#Pope #Francis, beginning the first trip by a pontiff to #Iraq, made an impassioned call on Friday for an end to the militant violence and religious strife that has plagued the country for decades, saying peacemakers...
Courage under fire: Women activists who risk their lives
Monday marks 110 years since a designated annual International #Women’s Day was first commemorated. Started as a way to call attention to the need for equal rights and promote women’s suffrage, this...
‘Nord Stream 2 is a bad project,’ Ukrainian FM tells FRANCE 24
Exactly seven years ago, Ukraine was convulsed by crisis. Dozens of protesters had been fatally shot by police and the president had reportedly fled the country. The events came to be known as the Euromaidan revolution...
Poland’s mining heartland contemplates a coal-free future
An energy policy U-turn from Poland has seen the country announce its intention to close all its thermal coal mines by 2049. It’s not the most ambitious scheme, but it does mark a wider shift of attitudes in...
Pope Francis makes first papal visit to Iraq amid security fears
Pope Francis has made the first ever papal visit to Iraq, with the Catholic leader calling for an end to violence and extremism. It is the Pontiff’s first international trip since the start of the Covid pandemic...
Starfishes removed to save endangered species in Australia
The Northern Pacific seastar has spread rapidly through the River Derwent in Tasmania, Australia, since the starfish was introduced from Japan in the 1980s.
Assyrian Christian leader laments ongoing discrimination against community in Iraq
Back in 2003, there were around 1.4 million Christians living in Iraq. Now, almost two decades on, following the US-led invasion and the Islamic State group’s targeted persecution of the country’s Christian...