Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan in November in a visit expected to highlight his call for complete nuclear disarmament and honour the small Catholic communities in each country. The Vatican confirmed the Nov 19-26 trip, and its diplomatic representative in Thailand, Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam, announced the Thai stop on Friday. Francis will […]

British politician who has been the Speaker of the House of Commons since 2009, John Bercow has threatened the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson that he will be prepared to rip up the parliamentary rulebook to stop any illegal attempt by the prime minister to take the UK out of the EU without a deal on […]

Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday that Mexico’s government doesn’t agree with an “astonishing” US Supreme Court order that would block migrants from countries other than Mexico and Canada from applying for asylum at US borders. Speaking at President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s daily news conference, Ebrard said that Mexico has a different policy […]

When Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi died in late July, three months before his mandate was due to end, Tunisian authorities reacted swiftly. The news of his death was communicated to the public within an hour, the speaker of parliament was sworn in as interim leader shortly thereafter, and the electoral commission brought forward the […]

The family of former Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe have agreed to bury him at a monument for national heroes in Harare, a family spokesman said on Friday though the date for the ceremony was still unclear. This new development is contradictory to a report released Thursday by the family. “His body will lie in state […]

The family of the former Zimbabwean president, say they are shocked at not having been consulted by the Zimbabwe government about arrangements for his funeral. Mr Mugabe, who was 95, died last week while undergoing medical treatment in a Singapore hospital. His body is being prepared to lie in state at a football stadium in […]

Some 2,500 people are reported missing in the Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, authorities said, with the death toll expected to “significantly rise”.

United States (US) President, Donald Trump said on Twitter on Wednesday night that he would delay by two weeks the next increase in tariffs on Chinese goods as a “gesture of good will” to advance trade talks that have made little progress for months. The president acted several hours after a conciliatory Chinese move to […]

…As homelessness surges in California Homelessness has surged in California in recent years, prompting United States (US) president, Donald Trump to tell Fox News’ Tucker Carlson in July that his administration “may do something to get that whole thing cleaned up.” Now, it’s starting to look like that “something” could be rounding up homeless people […]

A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his son after witnesses saw a 12-month-old boy in a Moses basket thrown off a bridge to his death. The child was rescued by firefighters with the support of a police helicopter, after being found in the River Irwell, in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. The baby […]

The United States Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hard-line immigration policies. In a report by Aljazeera, the court said the rule, which requires most immigrants who […]

The British government’s plans for a “no-deal” Brexit highlight “severe risks” including disruption to supplies of medicine and fresh food that could unleash protests and public disorder. “Operation Yellowhammer”, a government documents outlining worst-case scenarios of crashing out of the European Union without an agreement was published on Wednesday by the government of Boris Johnson […]

American millennials and others who were too young on 9/11 to even remember their lost loved ones, and others for whom the grief is still raw, paid tribute with wreath-layings and the solemn roll call of the dead Wednesday as America marked the 18th anniversary of the worst terror attack on the United States soil. […]

Sudan’s ruling council and rebel leaders have agreed on a roadmap for peace talks that are expected to begin in October and last about two months, officials from both sides said on Wednesday. The council, a transitional government, has made peace-making with rebels fighting Khartoum one of its main priorities as it is a key […]

He failed on all the big takeover bids ―Report T. Boone Pickens, a celebrated corporate raider and energy industry magnate who built an empire out of an initial $2,500 investment, died on Wednesday at age 91, Reuters reported. The Oklahoma-born tycoon, known for his folksy speech and ruthless business acumen, died surrounded by his family […]