Officials in Ramallah say three Palestinian men have been killed by Israeli forces in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank. Two of the young men were brothers who were fatally shot as fights broke out with Israeli troops near Ramallah. A spokesman for the Israeli m
Two priests serving in the port city of Berdyansk in southeastern Ukraine have been arrested and detained in a pre-trial detention center by the Russian administration on charges of preparing a terrorist act. Ukrainian Redemptorist priests Father Ivan Levitskyi and Father Bohdan Heleta
Three migrants survived eleven days hiding on the rudder blade of an oil tanker It is less than a month before Christmas, but news of the three men who spent 11 days on the rudder of an oil tanker that left Nigeria and landed in the Canary Islands seems to have little to do with the season
Expressing concern over the increase in violence and clashes taking place in the State of Palestine and Israel, Pope Francis called on authorities there to find ways to move dialogue forward to build mutual trust for a lasting peace. After leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer on Su
Israel and the occupied West Bank have been experiencing their deadliest wave of violence since 2015. On Wednesday, twin blasts shook Jerusalem, killing an Israeli-Canadian teenager and injuring at least 18 others. The explosions went off at a busy bus stop near the entrance o
A landslide in Cameroon's capital has killed at least 15 people attending a funeral. Police have been piecing together details of this tragic event which saw dozens of people attending a funeral on a football pitch at the base of a 20-metre-high ridge, which collapsed on top of them
Israel's far-right Jewish Power party has signed a coalition agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party. Israel's far-right Jewish Power party has signed a coalition agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party. For the last few weeks, Prime Minister Be
The Lebanese Prime Minister says his country will not be able to get out of its financial crisis without authorities implementing structural reforms required by the International Monetary Fund. Over the last few years, Lebanon has been witnessing the worst financial crisis in its histor
Representatives of the Venezuelan Government and the Official Opposition are resuming talks in Mexico this weekend, to try and reverse and resolve its economic meltdown. The talks in Mexico City will start on Saturday and diplomats from Norway will oversee and mediate them. Me
The Colombian Government and the National Liberation Army, ELN, are inviting a family of nations to help them reach a peace settlement and resolve a more than half-a-century festering conflict. The ELN and the Colombian Government are inviting a new mini league of nations to be helpers,