Religion / Belief
Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces again
KABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan's Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature...
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Ukraine announces new prisoner exchange with Russia
KYIV (Reuters) - Russia has handed over 41 people, including 28 military, in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy...
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Pope gave green light to secret deal to free kidnapped nun, court told
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis approved a secret million-euro operation to free a Colombian nun who was...
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India’s Kashmir region gets redrawn constituencies ahead of elections
By Krishna N. Das and Fayaz Bukhari NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India published on Thursday a new list of redrawn...
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Pope uses wheelchair in public for first time since knee pain flare-up
By Philip Pullella and Guglielmo Mangiapane VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis used a wheelchair in public on Thursday for the...
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy spoke to Israeli PM about ‘scandalous’ Russian remarks
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday said he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and discussed...
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EU targets Russian Patriarch Kirill in new round of proposed sanctions – diplomat
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has proposed freezing the assets of Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church,...
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Pope, Japan PM, discuss hopes for nuclear-free world
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis and the prime minister of Japan, the only country to be hit...
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Wall drawings in Rome church recall secret refuge of Jews, anti-Fascists
By Emily G Roe and Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - The church of San Gioacchino in Rome is full of...
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Russian Orthodox Church scolds Pope Francis after ‘Putin’s altar boy’ remark
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -The Russian Orthodox Church scolded Pope Francis on Wednesday for using the wrong tone after...
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Food aid for S.African families marks end of Ramadan as prices spiral
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Volunteers in Cape Town on Tuesday followed a tradition that took root in South Africa nearly...
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Vatican preparing for possibility of women Swiss Guards
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The new barracks of the Vatican Swiss guards will be built to accommodate...
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Pope wants to visit Moscow to meet Putin over Ukraine – paper
By Philip Pullella and Francesca Piscioneri VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that he...
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Brazilian town builds Christ statue taller than Rio’s
ENCANTADO, Brazil (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer has competition. The small town of Encantado in southern...
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Civilians still trapped in ‘hell’ after Mariupol evacuation – Red Cross
GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the Red Cross in Ukraine said on Tuesday that an unknown number of civilians...
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Germany denounces Lavrov’s comments on Hitler and Zelenskiy as ‘absurd’
BERLIN (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's comments to Italian television in which he suggested Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins...
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Pope defends media freedom, pays tribute to killed reporters
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday paid tribute to journalists who have died or been...
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Indian state leader pushes to replace religion-based laws
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - India should replace marriage and inheritance laws that are based on religion with a uniform civil...
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Huge traffic jams as Indonesia’s Eid al-Fitr holiday exodus starts
By Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Johan Purnomo JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tens of millions of Indonesian Muslims are expected to travel...
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Turkey, Germany summon each other’s envoys amid row over jailing of Turkish philanthropist
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey condemned Germany's summoning of its ambassador on Friday and called in Berlin's ambassador to Ankara in a...
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