Pope Francis joined children at St. Peter’s Square to release balloons instead of the traditional doves as a gesture of peace, a change instituted after last year’s pair of doves was attacked by other birds in the city.
Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, has been summoned before parliament to explain his 15-minute public stroll with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of nuclear negotiations in Geneva.
Damian Pachter, the Buenos Aires journalist credited with first reporting the gunshot death of federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman, has left Argentina out of fear for his safety.
Pauline Cafferkey, a British volunteer nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, has been discharged from the hospital after making a complete recovery.
Mullah Krekar, 58, an Iraqi-born cleric who traveled to Norway as a refugee in 1991 and was convicted of making death threats against a Norwegian politician and other immigrants, was released from prison.
Raymond Matthew Zimmerman, a 17-year-old charged with murder in the shooting death of his uncle, escaped from police custody at a western Ohio hospital, kidnapped a 70-year-old woman and forced her to give him a ride before he was caught, authorities said, resulting in additional charges.
Desmond Hague, a former chief executive of a Connecticut-based catering business, has been charged with animal cruelty in Canada after a video surfaced online of him in an elevator kicking a Doberman pinscher puppy.
David Way, 44, and Dustin Skaggs, 18, two inmates who escaped from a county jail in Tennessee, have been recaptured.
Jovan Hendricks, 23, of Bossier City, La., was arrested in connection with the theft of a police-issued M-16 assault rifle from an officer’s personal vehicle.
Nicholas Tresness, 32, of Tacoma, Wash., faces first-degree animal cruelty and other charges after he got into an argument with his girlfriend on the phone, police said, and was so angry he kicked his Chihuahua twice, killing the small dog.
Matthew Mglej, 25, of Hillsboro, Ore., is suing police for damages, claiming authorities used excessive force and violated his First Amendment rights when he was arrested after playing a violin while naked outside Portland’s federal courthouse.