Today's headlines: Pyongyang's new missile test for the development of spy satellites; Baghdad hosts its first official football match in years, to qualify for the 2022 Qatar World Cup; Nepal's parliament passes a controversial rule on US funding that triggers…

Today's headlines: A Christian family in Laos attacked on charges of practising a

Today's headlines: dozens of arrests in Russia among those demonstrating against the war in Ukraine; Russian companies relocate to Armenia to escape sanctions, hundreds more are waiting; Armenian MPs donate blood for Ukrainian hospitals; an Indonesian priest…

Today's headlines: protests against the war in Ukraine continue in St Petersburg and other Russian cities, with hundreds of arrests; Israel expropriates Jerusalem's Alexander Nevsky Church from the Russians; the majority party in Georgia wants to speed up…

Today's headlines: Ukrainian power plant staff in Zaporozhets, work under the threat of (Russian) weapons; Pakistan and Uzbekistan strengthen bilateral collaboration; Beijing may shelve its

Today's headlines: trade between Russia and China grows 38.5% in January and February; the Orthodox patriarchs of Moscow and Alexandria clash; South Korean widens sanctions against Moscow; More than 100 Rohingya refugees found starving on an Indonesian beach;…

Today's headlines: Vietnam denounces Chinese naval exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin; Macau prays for Hong Kong in pandemic crisis; Russian lawyers advise priests to be cautious in their prayers for peace in Ukraine; Demonstrations in Kazakhstan against Russian…

Today's headlines: Vietnam denounces Chinese naval exercises in the Gulf of Tonkin; Macau prays for Hong Kong in pandemic crisis; Russian lawyers advise priests to be cautious in their prayers for peace in Ukraine; Demonstrations in Kazakhstan against Russian…

Today's headlines: More and more Russian oligarchs call for a halt to the war in Ukraine; Independent Russian journalists flee to Georgia; Chinese internet users support Russian invasion; Russia and Japan clash over Kuril Islands;  200 Cambodian workers from…

Today's headlines: Japan holds prayer service to commemorate the 2011 Fukushima disaster; The Pentagon accuses North Korea of prepareing an intercontinental missile test; The Philippines is ready to give US bases for Ukriane war effort; After European sanctions…

Today's headlines: China has imposed a lockdown on Shenzhen; in the Philippines Marcos continues to lead the polls, but is the last choice of investors; Iran has launched 12 missiles against Erbil; today in Kyrgyzstan professional cowboy competitions begin.…

Today's headlines: China denies giving military assistance to Putin for Ukraine war; the Russian Orthodox Church in Amsterdam breaks relations with the Moscow Patriarchate; the  Karnataka confirms ban on wearing the hijab; cyber attack on Israeli government…

Today's headlines: Aleksej Naval'nyj sentenced to 15 years for flouting the Russian armed forces; Sri Lanka in talks with the International Monetary Fund on economic crisis; North Korea missile test fails; The US says IS-K is regrouping  in Afghanistan.

Today's headlines: UN resolution on Afghanistan presence without legitimising the Taliban government; 2022 will be a very dry year in Indonesia; Putin plans to continue the war in Ukraine until mid-April; political unrest in Pakistan; India celebrates Holi …

Today's headlines: Japan promises investment in India, while Delhi has approved another line of credit to Colombo; Russia has collected data on citizens who have left the country; Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited the Emirates; in Indonesia, toy car…

The Indian Church's joy for the former 18th century dignitary that Pope Francis will canonise on 15 May. Killed because he preached the fraternity of the Gospel beyond caste barriers. Syro-Malankara native Baselios Cleemis:

According to the Hong Kong Democracy Council, more than three-quarters are under the age of 30, more than 15% are under the age of 18. At least 179 opponents are in custody; 1,159 are on trial. Yesterday, well-known jurist Benny Tai was sentenced. While awaiting…

For the head of the Afghan Missio sui iuris,

New consistory for Aug. 27 announced at Regina Caeli. The new cardinals include Korea's Lazarus You Heung-sik, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy; the archbishops of Dili (East Timor) and Singapore, Goa and Hyderabad (India); and the apostolic prefect…

Among the new cardinals chosen by Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Hyderabad comes from an