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Ukraine has vehemently opposed Pope Francis’s recent call for Kyiv to engage in negotiations with Russia and to “have the courage to raise the white flag” to end the ongoing conflict Ukraine’s foreign minister asserted that the nation would “never ...

A man crashed his car into the gates of Buckingham Palace over the weekend, Metropolitan Police said on Sunday The man, who was not publicly identified, crashed into the gates of the royal residence in central London around 2:30 a.m. ...

A group of six mothers have initiated a five-day hunger strike outside the UK Parliament, demanding free school meals for all children Moms stage a five-day hunger strike outside UK parliament demanding free school meals because of poverty The women ...

Concerns are growing over the potential escalation of violence, particularly in Jerusalem, as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is set to begin. With a truce remaining elusive in the ongoing Gaza conflict, there are apprehensions about the situation further ...

Nigeria has been ranked 10th in the list of Africa’s most unsafe countries for women, according to global Women Peace and Security Index 2023 In the list, the Central African Republic ranks number one while DR Congo and South Sudan ...

Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic was crowned Miss World at a glamorous contest held in India on Saturday night Pyszková defeated Yasmina Zaytoun of Lebanon who was the first runner-up to clinch the title among 112 contestants in the ...

Sweden and Canada have decided to resume funding for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, following a pause by 16 countries over allegations of UNRWA staff involvement in a Hamas attack Sweden plans to send an initial payment of 200 ...

Former Honduran President, Juan Orlando Hernandez is facing a life sentence after a US jury found him guilty of drug trafficking Prosecutors allege Hernández collaborated with cartels, allowing the movement of over 400 tons of cocaine. He is accused of ...

Sweden has officially become the 32nd member of Nato after it completed its accession process in Washington The handover of documents took place at a ceremony two years after Sweden applied to join the military alliance following Russia’s full-scale invasion ...

  At least 35 people died while dozens more were injured as freezing rain and unexpected snowfall hit remote areas of Pakistan over the weekend Twenty-two children were among the fatalities, many of whom were crushed in landslides that buried ...

French lawmakers are expected on Monday to anchor the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, a world first that has garnered overwhelming public support   A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles, starting at 3:30 pm (1430 ...

Thousands of Russians have defied fear to turn out to bid farewell to opposition leader Alexei Navalny President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic died in jail on 16 February. Authorities had warned any protest would be illegal. But police – ...

  A huge fire at a residential building in London’s upscale South Kensington neighbourhood in the early hours of Friday has put 11 people in hospital and led to around 130 being evacuated, fire officials said. Fifteen fire engines and ...

According to a recent Reuters poll, Canada’s housing market is poised for further growth in 2024 and 2025, buoyed by strong demand and limited supply Despite expectations of delayed interest rate cuts, home prices in Canada  are on an upward ...

  In a shocking turn of events, Vasily Dubkov, the lawyer who represented the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, was arrested in Moscow on Tuesday. The arrest comes shortly after Dubkov accompanied Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, in her appeal ...

  The Economic Community of West African States on Saturday lifted economic sanctions on Niger, Mali and Burkina-Faso with immediate effect. This followed hours-long deliberations by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at an extraordinary summit on ...

Kim Jong Un has a son but he’s too ‘pale and thin’ for North Korean tastes and is kept out of the public eye, a former spymaster says Kim Jong Un ‘has a secret SON who is kept out of ...

At least 30 Venezuelans are feared dead after an unsanctioned 114-feet-deep gold mine collapsed, trapping over 100 men inside The wall of the open illegal gold mine, named Bulla Loca, collapsed on Tuesday, sparking a frantic rescue effort in the ...

Taliban authorities publicly executed two men convicted of murder today by machine-gunning them through the back in front of a crowd of spectators Both men were executed by multiple gunshots to the back in Ghazni city after Supreme Court official ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented a car to his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un, state media said Tuesday, in another sign of warming ties between the two countries that have raised concerns in the United States The Russian-made ...

The family of Alexei Navalny, the Putin critic who died in a Russian prison, have reportedly been told his body will not be released for two weeks. His mother was informed it was being held for “chemical analysis”, a representative for Navalny ...

A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others, in a report released ...

A Pakistan politician who won a seat in last week’s controversial national elections has given it up because he says the vote was rigged in his favour. Pakistan election winner says vote was rigged in his favour; Gives up seat Hafiz Naeem ur ...

If you want to put in your money, then put your NAME on it. India’s top court has struck down a scheme that allowed people to make anonymous donations to political parties, calling it unconstitutional. Electoral bonds were launched by Prime ...

A South Korean pastor and founder of an NGO who was once hailed as a hero for smuggling out hundreds of North Koreans has been jailed for se,xually abusing teenage defectors. Chun Ki-won, 67, has been sentenced to five years ...