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By Christopher Lamb, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Iznik, Turkey (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV condemned the use of religion for justifying “war,” “violence” or “fanaticism” on Friday – instead urging Catholics to mobilize their faith and unify others “regardless of ethnicity, nationality, religion or personal perspectives.” The pontiff called on worshippers to enable “dialogue and

By Mostafa Salem, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli military operation on a Syrian village Friday morning turned into the deadliest attack by a foreign nation on Syria since the ouster of former dictator Bashar al-Assad last year. At least 13 people were killed and 24 were injured after Israeli forces infiltrated the Beit

By Ivana Kottasová, Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — One of Ukraine’s most influential political operators and a close aide of President Volodymyr Zelensky has resigned, hours after anti-corruption agencies raided his home – a major crisis as Kyiv faces new pressure from the US to accept a peace deal to end

By Jimena De La Quintana, Alessandra Freitas, CNN Lima, Peru (CNN) — In an extraordinary two-day series of judgments, a Peruvian Supreme Court chamber sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to more than 11 years in prison for attempting to dissolve Congress, only a day after another ex-president, Martín Vizcarra, was convicted and given 14 years

By Ibrahim Dahman, Eugenia Yosef, Caitlin Danaher, Tamar Michaelis, CNN (CNN) — Israeli authorities are reviewing an incident in which soldiers shot and killed two people who appeared to be surrendering in the occupied West Bank, an act described by the Palestinian Authority as a “fully-fledged war crime.” The incident took place in the Palestinian

By Ivana Kottasová, Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a US plan to end the war in Ukraine could “form the basis for future agreements” but renewed threats to seize more territory by force unless Kyiv withdraws. Speaking to reporters in Bishkek, in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan on