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ReutersRussia’s ceasefire in Ukraine lasted only 30 hours, and even then it appears to have been very limited in scope, with accusations of violations on both sides.
Kyiv said there had been no “air…
LONDON: He preferred to be called “Father” rather than “Your Holiness,” and in his…
LONDON: He preferred to be called “Father” rather than “Your Holiness,” and in his…
On Saturday, Israeli police clashed with Palestinian Christians during the Holy Saturday observances at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem al-Quds.
“We decry the arbitrary actions, assaults, and restrictions imposed by…
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis died at the age of 88.
“Dear brothers and sisters, it is with profound sadness I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis,” Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced on the Vatican’s TV channel, Reuters…
Access to el-Fasher and nearby camps ‘dangerously restricted’, with up to 450,000 people estimated to be on the move.
Aid organisations are struggling to respond to the deepening humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s North Darfur, being driven by…
Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a more compassionate Catholic Church while stopping short of overhauling centuries-old dogma.
Dubbed “the people’s Pope”, the…
Gaza’s civil defence agency on Monday accused the Israeli military of carrying out “summary executions” in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army.
The medics and other rescue workers…
Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican announces.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, said Pope Francis died…
Pope Francis, the Argentinian pontiff who brought the plight of the world’s most marginalised back to the centre of the Roman Catholic Church’s attention, has died aged 88, the Vatican announced on Monday.
A charismatic communicator with a…