ROME (AP) – Pope Leo XIV on Saturday named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States to manage one of the Holy See’s most important bilateral relationships at a crucial time, with ties strained over the Trump administration’s war in Iran and immigration crackdown.

LONDON (AP) – One of Britain’s most notorious child killers died Saturday, days after he was attacked by a fellow inmate in the workshop of a maximum-security prison. Ian Huntley, a 52-year-old former school caretaker convicted in 2003 for the murder of two 10-year-old girls, had been on life support after being hit repeatedly over the head.

STOCKHOLM (AP) – Swedish authorities are investigating a cargo ship sailing in the Baltic Sea that’s accused of transporting stolen grain, officials said Saturday. The Swedish Coast Guard said during a news conference Saturday that the crew of the Caffa is predominantly Russian, and the ship is on Ukraine’s sanctions list, according to Swedish news agency TT.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Hungarian authorities detained seven Ukrainian citizens and seized two armored cars carrying large amounts of cash across Hungary on suspicion of money laundering, officials said Friday. Ukraine accused Hungary’s pro-Russian government of taking the Ukrainians hostage and illegally seizing millions of dollars in cash.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – Hungary ‘s pro-Russian foreign minister Friday accused neighboring Ukraine of seeking to interfere in upcoming Hungarian elections in which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán faces an unprecedented challenge. Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó made the accusation in a speech to several hundred protesters outside Ukraine’s embassy in Budapest.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – Belarus’ authoritarian president has pardoned 18 more prisoners as part of his recent effort at a rapprochement with the United States. In a decree announced on Thursday, President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 18 prisoners, including 15 people convicted on extremism charges. A total of 11 pardoned prisoners are women.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to allow India to buy Russian oil for 30 days underscores a boost for Moscow’s fortunes against the backdrop of the Iran war as Russia’s oil exports help Kremlin pay for its own war on Ukraine.

LONDON (AP) – German media group Axel Springer has agreed to buy the owner of Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper for 575 million pounds ($766 million), the companies announced Friday. The agreement ends a long saga over ownership of the Telegraph Media Group, which publishes the 171-year-old, conservative-leaning Daily Telegraph.