Ukraine Ukraine ready for direct talks with Russia only after ceasefire: Zelensky Kyiv – Ukraine is ready to hold direct peace talks with Russia but only after a ceasefire is in... Read more 23 Apr
Countries Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia Addis Ababa – Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy – a disease that still affects thousands... Read more 23 Apr
Ukraine UK hosts new round of Ukraine talks London – Britain hosts a new round of talks on Wednesday involving the United States, Ukraine, and European nations... Read more 23 Apr
Countries Pilgrims gather as Pope Francis begins lying in state Vatican City – Pope Francis’s coffin will be transferred to St Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for three days of... Read more 23 Apr
News Pope Francis’s funeral set for Saturday, world leaders expected Vatican City – Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced Tuesday, as world leaders from... Read more 22 Apr
Countries DRC authorities suspend party of ex-president Kabila Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo government said it had suspended the political party of former president Joseph Kabila,... Read more 22 Apr
Countries Paramilitary shelling kills over 30 in besieged Sudan city: activists Port Sudan – Paramilitary shelling of Sudan’s besieged city of El-Fasher, in the western region of Darfur, has killed... Read more 22 Apr
World Pope Francis death from a stroke sets off global tributes, mourning Vatican City – Pope Francis died of a stroke, the Vatican announced hours after the death on Monday of... Read more 22 Apr
Countries DRC Catholics say they have lost ‘the voice of the voiceless’ Kinshasa – Church bells tolled across the capital of Africa’s most populous Roman Catholic nation on Monday after the death... Read more 22 Apr
World Harvard sues Trump over US federal funding cuts New York – Harvard sued US President Donald Trump’s administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between... Read more 22 Apr