestinians, the appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh was emblematic of how out-of-touch the leadership of the Western-backed Palestinian Authority has become.