Politics

 

April 25, 2019

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed closer ties as they began their first summit Thursday in the far-eastern Russian city of Vladivostok.

April 22, 2019

Anna Wood 

Pope Francis delivered his Easter address at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter Sunday. He condemned the attacks on three churches, three hotels and a banquet hall in Sri Lanka, which claimed more than 300 lives. 

 

April 24, 2019

 

Eight of the top leaders of Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement democracy protests were sentenced to up to sixteen months in prison on Wednesday after they were found guilty of public nuisance charges earlier this month.

 

April 24, 2019 

 

 

April 22, 2019 

 

Five Algerian billionaires, some of them close to former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who quit over mass protests, have been arrested as part of an anti-graft investigation, state TV said on Monday.

 

April 22, 2019 

 

Voting began in the third and largest phase of India's staggered general election on Tuesday, including in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat and southern Kerala, where opposition Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi is contesting.