Belief

Pope Leo calls for Venezuela to remain an independent country

Facing Alawite backlash, Syria’s new leaders take controversial steps to win loyalty

Syria secures Assad-era mass grave revealed by Reuters and opens criminal investigation

Three dead in Alawite protests on Syrian coast, local officials say

U.S.-backed airstrikes in Nigeria hit two ISIS-linked camps, government says

Explosion at Alawite mosque in Syria's Homs kills eight

Britain's King Charles lauds unity in diversity in his Christmas message

In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza

Five killed in Nigeria mosque attack, police say

Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God

Blast hits mosque during evening prayers in Nigeria’s Maiduguri, witness says

Australian state passes tougher gun, protest law after Bondi Beach shooting

Pope Leo 'disappointed' in Illinois governor over assisted dying law

Now in their 50s, trans Latinas reclaim a youthful rite of passage

Hundreds protest in New Delhi over killing of Hindu man in Bangladesh

Pope Leo's new US bishops are critics of Trump's migrant crackdown

Pope Leo urges joyful, welcoming Church in speech to Vatican cardinals

Last group of freed Nigerian schoolchildren to be reunited with their families

Remaining 130 abducted Nigerian students have been released, president's spokesman says

Pakistan court hands Imran Khan, wife 17-year jail terms in another graft case

Australia PM says Jewish community 'completely unbreakable' after Bondi attack

Bondi attack suspects kept to themselves during Philippines stay, hotel staffer recalls

Pope Leo names new leader of the Catholic Church in London

Notable deaths of 2025

Australian teen wounded while shielding children during Bondi attack says she is not a hero

Analysis-Australia's gun control consensus frays after Bondi Beach attack

Pope Leo replaces New York's Cardinal Dolan in shake-up of US Church

Pope Leo decries leaders who invoke religion for violence and nationalism

Australia to introduce legislation to crack down on hate, PM says

Australia promises new hate laws as youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is laid to rest

Gunmen kidnap 13 worshippers in central Nigeria church attack

UK police plan tougher action against antisemitic chants and protests

Family of Bondi hero in Syria says his home country is proud of him

From pulpit to turntables: Portugal's 'DJ Priest' brings his message to Latin America

Indian family of alleged Bondi gunman didn't know of 'radical mindset', Indian police say

Plan to build church for war dead in city park sparks rare protest in Russia

Teenage preacher to alleged mass killer: Bondi attack suspect's background emerges

Philippines confirms visit by alleged Bondi gunmen amid terrorism concerns

Antisemitism allowed to fester in Australia, says daughter of wounded Holocaust survivor