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Sri Lanka ends widely condemned Muslim burial policy

The country's top health official said the bodies of virus victims could now be handed over to relatives for burial at any cemetery

Australia orders 200,000 to flee floods moving towards Sydney

Authorities issued severe rain and wind warnings for a 400-kilometer (250-mile) stretch of coast as water levels rose rapidly

Sri Lanka runs out of fuel as dollar crisis worsens

Many commuters were seen using their own motorcycles and small cars Wednesday after bus operators warned of drastically scaled back schedules

Pope Francis says Lent time for ‘conversion and interior renewal’

Pope Francis reminded pilgrims gathered in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall that March 2 is a global day of prayer and fasting for peace in Ukraine

Stop ‘madness of violence and war,’ say bishops of Malaysia, Singapore,...

Media reports on Wednesday said Russian forces have intensified bombardment of Ukraine’s biggest cities

EU says Europe’s ‘fate in the balance’ over Ukraine war

The European Union is poised to publish a list of Russian banks it is to cut out of the global SWIFT interbank network

Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed families

The practice has become so widespread in the western city of Herat that a nearby settlement is bleakly nicknamed "one kidney village"

Bomb hits Catholic diocese’s headquarters in besieged Ukraine city

Media reports said the Russian bombardment of the city in northeastern Ukraine has resulted in the deaths of civilians, including children

Virus wave deepens grim conditions for Filipino domestic workers in Hong...

Women from the Philippines and Indonesia who work as domestic helpers have suffered more under Hong Kong's pandemic restrictions

Vatican ‘ready to help’ negotiations with Russia, says Cardinal Parolin

The Vatican “has followed the events in Ukraine constantly, discreetly ... offering its willingness to facilitate dialogue with Russia"

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