ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis will not attend a Good Friday procession at Rome's Colosseum to protect his health ahead of other Easter week engagements, the Vatican said.
(Reporting by Alvise Armellini, editing by Angus MacSwan)
Ties between once-close neighbours nosedived after a recent attack on a Bangladeshi consulate in India.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in southeastern Bangladesh on Tuesday rescheduled a bail hearing for a jailed prominent Hindu leader who led large rallies in the Muslim-majority country demanding better security for minority groups.
It’s been three years since Douarleyka Velásquez abandoned her career in human resources. As a cleaning supervisor at a migrant shelter in Colombia, she gets to comfort Venezuelans who, just like herself, fled their homes hoping for a better life. “I feel that in here I can help my brothers, my countrymen who come and go,” said Velásquez, 47, from Pope Francis Migrant Shelter in Palmira, a city in southwestern Colombia.
The increasingly leftward lurch of the Democratic Party as a whole has alienated millions of people of faith and raises serious questions about the ability of our party to regain the White House in 2028.
It was a history-making event: In a chapel at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, 2nd Lt. Khady Ndiaye stood proudly -- wearing a hijab – as she became the first Muslim woman commissioned by the U.S. Army as a chaplain candidate.
Police in India's northeastern state of Tripura arrested seven members of a Hindu group and charged them with breaking into the Bangladesh consulate and vandalising property, a police officer said on Tuesday. The move came hours after Muslim-majority Bangladesh called for immediate action against protesters who broke into the consulate, saying they tore down its main gate, damaged property and desecrated the national flag. Those arrested were part of demonstrations organised by the Hindu Sangharsha Samiti, a group that says it protects Hindu interests, after Bangladesh arrested a Hindu religious leader, Chinmoy Krishna Das, last week.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A court in southeastern Bangladesh on Tuesday rescheduled by a month the bail hearing for a jailed prominent Hindu leader who in recent months led large rallies in the Muslim-majority country demanding better security for minority groups.
MIAMI (AP) — One of Colombia's legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a federal prison in the U.S. and is expected to be deported back home.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry hosted quite the party at their home in Montecito, they share with their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vented his displeasure Monday after two Democratic-appointed federal judges reversed their decisions to retire in what appear to be efforts to stop President-elect Trump from nominating their successors. McConnell called the unusual decisions to forgo retirement following Trump’s sweeping victory last month a “partisan” gambit that would undermine the…
After wearing a custom Primark suit to The 2024 Fashion Awards, Rita Ora donned a comic strip dress with sheer mesh cut-outs to free the nip for the afterparty.
An Ohio woman has been jailed for a year for killing and eating a cat. Allexis T. Ferrell’s arrest received worldwide attention after it was falsely used as proof of claims by Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating their pets. Ferrell, 27, from Canton, Ohio, pleaded guilty on Monday to cruelty to animals and was given the maximum prison sentence by Stark County Common Pleas Ferrell’s Frank G. Forchione, according to the Canton Repository.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex are set to unite ahead of Christmas. Find out more here…
Princess Anne was in command — with a plan! — at the glittering dinner
Even Lady Amelia’s and Lady Eliza’s accessories could be seen as a nod to their famous aunt.
The former Fox News host and one-time Trump pal pointed out a double standard.
Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, looked phenomenal at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace wearing a striking cream dress adorned with stitched flowers, which was actually a gown from her thirties.
The "Tonight Show" host cracked wise about a very grim prospect involving the outgoing president.
"That was the moment I realized that I would never be a grandparent or watch my daughter fall in love, get married, or do anything 'normal' in society’s eyes. My daughter was asexual."
Just like his music, it'll never go out of style.
