Rome: Rumours swirling since early May that Pope Francis might retire have been fuelled by an announcement that he will be attending a feast initiated by a 13th-century pope who himself resigned. Speculation that the 85-year-old might follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Benedict XVI
By Shahid Farooq Abbasi LIPR Ambassador Of Peace based in Islamabad Since the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan in an unprecedented hustle, the country is on the edge of collapse. Afghan Taliban couldn’t avert the lingering humanitarian crisis and the economic fallout of the
United Nations: The United Nations issued a stark warning of multiple, looming food crises across the globe, and called for urgent humanitarian action in 20 ‘hunger hotspots’ where acute hunger is expected to worsen. Two UN agencies — the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the
Washington: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that bipartisan negotiations in the US Senate on gun control legislation, following massacres at a Texas elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket last month, will continue amid some signs of progress. “Senator (Chris) Murphy has asked for
Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that the country will launch NASA rockets for the first time in 27 years within a month. Albanese and the head of the Australian Space Agency (ASA) Enrico Palermo on Wednesday said three NASA suborbital sounding rockets will lift
New York: A recent drug trial administered to a handful of cancer patients had the surprising result of eliminating the disease in every participant involved. The study was conducted on 18 rectal cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan and had a 100
London: More than half of British Muslims feel like their lives are improving, citing role models and work opportunities, according to a new poll. Savanta ComRes surveyed 1,503 British Muslims who said life was improving in Britain on 10 out of 12 measures, but workplace discrimination
Geneva: Israel s occupation and discrimination against Palestinians are the main causes of the endless cycles of violence, UN investigators said, prompting angry Israeli protests. A high-level team of investigators, appointed last year by the United Nations Human Rights Council to probe "all underlying root causes"
Dubai: Thirteen people died when a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency said, while 60 passengers were seriously injured. The train travelling to the city of Yazd collided with an excavator before going off the rails 50 km (30
Al-Mukalla: Yemeni government negotiators in the UN-brokered talks over the siege of Taiz accepted a UN proposal for initially opening a main road in the besieged city of Taiz, achieving a breakthrough in the talks and as the truce continues to produce significant benefits. Abdul Kareem