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The Pope has called for an end to the "carnage" in Syria during his Easter message from the Vatican. He also asked God to heal the wounds in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and urged dialogue on the Korean peninsula. Click here to read more

The long-serving governor of the Russian region where a shopping mall fire left dozens of people dead has resigned. Aman Tuleyev said stepping aside from governing Kemerovo was "the right, conscious and only true decision" following the disaster. Click here to read more

Two slave owners in Mauritania have been jailed in a country where slavery remains widespread but convictions rare. The sentences of 10 and 20 years are said to be the toughest-ever for the crime in the West African country. Slavery was outlawed in 1981 but 1% of the population are still...

A group of sex workers went to Busia police station and embarked on cleaning of the station mainly to make the police understand that after all they are equally important members of the society. Commercial sex workers in Busia County marked the international day to … Via Popular Standard...