Papal Good Friday service draws attention to world’s poor
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis listened as a preacher denounced the widespread inequality in the world at a Good Friday service on the day Christians recall Jesus’ death by crucifixion.…
N.Korean leader Kim to meet Russia’s Putin this month: Kremlin
MOSCOW – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will travel to Russia this month for talks with President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said, announcing the first Russia-North Korea summit since…
Peru ex-president Garcia shoots himself as police try to arrest him
LIMA – Peru’s former president Alan Garcia shot himself in the head early on Wednesday after police arrived at his home to arrest him in connection with a bribery investigation,…
Iraqi PM Abdul Mahdi meets Saudi King Salman on first visit to Saudi Arabia
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has made his first visit to Saudi Arabia since taking office six months ago, meeting King Salman during the stop on a…
Fight brews over expected blacked out portions of Mueller report
WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats could move forward quickly – as early as Monday – with subpoenas to obtain Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on Russian interference in the US…
Myanmar pardons more than 9,000 prisoners in New Year amnesty
YANGON – Myanmar has begun releasing more than 9,000 prisoners from jails, after the president announced an amnesty on the first day of the traditional New Year. President Win Myint…
Japan emperor to pay last homage at Shinto holy site before abdication
TOKYO – Japanese Emperor Akihito, along with Empress Michiko, have started a three-day pilgrimage to the Ise Grand Shrine, the holiest site in Japan’s Shinto religion, as part of a…
First shipment of Red Cross humanitarian aid arrives in Venezuela
CARACAS – The first shipment of humanitarian aid from the Red Cross intended to alleviate a dire economic crisis in Venezuela has arrived in the once-prosperous, oil-rich country, a representative…
Tsai says Chinese drills threaten Taiwan but is not intimidated
TAIPEI – Taiwan is not intimidated by China’s military drills this week, President Tsai Ing-wen said, after the latest Chinese military manoeuvres were denounced by a senior US official as…
Fire guts Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Macron pledges to rebuild
PARIS – A massive fire has consumed Notre-Dame Cathedral, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world, though firefighters saved the main bell towers and…
