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The Vatican received information in 2015 and 2017 that an Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis had taken naked selfies, exhibited “obscene” behavior and had been accused of misconduct with seminarians, his former vicar general told The Associated Press, undermining Vatican

Azerbaijanis thronged on Sunday to Martyrs’ Lane in the capital Baku to mark the 29th anniversary of Black January, remembering the violence from the breakup of the Soviet Union. Seen as the rebirth of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Black January witnessed

A third Qatari cash donation for impoverished Gaza civil servants will be made this week after it was held back by Israel in punishment for clashes at the border, a Qatari diplomat said Sunday. Qatar in November began a six-month, $150

An unusual set of celestial circumstances comes together Sunday for skywatchers in Europe, Africa and the Americas, where a total lunar eclipse may be glimpsed, offering a view of a large, red Moon. The full Moon will appear bigger than normal

Zimbabwe on Friday faced a “total internet shutdown,” a media group said, after a days-long violent crackdown on people protesting a dramatic fuel price increase. Badly injured people streamed into a hospital in the capital after alleged assaults by security forces.

A gang of scammers in Istanbul have tricked up to 1,000 people by selling them fake Montenegro passports, each of which they charged over 7,000 euros in an elaborate scheme involving a fake consulate building, reports said Friday. Akkan Suver, who

U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting Friday with North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol to discuss negotiations on the country’s pledge to denuclearize, the White House said. The meeting in the Oval Office at the White House was due at 12:15

Nigeria’s February 16 presidential elections will have a total of 72 candidates participating, the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, said on Thursday. INEC released a list that had the name of all aspirants and their vice-presidential candidates. The list also included aspirants