World News Desk

• Why Are More Shoppers Struggling to Repay ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Loans?

  Associated Press

• Half of U.S. States Now Have Laws Banning or Regulating Cellphones in Schools, with More to Follow

  Associated Press

• Syria’s Driest Winter in Nearly 7 Decades Triggers a Severe Water Crisis in Damascus

  Associated Press

• The UK and the EU Hail a New Chapter as They Sign Fresh Deals 5 Years After Brexit

  Associated Press

• Moody’s Cuts America’s Pristine Credit Rating, Citing Rising Debt

  Associated Press

• Israel Expands Attacks in Gaza and Yemen as President Trump Wraps Up Trip to Region

  Associated Press

• What Would Lifting U.S. Sanctions on Syria Mean to the War-torn Country?

• ‘Friends of Steel’: Xi and Putin Pledge to Stand Together Against U.S.

• Prevost Surprises as First U.S. Pope, Takes Name Leo XIV

  Associated Press

• India Fires Missiles on Pakistan. Islamabad Calls It an ‘Act of War’ and Says It Downed Indian Jets

  Associated Press

• Lacking Aid, Syrians Do What They Can to Rebuild Devastated Aleppo

• Explainer: What Happens After a Pope Dies?

• Northern Mexico Farmers Fight Drought Amid Water Dispute with the U.S.

• Congo and Rwanda Sign Pathway to Peace in U.S.-Brokered Agreement

• Disputed Kashmir Witnesses Deadliest Attack on Civilians in Years, Sparking Fears of Rising Tensions

  Associated Press

• Pope Francis’ Body to Lie in State Before Funeral on Saturday

• Billion-Dollar Cyberscam Industry Spreading Globally, UN Says

• Haiti’s Government Adopts a ‘War Budget’ as Town After Town Falls to Gangs

  Associated Press

• Thousands of Children Have Been Raped and Sexually Abused in Eastern Congo, UNICEF Says

  Associated Press

• Crumbling Bridges Slow Traffic and the Economy in Germany. Can More Money Fix the Problem?

  Associated Press