3+ hour, 15+ min ago  (644+ words) After weeks of protests, fraud accusations and review of contested ballots in a razor-thin race, conservative Keiko Fujimori was officially declared the winner of Peru's presidential race by the country's electoral office on Friday." Fujimori won 50. 135 per cent of the…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (491+ words) Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for the United States to recommit itself to its founding ideals of protecting life and human dignity as he participated remotely in an event on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence....

5+ hour, 11+ min ago  (638+ words) Another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan around the besieged city of al-Obeid, the United Nations human rights chief said on Friday, warning of a pattern of atrocities and urging the world to act. Al-Obeid is the capital of…...

17+ hour, 41+ min ago  (866+ words) Pope Leo said during his inaugural Mass last year that he would seek to unify the Catholic Church after years of fraught divisions and vowed he would not rule like an "autocrat" over its 1. 4 billion members. But the Vatican's decision…...

21+ hour, 43+ min ago  (681+ words) Durban, South Africa Reuters Ethiopian refugee Helana Wolde locked his home and watched on television as thousands of angry demonstrators marched through South Africa this week calling for foreigners like him to leave. His wife and their three South African-born…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (483+ words) The United States and the European Union expressed concern on Thursday about China's new law on ethnic unity that went into effect this week and gives Beijing the legal basis to take action against people outside its borders. China passed…...

1+ day, 44+ min ago  (265+ words) Albanian police used water cannons and teargas on Thursday to disperse anti-government protesters in front of parliament who threw eggs and flour at police officers and some lawmakers. Three police officers and one protester were injured in clashes, Albanian media…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (745+ words) Washington DC, US RNS A week into the 16-day Great American State Fair, Gospel music could be heard in one section of the National Mall and rodeo calls on the other. Bible verses were recited from one stage while songs…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (354+ words) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologised on Thursday to women forced to give up their babies or separated from their mothers at birth under a system of forced adoptions that targeted unmarried women for decades after World War II. An estimated…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (300+ words) SHANE CLAIBORNE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says there is a powerful movement in the US working tirelessly to abolish the death penalty" United States Via RNS This week marks 50 years of the modern-era death penalty…...