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Pope Leo XIV said the Church should be a 'beacon' to reach areas suffering a 'lack of faith' in his first mass as pontiff on Friday

Pope Leo XIV warns against lack of faith in first mass at Vatican

VATICAN CITY — The new Pope, Leo XIV, has called for the Catholic Church to "desperately" counter a lack of faith in his first mass at the Vatican.Speaking on Friday, the day after he was elected the first US leader of the Catholic Church, he warned that people were turning to "technology, money, success, power, or pleasure" for security instead of the Church.Pope Leo also called for cardinals to extend missionary outreach.The ascension of Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has been widely celebrated by 1.4 billion Catholics across the world, with joyous outbursts in particular in Peru, where he was stationed for 20 years, and in his US homeland.In his speech, the new pope said he had been elected to be a "faithful administrator" of the Church and to...

May 09, 2025

Pope Leo XIV warns against lack of faith in first mass at Vatican

An Indian soldier operates a surveillance drone amid heightened tensions in Jammu and Kashmir

Drone war opens a new chapter in India-Pakistan conflict

NEW DELHI — The world's first drone war between nuclear-armed neighbors has erupted in South Asia.On Thursday, India accused Pakistan of launching waves of drones and missiles at three military bases in Indian territory and Indian-administered Kashmir — an allegation Islamabad swiftly denied.Pakistan claimed it had shot down 25 Indian drones in recent hours. Delhi remained publicly silent. Experts say the tit-for-tat attacks mark a dangerous new phase in the decades-old rivalry, as both sides exchange not just artillery but unmanned weapons across a volatile border.As Washington and other global powers urge restraint, the region is teetering on the edge of escalation, with drones -- silent, remote and deniable -- opening a new chapter in the India-Pakistan conflict."The...

May 09, 2025

Drone war opens a new chapter in India-Pakistan conflict

The co-pilot's mistake led to take-off being abandoned

Plane caught fire as pilot confused left and right

LONDON — A plane aborted take-off on a Gatwick runway after its co-pilot muddled up his left and right hands, investigators have found.The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the error resulted in the aircraft's brakes catching fire.The 28 June incident — involving a British Airways flight to Vancouver, Canada — led to a 50-minute runway closure and 23 canceled departures at the West Sussex airport.A British Airways spokesperson said: "Safety is always our highest priority and our pilots brought the aircraft to a safe stop."Gatwick Airport has been contacted for comment.A 13-person crew and 334 passengers were on board during the incident, according to the AAIB report.Investigators said the co-pilot "unintentionally" moved a lever to his left when...

May 09, 2025

Plane caught fire as pilot confused left and right

Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica after his election, at the Vatican, 8 May 2025

Pope Leo XIV addresses Vatican crowd as new leader of the Catholic Church

VATICAN CITY — The conclave of 133 cardinals representing 70 countries elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as new pontiff on Thursday, after deliberating on who would be the new leader of the Catholic Church for less than a day.The new pope has chosen Leo XIV as his name.With black smoke appearing around noon on Thursday, the wait for the new pontiff continued. After a midday lunch break, the cardinals were to hold two more rounds of voting, but the first vote resulted in a yes.The most geographically diverse College of Cardinals in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history has followed centuries-old rituals inside the Sistine Chapel to decide who will lead the 1.4 billion faithful.In the past century, choosing a pontiff has taken between three and eight ballots.And with that, an...

May 09, 2025

Pope Leo XIV addresses Vatican crowd as new leader of the Catholic Church

Excited crowds gather in St Peter's Square to see the new Pope

Pope Leo XIV marks new beginning for Catholic Church

VATICAN — After the sorrow of death, the joy of a new beginning.The warm May sun was still high in the sky when a roar echoed out in the streets surrounding St Peter's Square.One street over, startled people looked at each other, then at their phones. Then, they began to run down the narrow alleyways leading to the Vatican. "White smoke, they're saying white smoke!", they called out.By the time they reached the square, a white haze was still hovering over the left-hand side of the Apostolic Palace where 133 cardinals had been locked away since the day before, voting to elect the new head of the Catholic Church.As the evening sunshine streamed through the statues of the apostles on the ledge of St Peter's Basilica and bells tolled joyously over the square, young and...

