Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas urged Hamas to release hostages still held in Gaza, calling it the main factor fuelling Israeli attacks on the territory.
A long line of pilgrims and tourists stretched across the sprawling St Peter's Square before the doors opened at 11:00 am
People could be seen leaving buildings as the quake hit and shook buildings in the city
The European Commission fined Apple 500 million euros
Hoteliers reported a surge of cancellations
In Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan -- the only countries where polio remains endemic -- militants have for decades targeted vaccination teams and their security escorts
The fierce trade war between the world's top two economies has rattled markets and raised fears of a global recession
Pilgrims flock to pay tribute to pope lying in state
Beijing and Washington have been embroiled in a blistering trade war
He said a large portion of these new resources could be used to provide loans to help governments rapidly address actual or anticipated budget gaps and shore up health-care networks, water and sanitation systems, or other critical public systems impacted by foreign aid cuts.
Worldwide economic output will slow in the months ahead as US President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on virtually all trading partners begin to bite
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, ending an often turbulent reign in which he sought to overhaul an ancient and divided institution
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele offered Venezuela Sunday a trade of 252 Venezuelans deported to his country by the United States for an equal number of political prisoners held by President Nicolas Maduro’s regime.
Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honour the Catholic leader.
Pope Francis died yesterday, aged 88, prompting mourning across the world for the energetic reformer who inspired devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists during a 12-year papacy.
Indian commandos shot dead eight Maoist rebels in eastern India yesterday, police said, as security forces ramp up efforts to crush the long-running conflict.
The Trump administration could soon roll out sweeping changes to the US State Department, according to a draft executive order obtained by CNBC that lays out what it calls a “disciplined reorganization” of the nation’s diplomatic service.
Gaza’s civil defence agency yesterday accused the Israeli military of carrying out “summary executions” in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army.
During his 12 years as head of Catholic Church, Pope Francis was a voice for compassion and peace, reformed the Vatican government and took action against clerical child abuse.
Snowfall in Asia’s Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report yesterday.
Russia yesterday launched a wave of aerial attacks at Ukraine in an abrupt end to a fragile 30-hour Easter truce between the two sides.
