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How a perilous US rescue mission in Iran nearly went off course
Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Humeyra Pamuk of Reuters, Published on 06/04/2026
» WASHINGTON - The rescue had unfolded with near‑perfect precision. Under cover of darkness, US commandos slipped deep into Iran, undetected, scaled a 7,000‑foot ridge and pulled a stranded American weapons specialist to safety, moving him toward a secret rendezvous point before dawn on Sunday. Then everything stopped.
Pope decries widening rich-poor gap on Monaco visit
AFP, Published on 28/03/2026
» MONACO - Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the widening gap between the haves and have-nots as he visited Monaco, a millionaires’ playground that is the surprise pick for the first western European trip of his papacy.
Ex-midwife becomes first female Archbishop of Canterbury
AFP, Published on 26/03/2026
» CANTERBURY, England - A former nurse made history Wednesday when she was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to lead the centuries-old mother church of the world’s 85 million-strong Anglican community.
UK races to contain meningitis outbreak
Reuters, Published on 18/03/2026
» LONDON - Britain will roll out meningitis vaccines to students at a university in southeastern England after an “unprecedented” outbreak of the disease killed two people while the number of new cases jumped to 20.
Conservative Anglicans press opposition to Church's first woman leader
AFP, Published on 06/03/2026
» ABUJA - Conservative Anglican bishops opposed to the Church of England appointing a woman as its head for the first time said Thursday they had created a new body to lead them.
Newsmaker: Pragmatist Larijani the new power broker in Iran
Ahmed Elimam of Reuters, Published on 01/03/2026
» Veteran Iranian politician Ali Larijani, who said on Sunday a temporary leadership council would be set up after an air strike killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reemerged last year as one of the most powerful figures in the security hierarchy.
Trump’s threatened strikes to force an Iran deal risk backfiring
Natalia Drozdiak and Tony Copaccio of Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2026
» NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump said he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran into signing a new nuclear deal, but bombing the country may have the opposite effect, risking a new destabilizing conflict in the Middle East.
Egyptian tourism megaproject imperils Sinai town
AFP, Published on 04/12/2025
» SAINT CATHERINE, Egypt - Atop one of Egypt’s Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses, another unmistakable sound rings out: the incessant drilling of construction work.
Oil smugglers' Cook Islands office enabling sanctions-busting 'shadow fleets'
Steven Trask of AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» CANBERRA - Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the tropical South Pacific to cover their tracks, an AFP analysis of sanctions data has revealed.
King Charles to hold historic prayer with Pope Leo
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» VATICAN CITY - King Charles III will meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff for five centuries.