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Haiti: kidnapped missionary is freed

04 Sep 2025
Irish lay missionary Gena Heraty, who has served in Haiti for three decades, has been freed after nearly a month of captivity. She and several others, including a three-year-old child with a disability, were kidnapped during…

China: huge military parade watched by Putin, Kim, and other leaders

04 Sep 2025
Beijing has hosted a grand military parade marking eighty years since the end of WW2, with Xi Jinping standing alongside Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un in a rare joint appearance. Xi framed the event as…

USA: Trump says ‘we’re going in’, sends National Guard to Chicago

04 Sep 2025
Donald Trump has announced plans to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, describing the city as a ‘hellhole’ plagued by violent crime. He hinted Baltimore could be next, insisting his actions are not politically motivated despite…

Pakistan: nearly half a million displaced by floods

04 Sep 2025
Catastrophic flooding has displaced nearly half a million people in Pakistan’s Punjab province after days of torrential monsoon rain swelled three major rivers. More than 2,300 villages have been inundated, affecting over 1.5 million residents, including…