In the pope's Easter address, a call to pray for Ukrainians, Russians and refugees
Pope Francis, along with dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of faithful, celebrated Easter Mass in a flower-adorned St. Peter's Square.
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Ben Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, has died at 103
Ben Ferencz tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps.
Pentagon, Justice Department investigate as secret military documents appear online
Dozens of classified U.S. documents detailing the war in Ukraine have appeared on multiple social media sites. There's no word on who might be responsible for leaking or stealing the material.
Biden will visit Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland next week
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Katy Hayward of Queen's University Belfast about President Biden's trip to Belfast and Dublin, now 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement.
A hundred years later, a Welsh women's peace petition returns home
A Welsh petition for world peace sat forgotten in the Smithsonian for nearly 100 years. This week, it finally returned to Wales for its signatures to be digitized and its history remembered.
UN struggles to convince the Taliban to allow Afghan women to deliver aid
The United Nations has a difficult balancing act in Afghanistan. The humanitarian needs are great. But the Taliban are no longer allowing female Afghan aid workers to deliver assistance.
Klaus Teuber, Catan board game creator, dies at 70
Teuber created the hugely popular game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island. Since its 1995 debut, it has sold tens of millions of copies in more than 40 languages.
Medics risk their lives in Bakhmut to treat Ukrainian soldiers and evacuate them
The battle over the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been a deadly slugfest that has reduced it to ruins. Ukrainian medics have worked hard to support and treat wounded soldiers.
A Syrian refugee has been elected as a German town's first migrant mayor
Ryyan Alshebl, who fled the war in Syria, has won an election to become the first migrant mayor of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Naturally, the first thing he did was call his mom back in Syria.
Ukraine is asking allies for modern aircraft — an upgrade to its Soviet-era equipment
Ukraine's military is asking its allies for modern aircraft to fight Russian forces. In the meantime, it is making do with Soviet-era equipment, like the many vintage helicopters in Ukraine's fleet.