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Pope Francis has clarified his position on allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples. In December, the 87-year-old pontiff said that allowing same-sex couples to be blessed is “as an expression of the…

Universities in England face a looming funding crisis as a result of a fall in student applications, with some requiring deep cuts to avoid closure, the sector’s regulator has found. The warning will be issued…

A man has been charged with the attempted murder of Robert Fico, Slovak Prime Minister, after the politician was seriously hurt in a shooting attack. The suspect has not been formally named, but Slovak reports have…

Schools in England will be banned from teaching sex education and gender identity to children below nine under new government proposals due to be published Thursday. It follows concerns over the content of lessons…

For two men who agree on so little, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump could agree on…

A New York state court has upheld the gag order preventing former President Donald Trump from publicly criticising witnesses and others involved in his New York…

Singapore's long-serving Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is stepping down, marking the end of a political era for the island nation. After 20 years in power, Mr Lee will formally hand over the reins to deputy PM…

The head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Russian Defence Ministry, Lieutenant General Yury Kuznetsov, has been arrested, the Investigative Committee has announced. The spokesperson for the Russian Investigative…

The Biden administration has been taking criticism as of late for what some have described as conflicting messaging on key subjects relating to the United States' top Mideast ally: Israel. During a daily briefing last…

Melinda French Gates has resigned from her co-chair position at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will take $12.5 billion to continue her philanthropic work focused on women and families. Ms Gates announced her…

Israel’s airstrikes and ground offensive in Gaza have left more Palestinian civilians dead than Hamas fighters, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has acknowledged.…

A United States lawmaker, Senator Lindsey Graham has urged Israel to do whatever needs to be done to win its “existential” war with Hamas, just like the US was “justified” to drop nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities…

The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Rick Slayman, a…

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, released from prison in December after serving 16 years for crimes against humanity, said on Friday he had been diagnosed with a malignant tongue tumour. President from 1990 to…

The United States has issued a stunning criticism of Israel’s use of American weapons in the Gaza war after Israeli forces intensified operations around the…

The United Nations General Assembly has voted by a wide margin to back a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member, according to an official statement released Friday. The assembly also called on the UN Security…

The talks on reaching a truce in the Gaza Strip resumed with the participation of all parties in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo, Al-Qahera Al-Ekhbariya broadcaster reported on Wednesday, citing a source. “Truce talks…

AstraZeneca is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, months after the pharma giant admitted the drug could cause very rare, but life-threatening, injuries.…

The porn star at the heart of Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial, Stormy Daniels, testified on Tuesday about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president in a hotel…

Vladimir Putin, who has been Russia’s leader for the past 24 years, was sworn in for a fifth term as president, amid conflict with the West over his war in Ukraine. Putin took the oath of office on Tuesday, placing…

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Monday informed mediators Qatar and Egypt that his Palestinian militant group had accepted their proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza after nearly seven months of war. Haniyeh had spoken on the…

Former U. S. president Donald Trump has been warned that he could be jailed for violating a gag order. The judge handling the criminal trial, Juan Merchan, in a personal address to him, handed Mr Trump the warning,…

A sixth Nigerian national pleaded guilty to operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded elderly and vulnerable consumers across the United States. According to court documents, Amos Prince Okey Ezemma,…

Schools and many offices were closed across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday as heavy rains returned to the desert country just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change. A lightning…