Zelenskyy Calls Sanctions ‘Painful Blow’ For Putin, But Is Russia’s Economy Really Hurting?

Last Updated:October 25, 2025, 14:19 IST Russia claims economic stability despite Western sanctions. But what do the numbers say? Here’s a deep dive into whether sanctions have truly bitten, or just bruised, the Kremlin Russian President Vladimir...

Man found guilty after burning Koran wins appeal against conviction

Hamit Coskun was found guilty in June of religiously aggravated public disorder A man found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence for burning a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London, has won an appeal at Southwark Crown...

Does France Have Independent Media?

In a recent appearance on France Inter’s morning show—France’s rough equivalent to CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper or MSNBC’s Morning Joe—American progressive thinker Yascha Mounk found himself in the awkward spot of fact-checking two prominent...

Meet the Seven Saints Pope Leo XIV Will Canonize on October 19

Soon after, the first World War broke out and Armenians in Turkey began to endure great suffering. On June 3, 1915, Turkish soldiers dragged Maloyan in chains to court with 27 other Armenian Catholic figures. During the trial, Mamdooh Bek, the...

NA Civil Contract faction  proposed several amendments significantly  simplifying  income declaration filing for individuals

ArmInfo. The RA NA ruling Civil Contract faction of has proposed several amendments that significantly simplify the process of filing income declarations for individuals. During an extraordinary session of the National Assembly on October 24,...

Pope Leo Canonizes Seven New Saints

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Canonizing seven new saints on World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV said God is present wherever the innocent suffer, and His form of justice is forgiveness. “God grants justice to all, giving His life for all,” he said in his...

Africa Is The World's 'Youngest' Region, Asia The 'Oldest'

The world’s population is aging, but not evenly. While some regions are growing older at an alarming pace, others remain remarkably young. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu maps the median age in every country, showing where...

Life and Politics in the Time of Genocide

Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera “No child should be resilient to slaughter, genocide, and massacre. Being resilient is used to justify what is happening before our eyes and later we will call them survivors.”Pradeep Samanjeeva, Project Medical...

A former Satanic priest, a genocide martyr and the first from Papua New Guinea — Meet the rest of the seven the Catholic Church will declare as saints

VATICAN CITY, Oct 19 — Pope Leo XIV is set to create seven new saints Sunday, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide and a Venezuelan “doctor of the poor”. Also set to be canonised in the solemn...

Nuns, ex-Satanic priest among 7 new saints created by Pope Leo

PUBLISHED : 19 Oct 2025 at 17:45 VATICAN CITY - Bells rang out Sunday over St Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV created seven new saints, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide and a Venezuelan...

Nuns, ex-Satanic priest among seven new saints created by Pope Leo

Bells rang out Sunday over St Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV created seven new saints, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide and a Venezuelan "doctor of the poor". Also canonised during the solemn...

Pope Leo set to canonise seven saints, three of them nuns

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV will canonise seven new saints on Sunday, including the first saint from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed during the Armenian genocide, and a Venezuelan "doctor of the poor." The solemn ceremony in St Peter’s...

Lawlessness unleashed by Nikol Pashinyan regime reaching new level -  ANC 

ArmInfo. The lawlessness unleashed by Nikol Pashinyan's regime is reaching a new level, according to a statement from the Armenian National Congress party. The statement notes that on October 15, law enforcement officials, as part of a criminal...

Pope Leo XIV to Declare Seven New Saints, Including the First from Papua New Guinea

Pope Leo XIV will canonize seven new saints, including the first saint from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed during the Armenian Genocide, and Venezuela’s “doctor of the poor,” AFP reported. The solemn canonization ceremony will take place...

Pope Leo to name 7 new saints, including 3 nuns

Vatican City, Holy See—Pope Leo XIV is set to create seven new saints Sunday, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide and a Venezuelan “doctor of the poor.” Also set to be canonized in the solemn...

Pope Leo to proclaim seven new saints, including three nuns

Pope Leo XIV is set to create seven new saints Sunday, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide and a Venezuelan "doctor of the poor". Also set to be canonised in the solemn ceremony in St Peter's...

See who's picking up the tab for Trump's new White House ballroom The donors include some of the country's biggest corporations, including many who have business before the federal government. Read More »

As demolition crews this week bulldozed the White House’s East Wing to replace it with a massive ballroom, President Donald Trump has emphasized that the dramatic changes will come at “zero cost to the American Taxpayer.” Instead, the donors...

AAC forced to become sole institution of civil society, seeking to  replace broken backbone of society - expert 

ArmInfo. Against the backdrop of the current ugliness, a new Armenian society is emerging, one that is finally beginning to understand what's happening to it. Vahe Hovhannisyan, a member of the Alternative Projects group, writes about this in his...

DISPLACED BY CONFLICT “I wanted to die in Nagorno-Karabakh”

Irina Baghdasaryan has lost everything. It’s now two years since she was forced to flee from her home region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The 38-year-old Armenian remembers the day – 19 September 2023 – with horror. She lived with her family in the...

Education is way to success in all spheres - Nikol Pashinyan 

ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated in the event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports of Armenia at the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall. The event was also attended by Minister...