Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Sunday, the third and last part of a major exchange that reflected a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire.
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Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza including a woman and her 2 children, medics say
Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday killed at least 14 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including a mother and her two children who were inside a tent that was struck, local health officials said.
Can Pope Leo remain a U.S. citizen now that he’s a foreign head of state?
Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a foreign head of state.
Syria welcomes US decision to ease Assad-era sanctions as a ‘positive step’
Syria considers the move by the Trump administration to ease sanctions imposed on the war-torn country as a “positive step” to ease humanitarian and economic suffering, its foreign ministry said Saturday.
Israel’s use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, Israeli soldiers and former Palestinian detainees say
The only time the Palestinian man wasn’t bound or blindfolded, he said, was when he was used by Israeli soldiers as their human shield.
Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds more prisoners hours after a massive attack on Kyiv
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds more prisoners as part of a major swap that amounted to a moment of cooperation in ceasefire efforts.
Will Pope Leo improve Chicago’s image? From ‘O Block’ to hot dogs, Vatican tourists share what they know.
The Tribune asked Vatican City tourists from around the globe what they think about Chicago — and whether Pope Leo might change their opinion.
Today in History: The first Major League Baseball night game played
On May 24, 1935, the first Major League Baseball game to be played at night took place at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1.
Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in first phase of a major exchange
Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange Friday, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the first phase of an exchange that was a moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the 3-year-old war.
After being stopped and questioned at O’Hare, Twitch star Hasan Piker says he isn’t changing political commentary
Hasan Piker doesn’t plan to change a single thing about his tone or his rhetoric in his criticisms of President Donald Trump or the war in Gaza as he blasts out his opinions to 2.8 million followers on Twitch.