A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Residents, construction experts and seismologists said for years that Venezuela’s public housing would be vulnerable in a natural disaster.

Thousands of protesters blocked roads in Germany while trying to stop members of the far right Alternative fur Deutschland party from meeting.

After the pope's visit to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, the U.S. Embassy said the ambassador to the Holy See gave Leo a commemorative baseball, an apple pie and a U.S. World Cup jersey.

The incident was reported in one of the world's most crucial trade transit routes amid a fragile ceasefire between Iran and the U.S.

The race for the World Cup quarterfinals is on, and Morocco became the first to qualify with a 3-0 win over Canada in Houston. Kylian Mbappé then led France past Paraguay 1-0 in Philadelphia to cap the opening day of the Round of 16.

The shake-up is believed to be an effort to ensure the military's loyalty to the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.

The Vatican has excommunicated the priesthood of a rebel Catholic faction. Many of the priests’ followers have refused to renounce them.