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Sweden’s prime minister acknowledged Tuesday that it is likely that neighbor Finland will join NATO before his country does, due to Turkey’s opposition to the Swedish bid. Ulf Kristersson said during a news conference in Stockholm on Tuesday that it has been clear since NATO’s Madrid summit in June that …

Pope Francis said the Catholic Church’s thousand-year-old practice of celibacy could be changed. In a recent interview with an Argentine publication Infobae, Francis said the ban on priests having sex was only “temporary” and that there is “no contradiction for a priest to marry.” “There is no contradiction for a …

China has announced it will resume all visa travel, officially reopening its borders to tourists for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started three years ago. Health officials in Beijing and at the World Health Organization called for and implemented travel restrictions during the pandemic to help combat the …

The infamous Wagner Group has found itself in the crosshairs of not only the Ukrainian army but Russia’s Ministry of Defense after its mercenary chief lost the trust of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Yevgeny Prigozhin, once a top ally of Putin’s, is fighting for the survival of his mercenary forces …

At least 18 female guards in the U.K.’s “cushiest prison” have reportedly been fired or resigned amid a flurry of sordid sexual accusations — including claims of sex inside cells and one guard smuggling her underwear to an inmate. HMP Berwyn, which is also Britain’s largest facility, has been hit …

Christian parents in the United Kingdom pulled their 4-year-old son from a Church of England school after its head teacher allegedly promoted “gender identity” lessons. “It’s just a minefield, and children should not be subjected to this agenda,” father Stephen Evans told Fox News Digital of the gender debate. Evans …

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles Tuesday morning, which landed off the country’s east coast, officials said. The latest missile launch comes as the U.S. and South Korea continue joint military drills in the region, which Pyongyang has repeatedly condemned. Seoul called the action “a grave provocation” and said …

U.S. officials have been encouraging Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about Russia’s invasion, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday.  “We believe that [the People’s Republic of China] and President Xi himself should hear directly the Ukrainian perspective and not just the …

A Roman Catholic priest in the United Kingdom is pursuing legal action against a public hospital trust after he was allegedly ousted from a National Health Service (NHS) facility for responding to a patient’s question about the Church’s stance on sexuality and marriage. Rev. Patrick Pullicino, 73, who was a …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political allies pressed ahead Monday with their plan to overhaul the judiciary, advancing a bill that would protect the long-serving leader from calls that he be removed from office over his corruption charges. The steps were the latest in a series of legislation seen by …