2024

Pope Francis pulled out of a key Easter ceremony at the last minute on Friday, reigniting concerns about the 87-year-old’s increasingly frail health.

Senegal’s Constitutional Council on Friday confirmed the presidential election victory of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, paving the way for his inauguration as the country’s… Read More »Senegal top court confirms Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s election victory

France is to repatriate from Vietnam the bodies of six soldiers who died in Dien Bien Phu, the country’s last stand in colonial Indochina, the… Read More »France to repatriate bodies of colonial soldiers killed in 1954 Vietnam defeat

Fighting raged around Gaza City’s main Al Shifa hospital on Friday in the 12th day of operations by the Israeli military around the hospital complex.… Read More »In the Israel-Hamas war, an emblematic battle for Al Shifa hospital

The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party has stepped down from the top job after being charged with sexual offenses of a historic nature,… Read More »Northern Ireland’s DUP leader Donaldson steps down after sex offence charges

From the post-war period until the mid-1980s, thousands of children were forcibly taken from their young Belgian mothers and sold to adoptive families by Catholic institutions. Today, many victims are desperately trying to… Read More »Belgium’s forced adoption scandal: Victims on lifelong quest for truth

Sweden joined NATO earlier this month, becoming to become the 32nd member of the military alliance. Around the Baltic Sea, nations are worried about what… Read More »Gotland island, a strategic location in the Baltic Sea, remilitarises as Sweden joins NATO

Oscar best picture winner “Oppenheimer” was finally released on Friday in Japan, where its subject — the man who masterminded the creation of the atomic… Read More »Oscar-winner ‘Oppenheimer’ opens in Japan after months of nuclear theme concerns

Srettha Thavisin became Thailand’s prime minister in August 2023, putting an end to nine years of the country’s military dominating its politics. In an exclusive… Read More »Thai PM Srettha Thavisin believes in a ‘more democratic’ future for Thailand

South Africa’s ex-president has backed a new party seeking to take on the governing ANC.