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The church in Asia's most Catholic country is grappling with a decline in those with a vocation for the priesthood

Lacking priests

Filipino pope could revive priestly vocations in Catholic bastion

Merwil Gutierrez does not know why he was taken to El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) in a wave of deportations that has stirred legal debate

Only 19-years-old

'Dream turned nightmare' for Venezuelan migrant deported from US by Trump

Supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro marched in Brasilia to demand amnesty for hundreds of people jailed over January 2023 riots calling for the overthrow of his successor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Facing trial for coup charges

Bolsonaro leads rally at site of 2023 Brazil insurrection

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is a billionaire real estate developer and close ally of President Donald Trump

Closed-door talks

US envoy Witkoff briefs UN Security Council on Gaza, other issues

Tens of thousands of people took part in a rally in Istanbul for jailed opposition party mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

Tens of thousands take part in Istanbul rally for jailed mayor

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said his country would 'avenge' those killed by India's strikes

Nuclear armed neighbours

Pakistan warns will 'avenge' deaths from Indian strikes

Gereman Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk shake hands at a Warsaw press conference

Establishing his credentials

Merz supports easing EU fiscal rules to boost defence spending

Cardinals failed to choose a new pope, as evidenced by the black smoke emerging from the Sistine Chapel chimney

All eyes on the Vatican sky

Black smoke: Cardinals fail to elect new pope on first try

Smoke rises in the main town of Poonch, in India on May 7, 2025

Bilateral attacks

Dozens killed as India, Pakistan clash in worst violence in decades

Germany's new Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, on the left, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Limit irregular immigration

Germany's new govt orders border police to reject most asylum seekers

Police stand guard outside London's Old Bailey court

Spy network 'The Minions'

Six Bulgarians face long UK jail terms for spying for Russia

The cardinals meeting Wednesday behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel will not hear any female opinions during deliberations expected to last days

Smoke of dissent

Pink smoke signals in Rome call for women priests

Aleksandar Vucic has sought good relations with Russia's Vladimir Putin without alienating EU favour

Balance Russian ties and EU aspirations

Serbian leader Vucic defies EU with Russia visit

A Palestinian girl mourns over the shrouded body of her mother, killed in a strike

'Amid growing humanitarian catastrophe'

UN experts warn of 'annihilation' in Gaza amid Israeli strikes

Police blocked the road leading to the Rovaniemi Airport in Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland after the crash

Rehearsing for airshow

Finnish fighter jet crashes in Arctic town, pilot ejected

An aircraft burns after the Israeli strikes on Sanaa airport, in this picture released by Huthi news agency SABA

Yemen's Huthis to keep attacking Israeli ships despite US deal

The USS Harry S. Truman is one of two US aircraft carriers currently operating in the Middle East

'Minor injuries'

Second plane falls off US aircraft carrier in 10 days

Merz and Macron want to work more closely on defence

Ramping up security

France, Germany say to cooperate more closely on defence

World leaders have called on India and Pakistan to de-escalate a clash between the nuclear-armed nations

Escalation of violence

Nations urge restraint in India-Pakistan clash

Smoke billows after an artillery shell landed in the main town of Poonch district in India's Jammu region on May 7, 2025

Red flames and smoke

Explosions and fire on the contested India-Pakistan border

Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip 'needs to be lifted immediately' said Turk

Humanitarian assistance 'needs to come'

Israel's Gaza plan 'dangerous moment' for civilians: UN official

Residents of Khallet al-Dabaa and other hamlets in the West Bank's Masafer Yatta region have for years contended with violence

'Biggest demolition we've ever had'

Palestinians in razed West Bank hamlet vow to stay

Luxembourg cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, a close advisor to Pope Francis, has been floated as a potential successor to the late Argentine pontiff.

A new pope awaits: What to expect from this historic conclave

Since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, his administration has levied new tariffs totaling 145 percent on goods from China, with some sector-specific measures stacked on top

Eyeing de-escalation

China vows to defend 'justice' in looming trade talks with US

Israel's military says its strike took the Sanna airport 'fully' out of action

Safeguarding shipping lanes

US, Yemen's Huthis agree ceasefire: mediator Oman

Erin Patterson accused of murdering the parents and aunt of her estranged husband with a meal containing poisonous mushrooms. She denies all charges

Triple murder case

Toxic mushroom victim said meal was 'delicious', Australian court hears

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met twice already this year

Guest of honour

China's Xi heads to Moscow to beef up 'no limits' Putin partnership

Luxembourg and Finland eye closer cooperation on security and innovation

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