Pope Francis returned to his duties on Saturday after taking a day off due to a fever. The 86-year-old pontiff, who was hospitalised for bronchitis about two months ago, had a busy schedule of private audiences planned for the day, said the Vatican.

Pope Francis returns to duties following day off due to fever and exhaustion

Shabazz Suleman, a 27-year-old British man from High Wycombe, has been sentenced to life in prison by a UK court for travelling to Syria nearly a decade ago to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group.

British man receives life sentence for trying to join ISIS in Syria

Bird flu, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, has caused significant damage to poultry production worldwide, resulting in the culling of over 200 million birds in the last 18 months.

Bird flu ‘fowls’ the mood, kills nearly 9,000 marine creatures in Chile, France starts vaccination

Taiwan's last known "comfort woman" has passed away. According to a statement released by the Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation (TWRF) on Monday (May 22), the Taiwanese woman who was coerced into becoming a "comfort woman" for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II has passed away.

Taiwan’s last ‘comfort woman’ passes away. All you need to know about Japan’s sordid past

UK and US regulators were aware of and participated in a state-led effort to manipulate interest rates during the 2008 financial crisis. As per a BBC report, newly uncovered evidence suggests that the regulators concealed this information.

UK, US banking regulators were instructed to 'rig' interest rates during 2008 financial crisis: Report

Former UK deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has announced that he will not be running for the parliament in Britain's upcoming general elections. The ex-minister announcement comes just a month after he quit his high-profile role and the UK cabinet over bullying allegations.

Former UK deputy PM Dominic Raab says 'stepping down' from next year's general elections

New Zealand has lost its almost decade-old fight for exclusive rights to trademark 'mānuka honey'. For years now, the nation has been trying to stop Australian beekeepers from using the name and the lucrative profits associated with it.

WION Explains: New Zealand loses almost decade-old fight for 'mānuka honey' trademark. Here's what it means

Israeli forces have overnight killed three Palestinian fighters in the occupied West Bank. The operation has been described by Israel as a mission to capture terrorist suspects.

Palestine says Israel 'emboldened' by US silence as raid in West Bank kills three Palestinian fighters

China has implemented new rules to tackle its looming demographic crisis. It has allowed migrant workers to register their marriages in the cities where they reside, instead of having to travel back to their hometowns.

China eases marriage registration process for migrant workers to tackle population crisis

New York City may soon sink under the sea predicts a new research. The city is sinking due to the weight of its towering skyscrapers. Coupled with the rising sea levels, this weight is pushing New York under at an average rate of 1-2 millimetres per year; some areas are sinking at twice this rate.

WION Explains | New York, the city that never sleeps, may soon lie in slumber under the sea

Myanmar's military junta on Friday said the death toll from Cyclone Mocha has reached 145. Most of the dead, as per the news agency AFP, belong to the persecuted Rohingya minority.

Cyclone Mocha: Myanmar Junta says reports of 400 Rohingya dead 'not true,' claims toll at 145

Since the United States Title 42 migration policy ended, the nation's border authorities, as per the US homeland security chief, have witnessed a fifty per cent drop in "encounters" with undocumented migrants crossing the southern border.

Illegal border crossings dropped by half since Title 42's end: US homeland security chief

Flash floods caused by heavy rainfall in central Somalia have claimed the lives of at least 22 people and left over 450,000 affected, according to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Climate change | Flash floods caused by heavy rainfall claims 22 lives in Somalia, 450,000 affected: UN

Since 2010, prisons in England and Wales have seen nearly 1,000 rapes. As per exclusive data obtained by The Observer for the period, an additional 2,336 sexual assaults were reported to the police.

Since 2010, more than 1,000 rape, sexual assault incidents happened in England, Wales prisons: Report

Ahead of Sunday's vote that decides if he will stay in power, Turkish incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will lead the Saturday prayers at Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia mosque.

On poll eve, Erdogan to emulate historical ritual of Ottoman Sultans: lead prayers at Hagia Sophia

The Biden administration on Friday started the implementation of a significant policy shift at the US-Mexico border. Starting May 13, Title 42, a COVID-era order that had allowed the swift expulsion of many migrants expired, and new asylum restrictions took effect.

Joe Biden’s ‘Title 42’ transition faces roadblocks, immigration advocates say new asylum bars violate laws

Toyota Motor Corp on Friday admitted that the vehicle data of 2.15 million customers in Japan, including those of its luxury brand Lexus, had been publicly available for almost a decade due to a 'human error'.

‘Human error’ exposed vehicle data of 2.15 million Toyota customers for over a decade

The Kremlin has denied allegations that it was meddling in Turkey's upcoming presidential election campaign. Recently Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused Moscow of spreading "deep fakes" targeting him.

Russia ‘strongly’ denies accusations of spreading deep fakes, meddling in Turkey elections

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has labelled the "relief" provided to his predecessor Imran Khan by the courts as "double standards" in corruption cases and termed him a 'laadla' of courts.

PM Sharif: Courts' relief to ‘laadla’ Imran exposes ‘double standards’, led to death of justice in Pak

In a shocking turn of events, Pakistan's former prime minister, Imran Khan, was "whisked away by unknown people," from outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC). This comes at the heels of the Pakistan army shooting down the cricketer-turned-politician's allegations regarding the involvement of top ISI officer Major-General Faisal Naseer in the brutal murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif.

Imran Khan arrest | Blow-by-blow account of how former Pak PM was whisked away to be 'tortured'

As per the United Nations, last month, in Haiti, more than 600 people died in gang violence — around a 28 per cent spike from the number of deaths recorded last quarter.

UN sounds alarm over 'new wave of extreme violence' in Haiti; 600 killed in April

Moving away from a constitution that focused on social benefits, environmental rights, gender parity and indigenous rights, Chile on Sunday voted for the nation's right-wing parties to elect advisers who will draft a new constitution.

Chile elects right-wing parties to rewrite constitution after rejecting 'world's most progressive' charter

A fire broke out in a small gold mine in southern Peru on Saturday, killing 27 people, according to official figures. The incident, as per Reuters, is the nation's single-deadliest mining accident in more than two decades.

Peru's deadliest mining accident in more than two decades claims 27 lives

At least three people have been killed, and nine others have gotten injured in an avalanche in Nepal's Karnali province. Local media reports show that the incident took place on Saturday morning at Chyarkhu Pass in the Mugu district of the province.

Nepal: Three killed, nine injured in avalanche while collecting 'Himalayan viagra'

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