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As Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on his first trip abroad with a visit to Turkiye to mark a key event that shaped the foundations of Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, there has been a surge of renewed optimism over the possible reopening of a Greek Orthodox religious seminary that
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Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee confirmed Sunday evening the “elimination of Haytham Ali Tabtabai, Hezbollah's chief of staff,” whom he described as a “terrorist,” in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential building in Beirut's southern suburbs. The escalation was described in Beirut as “very dangerous,
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Pressure is increasing for the former Prince Andrew to give evidence to a US congressional committee investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister suggested he should testify. Keir Starmer declined to comment directly about King Charles III’s disgraced younger brother, but told reporters traveling
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A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday the risk to the public is low. The person, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a bird flu called
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China has taken its widening spat with Japan to the United Nations, accusing Tokyo of threatening “an armed intervention” over Taiwan and vowing to defend itself in its strongest language yet in the two-week-old dispute. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi committed “a grave violation of international law” and diplomatic norms
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A Christian group on Saturday said 315 students and teachers were seized a day earlier in Nigeria’s second mass school abduction in a week, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation. The early Friday raid on St. Mary’s school in Niger state in central Nigeria
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South Africa said on Friday the rate of violence against women in the country was a national disaster, as thousands protested to highlight the problem ahead of this weekend’s G20 summit of world leaders. The country has one of the world’s highest rates of gender-based violence and femicide
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An Indian Air Force pilot was killed in a crash during an aerial diplay at the Dubai Airshow on Friday. According to Dubai Media Office firefighting and emergency teams responded rapidly to the incident and are currently managing the situation on-site.
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Sudan’s sovereign council, headed by army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, has said that it was willing to cooperate with the United States and Saudi Arabia to seek peace in the country. In a statement, the council thanked Washington and Riyadh for “their continued efforts to stop Sudanese bloodshed,” and
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South African police and army units held a parade Wednesday involving helicopters, K-9 dog units and officers on motorcycles in a show of force ahead of expected protests around this weekend’s Group of 20 world leaders summit in Johannesburg. South Africa has deployed 3,500 extra police officers and
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Siding with the Trump administration, a US appeals court on Wednesday blocked a judge’s order that had restricted how ICE agents could use tear gas and other weapons on people protesting immigration crackdowns in Chicago. In a brief opinion, the Chicago-based 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted the
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A large Russian drone and missile barrage killed 10 people and injured dozens more in Ukraine overnight, officials said Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was due in Turkiye for talks on finding a settlement that might end Russia’s invasion of his country. The nighttime attack hit two nine-story
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Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of UK waters north of Scotland. Defense Secretary John Healey said the Russian vessel had directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft monitoring
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Saudi Arabia and the US signed a number of agreements on Tuesday to bolster their strategic ties as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited the White House. He and US President Donald Trump signed agreements on strategic defense, artificial intelligence, nuclear energy, critical metals, Saudi investments, financial and economic partnership,
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A Tennessee state court judge temporarily blocked on Monday Republican Governor Bill Lee’s deployment of National Guard troops to the city of Memphis, ruling that the use of troops was likely not legal under the state’s militia law. Chancellor Patricia Head Moskal of the Davidson County Chancery Court
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Japan has warned its citizens in China to be careful of their surroundings and to avoid big crowds amid a diplomatic row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan. The escalating spat has already seen Beijing advise Chinese citizens to avoid traveling to Japan and hit Tokyo stocks.