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Reuters, Published on 04/11/2025
» Dick Cheney, a driving force behind the US invasion of Iraq and a man considered by historians as one of the most powerful vice presidents in US history, has died at the age of 84.
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday.
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» MINA (SAUDI ARABIA) - Massive crowds of robed Muslims gathered for the "stoning of the devil" ritual in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic draws to a close.
AFP, Published on 28/06/2023
» LONDON - Julian Sands, whose body was identified Tuesday after he disappeared in January while hiking in California, was a British actor who shot to fame as the romantic hero in 1980s period drama "A Room with a View".
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» HAMBURG: Details are emerging about the gunman who shot dead six Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany, painting a picture of a disturbed businessman who battled paranoia and penned an apocalypse-themed book.
Published on 25/11/2022
» DOHA: Iran’s football stars scored a famous victory with a last-gasp World Cup win on Friday but scrutiny of the conduct of the team ahead of the decisive clash with the United States will only intensify as its leaders press a crackdown on protests at home.
AFP, Published on 29/07/2022
» TOKYO - The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe by a man resentful of the Unification Church has resurfaced years of controversy over the group.
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - As war rages across Ukraine, Mykhaylo Tereshchenko is locked in his own spiritual battle that risks tearing his parish apart.
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2022
» VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on Covid-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights.
AFP, Published on 22/11/2021
» JERUSALEM - A militant of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement opened fire Sunday in Jerusalem's Old City, killing one person and wounding three before he was shot dead, Israeli officials, police and medics said.