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UN: Inflation Driven By Ukraine War Draws 71 Million into Poverty
A U.N. study released Thursday shows the first three months of the war in Ukraine has driven up the global cost of fuel and food, creating record inflation that has helped drive 71 million people into poverty. Speaking during a virtual news...
Supreme Court Ends Constitutional Right to Abortion in America
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overruled a constitutional right to abortion in America, leaving it to states to decide whether to permit the procedure that has been legal nationwide for five decades. “The Constitution makes no...
Nigeria Suspects Islamic State of Killing 40 in Catholic Church
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigerian authorities suspect the insurgent group Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) carried out a massacre in a Catholic church on Sunday in which 40 people were killed, Interior Minister Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said on...
Taliban Say No Christians Live in Afghanistan; US Groups Concerned
Husain Andaryas was a religious fighter in the war against the invading Soviet army in Afghanistan in the early 1980s, but almost a year after the Soviets left, he converted to Christianity. For the next nine years, Andaryas wandered in several...
Christian Orthodox Spiritual Leader Says Indescribable Tragedy in Ukraine
ISTANBUL — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide, called overnight for the opening of humanitarian corridors in Ukraine where he said, "an indescribable human tragedy is unfolding."...
Disaster Looms for Millions in Horn of Africa as Rains Fail
GENEVA — The World Food Program warns an estimated 20 million people in drought-affected parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could face catastrophic levels of hunger if the region is hit with a fourth consecutive year of drought. The rains have...
Multiple People Injured, Shot in NYC Subway Attack
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the suspected gunman who opened fire on a Brooklyn subway train during the morning rush hour is dangerous and still on the loose. “We are asking individuals to be very vigilant and alert,”...
UN: More Aid Needed to Handle Ukraine Displacement Crisis
GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR says it is beefing up its humanitarian aid operation for millions of Ukrainians forced to flee their homes in the face of intensified fighting and increased brutality by Russia’s military forces. Russia’s...
Accusations Of Russian Atrocities in Ukraine Prompt Calls for Tougher Sanctions, Prosecutions
Russia faced mounting international condemnation amid reports of possible war crimes committed by Russian forces in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha and other parts of Ukraine. In a post on Twitter on April 3 , European Council President Charles Michel...
Russia Suggests Second Round of Ukraine Peace Talks as Troops Shell Cities
Russian forces shelled multiple Ukrainian cities Wednesday, while Russian officials said they were ready for another round of talks with Ukraine and a key Russian opposition leader urged people in Russia and across the world to hold daily protests...