The Prime Minister of Haiti and colleagues are requesting the deployment of international troops there in response to a people in crisis and a country in chaos. Prime Minister Ariel Henri has invited in a peace keeping force to come to Haiti and share its myriad of problems. But the questi
The two countries, Lebanon and Israel agree terms concerning offshore gas fields, a crucially important deal which just days ago seemed in jeopardy Lebanon and Israel have reportedly reached an agreement concerning their maritime border and the ownership of offshore gas fields. If ratif
The Group of Seven nations of the world's leading economies is holding a virtual meeting after Russian intensifies airstrikes on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure for a second day. Among the targets was the critical western city of Lviv. Smoke has been rising these days above Lviv
North Korea says the launch of seven missiles in the past few days were drills by its nuclear weapons command, as the country's leaders refuse to engage in dialogue with the West. Sirens sounded in towns in northern Japan, as announcements urged people to stay indoors. "A missi
Authorities say a massive wave of Russian missile strikes on cities across Ukraine, including the capital, killed at least ten people and injured dozens more. Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the strikes saying they were in response to an attack on a bridge linking Russia and occupied C
Pope Francis turns his thoughts to the threat of nuclear warfare, and recalls times in which the path of peace was chosen despite the tensions. At the conclusion of the Eucharistic Celebration for the canonization of Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini and Artemide Zatti, Pope Francis r
Five Mediterranean nations have called for the EU’s border agency Frontex to start working inside third countries to stop people traffickers from endangering the lives of migrants on hazardous boat trips.. Five Mediterranean nations have called for the EU’s border agency Fro
Russian officials say three people have been killed after a truck bomb caused a fire and the collapse of a section of a bridge linking Russia with Crimea, the peninsula Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014. Russia's investigative committee said the explosion killed a man and a woman
Authorities say at least 17 people have been killed by Russian shelling of a residential area in Ukraine's south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia. It is located in a region that Moscow claims to have annexed despite not controlling all of it. The overnight attack came after a devastating explosio
An Iranian human rights group claims Iranian security forces have shot at protesters in two Kurdish cities. An Iranian human rights group has claimed Iranian security forces have shot at protesters in two Kurdish cities. Demonstrations have swept Iran since mid-September follo