May 09, 2025

Pope Leo XIV marks new beginning for Catholic Church

Trump is among the many American political figures applauding the historic appointment of Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV

Trump calls election of first American pope a 'great honor'

WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has called the election of the first American pope a "great honor" for the country and said he looks forward to meeting him.Trump is among the many American political figures applauding the historic appointment of Robert Francis Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, to lead the Catholic Church."To have the Pope from America is a great honor," Trump said when asked for reaction to the news.Pope Leo, 69, was born in Chicago and attended university outside Philadelphia, before becoming a missionary in Peru.The US has the fourth largest number of Catholics in the world, and congratulations started pouring in soon after the first American pope's name was announced.Vice-President JD Vance, who converted to Catholicism in...

May 09, 2025

Trump calls election of first American pope a 'great honor'

Dozens of people from all over the world line in front of the central registration centre for asylum seekers in Berlin, 25 September, 2023

Germany denies plan to declare state of emergency to tackle migration

BERLIN — The German government has denied a media report claiming that the newly elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz had declared a state of national emergency in a bid to ramp up border controls.A spokesperson for the government cleared the rumours on Thursday, assuring the public that the special Brussels clause, Article 72 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, has not been triggered."The chancellor is not declaring a national emergency," said Stefan Kornelius, speaking to local media.Earlier on Thursday, German media outlet, Die Welt, reported that the new federal government is planning to invoke the EU clause. If passed, national law would apply to border protection and internal security with immediate effect.This would trigger extensive tightening of border...

May 09, 2025

Germany denies plan to declare state of emergency to tackle migration

The Statue of Peace is reflected on water fountain at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, 16 November, 2019

Nagasaki extends invitation to 'all countries' to memorial event of 1945 nuclear bombing

TOKYO — The mayor of Nagasaki has announced the city will invite representatives "of all countries" and regions to the peace memorial marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.The invitation to the 157 countries and regions that have diplomatic missions in Japan will include Russia, Belarus and Israel, who were excluded last year.Mayor Shiro Suzuki said he wants all representatives to see the brutal consequences of atomic weapons use as a lesson at a time of growing divisions and conflicts.The United States dropped its second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, three days after the first bombing of Hiroshima, together killing more than 210,000 people.Japan surrendered on 15 August, ending World War II and its nearly half-century of aggression across...

May 09, 2025

Nagasaki extends invitation to 'all countries' to memorial event of 1945 nuclear bombing

French President Emmanuel Macron awards French WWII resistant Jean Daikhowski with the Legion of Honor during ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII

80 years on, France’s last WWII veterans warn peace must be defended

PARIS — France commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of the World War II on Thursday.French President Emmanuel Macron led the national remembrance in the capital, Paris, laying a wreath in front of a crowd at the statue of General Charles de Gaulle, who led the French Resistance against Nazi Germany.But as France remembered the millions who fought and died in the war, it also faced a sobering reality: few remain who have witnessed its horrors first-hand.“Unfortunately, I'm finding that there are fewer and fewer of us,” said 89-year-old Marcjanna Marcinkowski, who was just nine when Paris was liberated from Nazi occupation in 1944.“That’s a real concern, because finding myself alone is something that troubles me a lot," she added.Marcinkowski fears the lessons of...

May 09, 2025

80 years on, France’s last WWII veterans warn peace must be defended

A Houthi rebel walks next to a destroyed plane at the Sanaa International Airport on Wednesday, a day after Israel's military warplanes struck Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa

Israel vows to ‘defend ourselves alone’ after Trump strikes truce with Houthis

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “defend ourselves alone” against Yemen’s Houthi rebels after US President Donald Trump struck a deal with the Iran-backed group.The US deal, announced just hours after the Israeli military carried out major strikes against Yemen’s international airport and other facilities in response to a Houthi attack on Israel’s main airport, was a surprise to Israel, which was not informed in advance about the truce, an Israeli official told CNN earlier.According to Trump, the US would halt an ongoing military campaign against the Houthis in exchange for the group stopping its attacks on US interests in the region.The Houthis acknowledged the agreement but made it clear their attacks on Israel would continue. Senior Houthi...

May 09, 2025

Israel vows to ‘defend ourselves alone’ after Trump strikes truce with Houthis

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