10+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1306+ words) Lebanese army troops began deploying in the southern Lebanese town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh on Tuesday after Israeli forces withdrew from the area, a senior Lebanese security official said, in line with a US-brokered plan. The plan foresees Lebanese army troops…...

2+ hour, 35+ min ago   (828+ words) The lawyer for five women who say they were sexually and spiritually abused by a former Jesuit priest and internationally known religious artist penned a scathing denunciation Tuesday of the Vatican’s secretive legal system, in which her clients have no…...

8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (670+ words) GINA PEREZ, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how faith communities are supporting immigrants in the US… Via The Conversation US This uncertainty is not new. In 2010, President Barack Obama granted TPS to Haitians living in…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago   (284+ words) Civilian injuries and deaths increased by more than a third in Ukraine in the first half of the year, driven by rising drone attacks, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday. The UN human rights office said it has…...

7+ hour, 40+ min ago   (607+ words) Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the US in the year to October, 2025, than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that found declines after the Trump administration’s cuts and changes to foreign aid. The…...

8+ hour, 35+ min ago   (706+ words) Colombo, Sri Lanka Reuters Sri Lanka’s public health services and hospitals are battling the worst outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue in nearly a decade, and turning to the island nation’s armed forces to help curb the spread of the disease. The…...

8+ hour, 25+ min ago   (1713+ words) ALEXANDER VILLEGAS and JUAN GONZALEZ, of Reuters, report from Fundo Pidenco and other centres of Mapuche resistance… Fundo Pidenco, Chile Reuters After years of reclaiming ancestral lands through occupations, sabotage and clashes with police, militant Mapuche groups are confronting one…...

9+ hour, 25+ min ago   (732+ words) MATTEO NEGRI, of Reuters, reports on how the Coriviale housing complex is being transformed… On the outskirts of Rome, an EU-funded regeneration project is seeking to improve the lot of 4,500 people living in a 1970s housing development, betting that protection from…...

9+ hour, 51+ min ago   (791+ words) Firefighters struggled on Tuesday to contain Spain’s largest wildfire of the year, while two firefighters were killed battling a fire in south-western France, as an extreme heatwave continued to fuel dangerous conditions across Europe, bringing drought and forecasts of severe…...

11+ hour, 7+ min ago   (590+ words) Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, with improvements recorded across every continent, although mounting risks from climate shocks and trade disruption could threaten further progress, a United Nations report said. Around 645 million people, or 7.8 per cent of…...