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…
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Pope Francis dies aged 88
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…
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Gaza civil defence describes medic killings as ‘summary executions’
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…
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Francis: radical leader who broke the papal mould
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…
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Pope Francis dies aged 88, Vatican says
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…
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Pope Francis, pontiff who pushed church boundaries — but didn’t break them | Obituaries News
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…
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Sri Lanka Easter bombings victims named ‘heroes of faith’ by Vatican
The Vatican has named 167 people who died in the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka as “heroes of faith”.
The country’s cardinal, Malcolm Ranjith, made the announcement at an event to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the suicide attacks which…
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VIDEO: Vatican mourning death of Pope Francis
TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – The Vatican is currently mourning the death of Pope Francis, the leader of the world’s Catholics.
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US air attack hits market in Yemen’s capital
A popular market in Yemen’s capital was one of the areas hit in the latest US air strikes, killing at least 12 people.
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Iran Welcomes Any Practical Initiative That Terminates Sanctions: Spokeswoman
Iranian Government Spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani has stated that Iran, in the path of negotiations with the United States, welcomes any practical initiative that terminates sanctions and ensures the rights of the nation.
Mohajerani made the…
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