ROME (TIP): Pope Francis is recovering well from pneumonia and a “new stage” in his pontificate is opening, two of his closest advisers said Friday, offering notes of optimism as the 88-year-old pontiff hit the […]

LONDON (TIP): The first plane landed at Heathrow Airport late Friday, about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that shuttered Europe’s busiest air travel hub. The British Airways […]

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (TIP): At least 31 people have died from more than 1,500 cholera cases in Ethiopia’s Gambella region over the past month, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on March 14, saying the outbreak […]

GENEVA (TIP): Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country’s mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for those protesting the […]

GAZA (TIP): Hamas on March 14 said it was ready to free an Israeli-American hostage and the remains of four other dual nationals, after the Palestinian militants and Israel gathered for indirect Gaza ceasefire talks. […]

HANOI (TIP): Vietnam is planning to merge provinces and eliminate district-level authorities, the government said March 6, as a streamlining drive aiming to slash billions of dollars from state budgets gathers pace. The cost-cutting measures […]

ROME (TIP): A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast March 6, the first public sign of life from the 88-year-old pope since […]

SEOUL (TIP): A South Korean court on March 7 ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be released from jail, more than a month after he was arrested and indicted over his short-lived imposition of […]

LATAKIA (TIP): Clashes between Syrian security forces under the country’s new, Islamist authorities and gunmen loyal to ousted President Bashar Assad in Syria‘s western coastal region have killed more than 70 people and left an […]