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Bahrain forum: Pope calls for global unity, al-Tayeb for Sunni-Shia amity
The pope said that "a few potentates are caught up in a resolute struggle for partisan interests, reviving obsolete rhetoric, redesigning spheres of influence and opposing blocs." The pope's visit comes with the Ukraine war in its ninth month, and as tensions grow on the Korean peninsula and in the...
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Ramadan starts on Sunday for Shiite Muslims in Iraq, Iran, Lebanon
Traditionally, many Muslim-majority countries have followed dates set by Saudi religious authorities, but in recent years many have used their own astronomic calculations.