Spain’s acting PM rejects conservative leader’s request to back 2-year government
August 30, 2023 7:40 PM Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has rejected a proposal made by conservatives’ leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo to support his People’s Party for a two-year…
Lithuania summons Pope’s diplomat over remarks on Russian empire heritage
August 30, 2023 7:21 PM Majority-Catholic EU member Lithuania has summoned the Vatican’s top diplomat in the country after Pope Francis told Russian youths to remember they are the heirs…
Germany adds Georgia and Moldova to list of safe countries of origin
August 30, 2023 7:01 PM Germany’s coalition government on Wednesday listed Georgia and Moldova as safe countries of origin in a bid to cut asylum applications from those nations, which…
One killed in rare clash between Palestinian security forces and gunmen
August 30, 2023 6:54 PM RAMALLAH, West Bank – A man was killed on Wednesday in a clash in a town in the occupied West Bank that broke out after…
Kremlin says Prigozhin plane crash may have been caused deliberately
August 30, 2023 6:19 PM The private Embraer jet Prigozhin was travelling on crashed north of Moscow killing all 10 people on board. Read More
Italy PM Meloni’s partner faces backlash for TV comment on rape
August 30, 2023 6:16 PM The partner of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been accused of victim blaming after comments he made about rape on his television talk show.…
Ex-Proud Boys leaders face sentencing for Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol
August 30, 2023 6:03 PM A U.S. judge on Wednesday will consider whether to impose the steepest sentence yet on two former leaders of the right-wing Proud Boys convicted of…
Ukraine’s Kharkiv builds classrooms underground to protect students from missiles
August 30, 2023 5:53 PM Forced to shield its school-children from the threat of supersonic Russian missiles fired at short range, Ukraine’s eastern metropolis of Kharkiv has built dozens of…
Pope Francis decries ‘terrible world war’ on environment, announces new writing
August 30, 2023 5:08 PM A follow-up to his landmark 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si” (Praised Be), would be issued on Oct 4. Read More
Nigerian police raid gay wedding, arrest 67 people
August 30, 2023 4:37 PM Nigerian police raided a gay wedding, which is illegal in the country, in the southern city of Warri in Delta state, and arrested 67 people,…