"Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace" is Pope Francis' theme for the World Day of Peace, today, Jan. 1, 2025. His plea is for a year blessed by forgiveness — forgiveness between ...

The Russian defence ministry said it had swapped 150 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian troops. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy said 189 Ukrainians had returned ...

Gyeong Hong Jong, a North Korean special forces operative who was killed by Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) operatives in Kursk Oblast, has left behind a diary that is now being gradually ...

The Vatican ambassador was summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry for a conversation with the director general following Pope Francis's recent comment on Israeli “cruelty” in Gaza ...

A number of rebel factions have agreed to dissolve themselves and be integrated under the defense ministry, according to Sana, the Syrian state-run news service. “They are trying to build a ...

He appointed just three women to his 19-member cabinet. He is now trying to abolish the government's Gender Equality Ministry, which supports women and victims of sexual assault, claiming it is ...

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