In the coming days, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be shaking hands with multiple world leaders, including China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian. They will all be in the Russian city of Read more…
Communique of the Holy See Press Office Today, 18 October 2024, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Francis received in audience the President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Mr. Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr., who subsequently met Read more…
Russia has recaptured half of the territory it lost to Ukraine in Kursk, a region central to Volodymyr Zelensky’s plan to defeat Vladimir Putin. A senior Russian commander from Chechnya said that an estimated 50,000 troops were pushing back Ukrainian forces, who Read more…
The naira has been listed among the worst-performing currencies in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024. This is according to the latest edition of Africa’s Pulse, a new report by the World Bank. As of the end of August 2024, the naira Read more…
The world watched helplessly as a missile barrage from Iran came raining down over Israel with less than 15 minutes’ warning. A week after one of the heaviest single attacks in history – using advanced ballistic rockets – the full impact of the assault Read more…
Iran has launched a large-scale ballistic attack on Israel, with the elite Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) claiming it has fired “dozens” of missiles at military targets across the country. The IRGC has said the attack comes in response to the assassination Read more…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran “will pay” for the 180 missiles launched toward his country on Tuesday. “This evening, Iran made a big mistake — and it will pay for it,” the leader said during a security Cabinet Read more…
NATO is not worried about Russia’s recently announced updates to its nuclear doctrine, the outgoing secretary general of the US-led military bloc, Jens Stoltenberg, has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed new rules for the use of nuclear weapons last week, citing Read more…
At the conclusion of his encounter with his Jesuit brothers in Belgium on Saturday evening, Pope Francis spent his Saturday night with 6,000 young people gathered at the Brussels Expo in the Belgian capital. The Hope Happening is an event in the Read more…
China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine sank pierside in the spring and the Chinese Navy tried to conceal the loss, according to two US defense officials. The attack submarine was the first of its new Zhou-class line of vessels, the official said, Read more…
China’s former foreign minister Qin Gang, who mysteriously disappeared from public view in the summer of 2023, has been demoted to a publishing job, according to a media report, signalling an end to his political career. Mr Qin, 58, who was known for Read more…
On Sunday morning, Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the faithful in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was an early start in the Papuan capital, with Mass beginning at around 8am local time. According to local authorities, around 35,000 people Read more…