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MADRID (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met Monday with six survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Madrid and vowed to consider their suggestions for how the Catholic Church can improve its response to the crisis, the Vatican said.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and Iran appeared to back away from further strikes Monday, hours after they traded fire for the first time since the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire with Tehran two months ago. Both countries warned that they were ready to launch retaliatory attacks if provoked.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Monday afternoon about 65 miles from Mantua, Cuba.

NEW YORK (AP) — Gordon S. Wood, the eminent and prolific scholar who forged a highly influential and sharply debated narrative of the country’s early years of independence through such prize-winning works as “The Creation of the American Republic” and “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” has died. He was 92.

There was more tension Monday as Israel and Iran traded more strikes. Iran is now saying its stopping those attacks, but issued a new warning.

The winner of Peru’s presidential runoff election is still unknown even hours after polls closed Sunday as electoral authorities slowly tallied votes cast for the ninth head of state in 10 years.

Volusia County deputies jumped into action to help a swimmer found floating face down in the water.

Violence erupted in one of New York City's busiest transit hubs. A man was caught and cuffed by police in connection with a violent stabbing attack at Penn Station.