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Vatican City – For days, the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have been slipping beyond the Vatican’s walls, gathering for discreet dinners at old trattorias and secretive sessions at private living rooms across Rome.

Tasked with electing the new leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, the red-hatted princes of the Church have been engaged in feverish discussions as they seek to identify the ideal successor to Pope Francis, who died last month.

At 4:30pm (14:30 GMT) on Wednesday, the 133…

Pakistan has accused India of committing a “blatant act of war” and promised retaliation after New Delhi launched deadly missile strikes along their contested border in disputed Kashmir, in the worst eruption of violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided on Wednesday a National Security Committee meeting, during which they condemned the “illegal acts” of India, describing them as “blatant violations of…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Despite agreeing to halt operations against US vessels, Ansarallah vows to continue its response to Israel’s war on Gaza.

A ceasefire agreement between Ansarallah and the United States does not include any provisions related to Israel, the Yemeni group clarified on Wednesday, indicating that its attacks on shipping will not cease entirely, Reuters news agency reported.

Ansarallah’s chief…

My sister was standing with a few other students under the dim glow of Harvard Yard’s old lampposts, casually smoking and chatting. “Oh, you’re Palestinian?” one of them asked as he leaned in to light his cigarette from hers. “My cousin is in the IDF [Israeli army].”

Then he placed the cigarette in his mouth backwards, the lit end burning between his teeth. “This is how my cousin smoked while shooting Palestinians at the border,” he said. “So those idiots couldn’t see the…

Australian driver Jack Doohan has been axed by Alpine, giving Franco Colapinto five races to impress on his F1 return.

The Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team confirmed that Argentine driver Franco Colapinto would replace Jack Doohan for the next five races, starting at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.

The 22-year-old Doohan, son of Australian MotoGP great Mick, failed to score a point in six races this season and one at the end of 2024.

“We have come to the decision to put Franco in the…