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One year on, UN-backed Haiti mission still unable to launch major offensive operations against gangs

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness is sending two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti to boost a UN-backed mission led by Kenya to fight violent gangs. the…

‘You have to care’: Pope encourages youth to ‘take risks, go beyond comfort zone,’ care for others

Pope Francis wrapped up his visit to Singapore on Friday by praising its tradition of interfaith harmony, closing out his four-nation trip through Asia with the same message…

Peru: Fujimori family ‘wants to bolster support’ with state funeral for former disgraced president

Peru’s government on Thursday declared three days of national mourning over the death of former President Alberto Fujimori and granted him a state funeral despite his convictions for…

‘Tumultuous’ pontificate: Pope ‘ruffled’ many feathers, is a ‘predictable’ successor on the horizon?

Pope Francis wrapped up an arduous 12-day tour of the Asia-Pacific on Friday, defying health concerns to connect with believers from the jungle of Papua New Guinea to…

Putin’s warning to West seeks to create ‘divide within Ukraine’s allies over war’ & foment ‘discord’

President Vladimir Putin has delivered a clear message to the West about the consequences it will face if it allows Ukraine to hit Russian territory with Western long-range…

Are Germany’s border controls ‘the new norm’? Is border-free Schengen Area ‘a thing of the past’?

Germany will from Monday expand border controls to the frontiers with all nine of its neighbours to stop irregular migrants in a move that has sparked protests from…

EU, UK govts embrace dangerous ‘externalising solutions’ for migrants fleeing ‘devastating crises’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is meeting his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome to discuss tackling illegal immigration, a day after another Channel migrant shipwreck claimed eight…

Amnesty calls for int’l criminal investigations into Iranian officials over brutal repression

Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents of Iran’s clerical authorities two years after a protest…

‘Political violence symptomatic of deeper polarisation, extremism within American political sphere’

Monday marks 50 days until the 2024 presidential election in a campaign that was already among the most turbulent in American history even before Donald Trump faced an…

MPI: EU can ‘improve conditions’ for migrants, ‘address reasons people leave’ country of origin

Germany reintroduced temporary border checks as part of efforts to combat irregular migration and cross-border crime. the coalition government has toughened its stance on migration following a surge…