Pope Francis speaks to the faithful during a visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto on the feast of the Annunciation, in Loreto, Italy.

March 31, 2019

Pope signs law to prevent child abuse in Vatican and its embassies

Reuters, Vatican City :Pope Francis on Friday made it compulsory in law to report the sexual abuse of children within the Vatican and in its...

International

March 31, 2019

Jolie at UN calls for inclusion of women in Afghan peace talks

Reuters, United Nations: Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in...

Caracas, and Venezuela as a whole, have been experiencing massive power outages as the country is enmeshed in the middle of a economic and political crisis.

International

March 31, 2019

Caracas and other major Venezuelan cities hit by new blackout

AFP, Caracas :A new blackout hit Caracas and other major Venezuelan cities on Friday, the third major electricity outage in the crisis-plagued country this month.The...

National sentiment on security and terror-related issues in India has waned to about 15 per cent after peaking at nearly 29 per cent in early March 2019, following India's airstrikes on a suspected militant camp in Pakistan, according to CVoter polling a

International

March 31, 2019

Boost to India’s ruling party from terror strike waning ahead of election: Poll

Reuters, New Delhi :The potential benefits accruing to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance from a spike in nationalist sentiment following recent clashes with...

A lunch between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was cancelled the same day.

International

March 31, 2019

Trump wants Kim hand over nuclear weapons: Report

Reuters, Washington : On the day that their talks in Hanoi collapsed last month, US President Donald Trump handed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...

International

March 30, 2019

Democrats push for early release of Mueller report on Russia

AP, Washington :Democrats intensified their demands for Robert Mueller’s full report after learning the special counsel’s findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than...

President Donald Trump has threatened again to close the Mexican border because of what he calls an illegal immigration crisis.

International

March 30, 2019

Trump threatens to shut Mexico border, again

AFP, Washington :President Donald Trump on Thursday again threatened to seal the US-Mexican border, claiming in a tweet that America’s southern neighbor is allowing illegal...

Pope Francis, hand in hand with two children, leaves the Basilica of Our Lady of Loreto where, during a one-day visit, he celebrated Mass and prayed in the shrine containing a small house traditionally venerated as the house of Mary, and believed to have

International

March 30, 2019

Pope is forging ahead with promoting moderate Islam

AP, Vatican City :Pope Francis is forging ahead with promoting moderate Islam during a weekend trip to Morocco, seeking to build on warming ties with...

Juan Guaido rejected an announcement by the regime that he was barred from public office.

International

March 30, 2019

Venezuelan govt bars Guaido from public office for 15 years

AFP, Caracas :Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime, bolstered by a Russian military deployment infuriating the US, on Thursday announced a ban on Washington-backed self-declared interim...

International

March 30, 2019

News In Brief

Trump, Moon to meet in AprilAFP, SeoulUS President Donald Trump will host his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in next month, Seoul said Friday, after the...

Involving around 900 million voters, India's general election will be the world's largest democratic exercise.

International

March 30, 2019

Modi says BJP will win easily, refutes election analysts shouting job crisis

PTI, New Delhi :Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday his ruling coalition would increase its majority in India’s upcoming election, despite some independent analysts...

It appears GOP Rep. Mike Conaway (pictured) ended the investigation without meeting with the ranking Democrat on his panel, Rep. Adam Schiff, or Democratic senators leading their panel's probe into Russian interference.

International

March 29, 2019

House ends Russia probe, says no Trump-Kremlin collusion

AP, Washington :House Intelligence Committee Republicans closed their investigation of Russian election interference Monday, declaring they found no evidence that President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign...