ROME, July 4 (AP) — Pope Francis has dismissed rumors he plans to resign anytime soon and that he hopes to visit Moscow and Kyiv after traveling to Canada later this month.
Francis also told Reuters in
Kyiv, July 3 (AP) Russia's defence minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seiz
ROME, July 2 (AP) — Pope Francis urged the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday to “turn a page” and forge new paths of reconciliation, peace and development.
Franci
Hong Kong, July 2 (AP) An industrial support ship operating in the South China Sea has sunk in a storm with the possible loss of more than two dozen crew members, rescue services in Hong Kong said Saturday.
Kyiv (Ukraine), July 2 (AP) The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month
Kyiv, July 1 (AP) Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces wi
London, July 1 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, still under the shadow of the partygate scandal of COVID law-breaching parties in Downing Street, has been hit with yet another drunken scandal as an a
Hong Kong, July 1 (AP) China's leader Xi Jinping marked the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return with a speech Friday that emphasised Beijing's control over the former British colony under its vis
Madrid, June 30 (AP) An unstable world could get even more dangerous if NATO does not remain strong and united, the head of the alliance said Thursday at the end of a summit where Western leaders labelled Russi
Madrid, June 30 (AP) President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court's decision ending a constitutional right to abortion is destabilising but said it does not affect U.S. standing on the world stage, as he took
Madrid, June 30 (AP) NATO faced rebukes from Moscow and Beijing on Thursday after it declared Russia a direct threat and said China posed serious challenges to global stability.
The Western military alliance
United Nations, June 29 (PTI): Journalists should not be jailed for what they write, what they tweet and what they say and it is important that people be allowed to express themselves freely without the threat
Hong Kong, June 29 (AP): When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed Chinese
New York, June 29 (AP): Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for helping the financier Jeffrey Ep
Brussels, June 29 (AP): European Union countries reached a deal following hard-fought talks that dragged into early on Wednesday to back stricter climate rules that would eliminate carbon emissions from new car
Madrid, June 29 (AP): President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the U.S. is enhancing its military presence in Europe for the long haul to bolster regional security after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Colombo, June 28 (PTI) US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced an additional USD 20 million in assistance to feed over 800,000 children and 27,000 pregnant and lactating women over the next 15 months in Sri
Seoul, June 28 (AP) North Korea said Tuesday it is making all-out efforts to prevent potential damages caused by heavy rains this week that outside observers worry could aggravate the country's economic har
Kremenchuk (Ukraine), June 28 (AP) French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Russia cannot and should not win the war in Ukraine, as its terrible toll was on full view the day after a Russian missile s
Elmau (Germany), June 28 (AP) Leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies struck a united stance to support Ukraine for as long as it takes as Russia's invasion grinds on, and said they would explore