The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Wednesday to discuss calls for “urgent humanitarian pauses” in Gaza A draft resolution by the United Arab Emirates also calls for the return of hostages and a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians Reacting, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said anyone who thinks Israel…
Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has authorized priests to bless same-sex couples. The move is seen as a significant victory for pro- gayers in the Catholic church The leader of the Roman Catholic Church said priests should be permitted to bless same-sex and “irregular” couples, under certain circumstances. But the Vatican said blessings…
A former adviser to pope Francis Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for financial crimes. Becciu, 75, was the most senior Vatican official ever to face such charges and once seen as a papal contender himself. The trial centred on a London property deal that ended in huge losses…
The head of Turkey’s central bank said she has been priced out of Istanbul’s property market by rampant inflation, leaving no choice for the former finance executive but to move back in with her parents. “We haven’t found a home in Istanbul. It’s terribly expensive. We’ve moved in with my parents,” 44-year-old Hafize Gaye Erkan,…
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died on Saturday at age 86, the royal court said, after three years in power marked by repeated political disputes. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn… the death of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait,” said a statement aired on state television….
Four healthcare workers have been jailed after they were caught on camera abusing an elderly patient. BBC reported on Thursday. Ame Tunkara and Morountaro Adefila were found guilty of ill-treatment and wilful neglect and sentenced on December 8 to four months in prison, Danny Ohen and Bridget Aideyan were also found guilty of the same…
Head of Catholic Church Pope Francis has chosen where he wants to be buried when he dies According to the Pontiff he would like to be buried in a basilica in Rome. He said this in an interview broadcast on Wednesday. “The place is already prepared. I want to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore,”…
Two-time Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal has been included on the entry list after nearly a year out with injury, while Nick Kyrgios looks set to miss the tournament in January. Nadal, 37, has been out of action since injuring his hip flexor at the last Australian Open. The former world number one recently confirmed…
Seychelles President, Wavel Ramkalawan, has declared a state of emergency in response to an explosion at a store and heavy rainfall causing flooding. The president’s statement mentioned that the explosion at the CCCL explosives store caused massive damage, and the flooding from heavy rains resulted in major destruction. As a result, all schools will be…
A former confidential informant for the US Drug Enforcement Administration has pleaded guilty to conspiring to assassinate President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti, whose killing in 2021 caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation. Joseph Vincent, a dual Haitian-American citizen who lived in the US and attended meetings in south Florida and Haiti ahead of the…
