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Three teenage boys in the UK who gang raped two girls, filmed it and uploaded it online, were given no prison sentence, sparking widespread outrage. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images The three boys, two aged 14 and one aged 13 at the time, gang raped two girls aged 15 and 14 in two separate incidents in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in November 2024 and January 2025.

world — 4 min read Pope Leo XIV has issued a historic apology for the role the Vatican played in authorizing the enslavement of millions of people. In the 15th century, a series of official papal orders, known as papal bulls, gave Portugal and Spain explicit permission to seize land and enslave people across Africa and the Americas.

world — 3 min read Israel's military has seized Lebanon’s historic Beaufort Castle, a medieval hilltop fortress in southern Lebanon, marking Israel’s deepest push into the country since 2000. Beaufort Castle, meaning “beautiful fortress" in Old French, is a 900-year-old stone fortress built by crusaders in the 12th century, perched about 700 meters (2,300 ft) above sea level in southern Lebanon, near the city of Nabatieh.