Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday (February 23, 2025) and blood tests showed early kidney failure but he remains alert, and responsive and attended Mass, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff battles pneumonia and a complex lung infection. In a late update, the Vatican said Francis hadnât had any more respiratory crises since…
An Israeli tank operates during an Israeli operation in Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli tanks have moved into the occupied West Bank for the first time since 2002, shortly after the Defence Minister said troops will remain âfor the coming yearâ in parts of the territory…
Supporters of Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party waiting for the closing of polling stations and the announcement of the first projections at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany on February 23, 2025, after the German national election. | Photo Credit: AP Exit polls in Germanyâs national election Sunday…
Ukraineâs President Volodymyr Zelensky | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday (February 23, 2025) he would âimmediatelyâ quit as Ukraineâs president in exchange for the country gaining NATO membership. âIf there is peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to leave my post, I am ready. … I can exchange it…
Afghan refugees wait to register in a camp near the Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham, Afghanistan. File. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan has warned that Afghan refugees not accepted for resettlement by the United States would be treated as illegal immigrants and deported, according to a media report. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq…
Drone view shows destroyed buildings in the frontline town of Toretsk, amid Russiaâs attack on Ukraine, Donetsk region, Ukraine on February 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: Iryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday (February 23, 2025) that…
Italyâs Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has criticised the Left’s “double standards” in perceiving conservatives globally, saying when leaders like herself, U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi collaborate they are called a “threat to democracy” while leftist leaders are praised for similar alliances….
A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollahâs former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd at the beginning of a funeral procession in the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 23, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Tens of thousands of people packed into…
A woman lays a rosary near candles adorned with pictures of Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis is battling pneumonia, in Rome | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis, in critical condition with a complex lung infection, rested well during a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican…
A military vehicle moves outside the Israeli military prison, Ofer near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel said Sunday (February 23, 2025) it was scaling up a weekslong offensive in the occupied West Bank, sending in tanks to a militant stronghold and pledging to keep troops in place for…
