The vicar to Israel spoke to AsiaNews, expressing hope that peace talks will be given a real chance to stop the carnage in Gaza. Tomorrow, the anniversary of the Hamas attack, prayers will take place ...

Peshawar (AsiaNews) – A scholarship programme for girls in public schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the troubled province in northwestern Pakistan, has been inoperative for three years. According to ...

The Osaka University immunologist received the prestigious award along with two Americans for their work on the immune system ...

The prime minister spoke at the launch of the Asatizah Professionals and Volunteers Network (APVN) whose aim is to boost the role of Islamic religious teachers in society. He stressed the need to find ...

According to a survey conducted by the Korea Rural Economic Institute, only 40.4% of respondents said they would organise ...

China is the world's largest producer and consumers of tobacco, with 300 million smokers and over a million deaths per year.

Today's headlines: in Egypt, meetings with Israeli and Hamas delegations on the logistical details of the agreement could take longer than expected (and in the meantime, people are still dying in ...

The Georgian Dream party won all municipal and regional seats in the local elections boycotted by the opposition. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze described the protest rallies that stormed ...

Prevost presided over Mass in St Peter's Square for the Jubilee of the Missions and Migrants. “Today, the frontiers of mission are no longer geographical”. At the Angelus: remembrance of the ...

The former interior minister, known for her tough stance on China and her nationalist policies, won the Liberal Democratic Party primaries and is set to lead the government as its leader. However, wit ...

October marked the anniversary of the canonisation desired by John Paul II which gave rise to the most conflictual moment in relations between Beijing and the Holy See. In the context of& ...

Faced with 22,000 deaths a year linked to alcohol consumption, the Sri Lankan government has made a symbolic gesture on World ...