Tens of thousands of mourners are lining up to pay their respects to the Argentine pontiff at the start of three days of public viewing ahead of his funeral on Saturday, following a solemn procession to transfer his coffin to the basilica.
Pope Francis, who died of a stroke and heart failure, has asked for his body laid to rest in one of his favourite places in Rome – the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major.
The first so-called ‘general congregation’ following Francis’s death, which signals the start of a centuries-old tradition, has determined that public viewing of the pontiff will begin on Wednesday in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of Saturday’s funeral.
Hamas’s March 2025 casualty update has dropped 3,400 fully ‘identified’ deaths, listed in its 2024 reports – including 1,080 children – according to the non-profit group Honest Reporting.
As thousands of Palestinians took to the Gazan streets in anti-Hamas protests, many asked: ‘Where are you, Al Jazeera?’. The news outlet has remained almost silent on the rallies.
In a cruel display of Hamas’s propaganda tactics, the group released a fake video of Daniella Gilboa’s ‘dead’ body, claiming she’d been killed in an IDF strike
The three Israeli hostages freed on Thursday amid scenes of chaos have revealed the ‘horror’ of their captivity, amid stories of extraordinary courage and selflessness in the face of Hamas cruelty.
Little Kfir Bibas and his five-year-old brother are the last children left in Hamas captivity, while an American shot trying to defend his family on October 7 will also be among the first 33 prisoners to be freed.
Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming was killed and her colleague critically injured after a car drove at them at high speed in the city of Nelson.
In an unprecedented move, former Mossad agents have detailed how Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran was planned – and nearly derailed by a broken air conditioner, in a clear warning to the Houthis: ‘We can get you, too’.
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