Yesterday the Pontiff accepted the prelate's request for resignation, appointing auxiliary Msgr Ilgit as apostolic ...

On the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, just a few kilometres from the city of Turkmenbaši, five-star hotels, services of ...

Over the past few days, the government arrested thousands of people and shut down the Internet. Members of the former prime minister’s party, led by his wife and the chief minister of Khyber ...

Pope Francis has authorised the promulgation of the decree for the beatification of the priest from Bạc Liêu killed in hatred ...

Ramisha Dinithi Thamel had returned late to class and, according to her teachers, had given inconsistent explanations. The ...

The Moldovan-Israeli rabbi killed in Dubai was a member of a Hasidic group that, although not the largest, is known for its ...

Today's news: Iraqi population rises to 45 million; Vietnamese ‘wandering monk’ reportedly renounces poverty vow for supporters behind threats from Hanoi; After boycotting the Tokyo ceremony, South ...

Violence between protesters and police during a survey of the Shahi Jama mosque, which some extremists claim was built in the ...

The death penalty for Rosman Abdullah, a 55-year-old Singaporean. Criticism from human rights associations and the UN, which ...

In the last ten years, the ice in the Himalayan region has shrunk by 65% compared to the previous decade. South Asia could ...

The gigantic Manas logistic-commercial centre in the village of Leninskoe, which the Chinese are building not far from Biškek ...

On the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe, the traditional relay of the symbols of the WYD, the cross and the ...