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(Vatican Radio) Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia's military will target Romania and Poland in response to a US-built missile defense system in the region. He made the comments during his two-day trip to Greece which ended Saturday with a visit to a Russian monastery. Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Putin used his first visit to a European Union country this year to condemn western policies towards Moscow, describing a newly expanded American missile defense system as a threat to his country's security - and vowing to retaliate.Standing next to Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, the Russian leader said Moscow had in his words "no choice" but to target Romania because itrecently opened a missile defense base as part of the system, and Poland, which wants to do so within two years.Putin warned especially citizens in Romania that they will face uncertain times because of the missile shield, which will be operated by...
Vatican City, May 28, 2016 / 06:58 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday, Pope Francis met with the president of the Republic of Singapore, marking 35 years of diplomatic relations between the Southeast Asian country and the Holy See, and the first ever state visit by a Singaporean president to a Pope.During the visit, President Tony Tan Keng Yam and the pontiff addressed topics relating to “the importance of interreligious and intercultural dialogue for the promotion of human rights, stability, justice and peace in south-east Asia,” according to a statement by the Holy See press office.The “cordial discussion” also addressed the “good relations between the Holy See and Singapore,” and the “collaboration between the Church and the State, especially in the educational and social fields,” the statement continues.After the meeting, Pope Francis gave President Tan a medal of peace, explaining how government is about bringing people together.The...
BERLIN (AP) -- The World Health Organization says there is "no public health justification" for postponing or canceling the Rio Summer Olympics because of the Zika outbreak in Brazil....
PARIS (AP) -- He's a fugitive on Interpol's Red List and a marine vigilante who's done jail time for extradition requests. Yet to many, he's also a heroic marine conservationist who risks his life and those of his crew to save countless endangered whales, turtles, dolphins and sharks from slaughter....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's government has offered the new Taliban leader a choice: make peace or face the same fate as his predecessor, killed in a U.S. drone strike last week. But Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada is a hard-liner who has used his religious credentials to justify the Taliban insurgency that has killed or wounded tens of thousands of Afghan civilians as a "holy war" and his succession has inspired little hope for an end to the bloodshed....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Islamic State militants entered a major Syrian opposition stronghold in the country's north on Saturday, clashing with rebels on the edges of the town as the extremist group builds on its most significant advance near the Turkish border in two years - even as it loses ground elsewhere in the country and in neighboring Iraq....
PARIS (AP) -- A Paris fire service spokesman says 11 people including eight children have been hit by lightning in a Paris park after a sudden spring storm overtook a child's birthday party....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Few Americans have much confidence in the U.S. political system, the government in general, or in either political party....
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Mary Heintzelman shakes her head in disgust over the presidential election....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday met with Hebe de Bonafini, 87, the founder and president of the Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo (Association of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo). The Association was formed by the mothers of those dissidents who “disappeared” (los desaparecidos) during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in Argentina. During this period, Hebe de Bonafini lost two sons and her daughter-in-law.She spoke after her meeting with the Holy Father, and told journalists the two had embraced and that apologized for earlier criticisms she had made of the Pope.She also said they discussed the current situation in Argentina, especially the large number of people out of work, and struggling to survive.
