Officials also said more than 500 people were injured in a series of explosions on Sunday at a base in Bata, a city in the central African nation. The blasts were attributed to mishandled dynamite.

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will present their side of a sensational royal rupture to Oprah Winfrey on Sunday in one of the most anticipated, and most heavily spun, television interviews in recent memory.

The referendum forbids veils worn by Muslim women in public places, as well as ski masks donned by protesters.

The first pope ever to visit Iraq, Francis voiced sorrow and hope for a shrunken Christian community that has suffered persecution, and preached fellowship among religions.

Officials feared that the number of injured could be in the hundreds after a succession of explosions that rocked a city in f the Central African nation.

Crowds gathered over Francis’ three-day visit, sporting high spirits but few masks. Few in the country have been vaccinated.

In blunt terms, Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeks to jump-start stalled negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

Legislation that the Mexican president has pushed would curtail private investors in the energy industry and possibly reverse gains in lowering carbon emissions.

Despite coronavirus concerns, thousands of people convened at a stadium in Erbil, Iraq, on Sunday as Pope Francis said Mass. The service capped the first papal visit to Iraq.

The pope’s extraordinary moment in Iraq.