Pope asks Sri Lanka to reveal Easter bombers over conspiracy murmurs

Pope

Pope Francis advised Sri Lankan government on Monday to expose who turned in at the back of the country’s 2019 Easter bombings in an assault the island’s Catholics suspect was a plot to propel President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to energy. While assembly with a delegation of over 60 sufferers of the Easter Sunday attacks on 3 … Read more

Iranian villagers beat brown bear to death

Iranian

Iranian authorities on Monday ordered the arrest of suspects who beat to loss of life a brown bear in a northern village, kingdom information employer IRNA mentioned Monday. Denouncing a “horrible” act that dissatisfied the populace, Javad Parvaneh, the prosecutor in the village of Namin, ordered an investigation and the arrest of suspects who killed the … Read more

Russia strikes on rail infrastructure kill 5, wound 18

Russia

At least five humans were killed and every other 18 injured on Monday in Russian moves on railway infrastructure inside the important Ukraine area of Vinnytsia, Kyiv said. “Preliminary facts show that five human beings died and 18 have been injured. Rescue operations are underneath manner, investigators, prosecutors, and other offerings are operating on the scene,” the … Read more

Mali jihadists claim capture of fighter with Russia’s Wagner

Mali

Mali’s largest jihadist coalition says it has captured a Russian fighter with Wagner, the Kremlin-connected safety company allegedly hired by means of the united states of America’s army junta. The declaration changed into made in an assertion sent to AFP late Sunday by using the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), although it furnished … Read more

Ukrainian refugee to play for Dortmund in charity game

Ukrainian

Ukrainian footballer Alan Aussi will play for Borussia Dortmund in Tuesday’s benefit sport against his determined membership Dynamo Kyiv but admits his mind are frequently with pals laid low with the conflict with Russia. “Two of my best friends are on the front line. I contact them daily to see if they are still alive,” … Read more

Saudi, Disney at odds over ‘LGBTQ references’ in Marvel film

Saudi

Saudi Arabia has requested Disney to reduce “LGBTQ references” from its contemporary Marvel superhero film earlier than it is able to be screened in the country, a professional advised AFP on Monday. Disney has to date declined the asked edits to the movie “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”, slated for launch in early … Read more

4,500-year-old stone statuette found in Gaza

Gaza

A stone statuette over 4,500 years antique depicting the face of an ancient goddess turned into located inside the southern Gaza Strip, the archaeological government in the Palestinian enclave introduced Monday. Carved out of limestone and 22 centimeters lengthy, the 2500 BC statuette became discovered by using a farmer operating his land in Khan Younis, … Read more

Biden picks senior diplomat as Ukraine ambassador

Biden

President Joe Biden has nominated career foreign provider officer Bridget Brink to be the next US ambassador to Ukraine, the White House announced Monday. In Brink, Biden has chosen a pro diplomat who speaks Russian to be his leader envoy in a kingdom suffering a complete-scale invasion by way of Moscow. Brink, presently the USA ambassador … Read more

Ukraine war has consequences for Asia, EU chief tells India

Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens India’s nearby protection, the European Union chief said Monday at some point of a ride to New Delhi aimed at fostering deeper strategic ties. Ursula von der Leyen is the state-of-the-art touring Western diplomat to press India, which receives most of its palms from Russia, over its impartial stance at the war. … Read more

Five challenges for Macron in new term

French President Emmanuel Macron faces a daunting variety of obligations after defeating a ways-right leader Marine Le Pen and triumphing a brand new term at the Elysee Palace. AFP appears at five demanding situations in advance for the centrist, who turned into France’s youngest-ever president while elected in 2017. – Mending divisions –   After … Read more

US believes Ukraine can beat Russia with ‘right equipment’

Ukraine

The United States believes Ukraine can win the conflict in opposition to Russia if it has the “proper equipment”, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin stated Monday, as Kyiv accused Russia of failing to reach a deal to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol. The landmark visit through Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Ukraine comes because … Read more

US panel says India religious freedom worsens ‘significantly’

US panel

A US commission stated Monday that nonsecular freedom has deteriorated “notably” in India under the Hindu nationalist government because it again endorsed focused sanctions over abuses. It changed into the third instantly year that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom requested that India be placed on a listing of “nations of precise concern” — … Read more

ICC prosecutor to join EU team probing crimes in Ukraine

ICC

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor will be part of an EU investigations crew to probe possible global crimes dedicated in Ukraine, the EU’s judicial cooperation agency said Monday. “The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague becomes a participant within the joint investigation crew (JIT) on alleged center … Read more

Activists block Russian oil tanker in Norway

Activists

Greenpeace activists in Norway blocked a Russian oil tanker from unloading its cargo near Oslo Monday, pronouncing the shipment changed into helping to finance Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “warfare”. The Hong Kong-registered Ust Luga, leased via Russian oil company Novatek, is carrying 95,000 tonnes of fuel bound for Esso’s terminal in southeast Norway, Greenpeace stated in an … Read more

Jailed Turkish campaigner awaits verdict after marathon trial

Turkish

A main Turkish rights defender expects to learn Monday if he can stroll free after more than four years in prison without conviction or whether he’s going to spend the rest of his days behind bars. The marathon trial of Paris-born philanthropist Osman Kavala has gnawed on Turkey’s ties with Western allies given his arrest … Read more

Another 45,000 flee Ukraine war

Ukraine

More than 5.2 million Ukrainians have fled due to the fact that Russia released its invasion two months ago, with over 45,000 becoming a member of their ranks within the past 24 hours, the UN stated Monday. In total, five,232,014 people have fled Ukraine as refugees because February 24, in line with the latest data … Read more

Russia claims it prevented ‘murder’ of pro-Kremlin journalist

Russia

Moscow said Monday it had arrested members of a “neo-Nazi terrorist” institution in Russia who allegedly planned to assassinate pro  Kremlin TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov on orders from Ukraine. “The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation detained a collection of participants of the neo-Nazi terrorist agency National Socialism/White Power, that’s banned in Russia,” Russia’s FSB … Read more

Pregnant Rihanna and ASAP Rocky seen first time after rapper’s arrest

Rihanna

Following ASAP Rocky’s arrest, he become noticed together with his pregnant female friend, Rihanna, for the first time due to the fact that posting bail. The twosome — who were first linked in February 2020 — was photographed having dinner with buddies and a circle of relatives in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, April 23, … Read more