The National Assembly has resolved to set up a joint ad hoc committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to carry out a holistic investigation into the rising cases of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. The committee, to be led by the Chairman of the National Assembly, will undertake a fact-finding…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome and Vatican City this week in a bid to ease rising tensions between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV over U.S. policies, particularly the Iran war. The State Department said Monday that Rubio, a Catholic who with this trip will have visited Italy or the Vatican…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet on Thursday with Pope Leo XIV and a day later with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, according to the Vatican and the Italian government, in a two-day visit amid tensions between Washington, Rome and the Vatican. The State Department later said in a statement that Mr. Rubio…
During his recent visit to Africa, Pope Leo XIV was encouraging to a continent where religion, family and community are still vital in the lives of people. But he was also challenging, especially to the ruling elites whose corruption and infighting are keeping the continent from reaching its true potential. Much media attention has focused…
The King and Queen’s four-day state visit to the United States has come to an end. Heralded as a chance to thaw the frosty relations between Keir Starmer and Donald Trump after disputes over the Iran war and the Chagos Islands, the first visit by a British monarch since 2007 saw King Charles give a…
King Charles III of Britain fed chickens in Harlem. His wife, Queen Camilla, visited with Winnie-the-Pooh at the New York Public Library. In the morning, the royal couple laid a bouquet at the Sept. 11 memorial, and by evening, they were hobnobbing with the city’s cultural and artistic elite at Rockefeller Center. After a day…
(RNS) — During his recent visit to Africa, Pope Leo XIV was encouraging to a continent where religion, family and community are still vital in the lives of people. But he was also challenging, especially to the ruling elites whose corruption and infighting are keeping the continent from reaching its true potential. Much media attention…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world King Charles and Queen Camilla were greeted at the White House by Donald Trump on Monday as they began a high-stakes trip to the US. The four-day state visit comes as the transatlantic…
There’s a lot of buzz about Monday’s visit of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla to the White House. Literally. At the beginning of the royal couple’s four-day visit to the United States, President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, are scheduled to show off a new White House beehive to the king and…
When King Charles’s mother became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress in 1991, she spoke in the aftermath of the US-led response to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, in which more than 50,000 UK troops participated. Queen Elizabeth II used the occasion to celebrate the role of the transatlantic alliance in upholding the rule…
