This video grab taken from a footage released by Ansa shows Pope Francis, who is recovering from life-threatening pneumonia, during an unscheduled visit to St Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican. | Photo Credit: AFP Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in … Read more
The medical team assisting Bolsonaro at Rio Grande Hospital said that his condition was stable and there was no indication for surgery. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalised Friday morning (April 11, 2025) with abdominal pain while travelling in northeastern Brazil, his political party said. The pain was related … Read more
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump’s “ultimate objective is to ensure that Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon”. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump wants Iran to know that there will be “all hell to pay” if it does not abandon its nuclear program, his press secretary told reporters on Friday … Read more
A person holds a sign with an image of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil as they take part in a pro-Palestinian rally. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be kicked out of the U.S. as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana has … Read more
Policemen close the road after a suspected bomb explosion outside of the Hellenic Train offices the company that runs Greece’s railway, the second building on the right, in Athens, Greece, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) | Photo Credit: Petros Giannakouris An explosion occurred outside the offices of Hellenic Train in Athens, Greek police … Read more
Dozens of Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed “only women and children” after a ceasefire collapsed last month, the U.N. said, as an Israeli attack in the territory’s south killed a family of 10 on Friday (April 11, 2025). A U.N. rights office report also warned that expanding Israeli evacuation orders were resulting in … Read more
The U.S. and India have long sought justice for the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and with the extradition of accused Tahawwur Rana, that day has come, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday (April 11, 2025). “We extradited Tahawwur Hussain Rana to India to face charges for his role in planning … Read more
Police in Pakistan demolished and raided two Ahmadi worship places and demolished their minarets. File | Photo Credit: AFP Police in Pakistan demolished and raided two Ahmadi worship places and demolished their minarets in the country’s Punjab province, an organisation representing the minority community said on Friday (April 11, 2025). Both worship places are located … Read more
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Department of Defense will cut $5.1 billion in “wasteful” spending, including on climate and diversity initiatives, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to slash government spending, tasking Elon Musk with leading the so-called Department of … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: SASEC website In the backdrop of massive cuts in the U.S. Agency for International Development funding of projects in South Asia and the dwindling presence of other western development agencies, focus is now shifting to the regional and national development funds that are active in South Asian region. Out of the several … Read more