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TOP Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani told Pope Francis in a landmark interfaith meeting in the holy city of Najaf Saturday that the country’s Christians should live in “peace”. …

FRANCE is looking to reform its policy on aid to Africa – making it both more generous and more efficiently targeted – as part of a strategy to counter China’s rising geopolitical influence. Africa’s booming economies and population have …

POPE Francis will visit parts of northern Iraq that were held by Islamic State (IS) militants on the third day of his historic trip to the country. Militants overran the …

THE president of Paraguay has sacked three of his ministers in response to violent protests over the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Mario Abdo Benítez said the ministers for …

JUST weeks after becoming the first man to walk on the moon, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated his 39th birthday in quarantine. It’s something all of us have experienced after a …

AT least 20 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a car bomb blast in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday night, police and emergency services said. A …

THE 22-year-old poet, Amanda Gorman, who captured hearts at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, posted to social media that she was followed home by a security guard who demanded …

AN exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of …

POPE Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during an …

THE Dalai Lama, the 85-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, was administered the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine on Saturday at a hospital in the north Indian hill town of Dharmsala. …