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Rev. Robert Wantsala, vicar of a small Anglican parish in eastern Uganda, stands at the headquarters of the diocese in Mbale.
November 2025

More men seek DNA paternity tests, often with heartbreaking results

NABUMALI (AP): Among the most sensitive family disputes Moses Kutoi mediates are those involving upset men questioning why some of their children don’t resemble them. For the Ugandan clan leader…
People who were kidnapped during a church service in November 2024 leave after a church meeting in Kaduna, northwestern Nigeria.
November 2025

US signals broader efforts to protect Christians following Trump’s military threat

WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians, signalling a broader strategy since he ordered…
Prime Minister of Grenada Dickon Mitchell speaking at CCS2024 in Miami, Florida.
November 2025

Grenada to host Connected Caribbean Summit 2025

The Government of Grenada will host the Connected Caribbean Summit 2025 (CCS2025) from December 1–5 at the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort, Grand Anse. The summit will bring together more than 200…
From left: Ana Toni, COP30 executive director; Avinash Persaud, special advisor to the President of IDB; Jorge Concha, director of Green Operations and Financing at CAF; Valerie Isaac, division chief, Environmental Sustainability Unit at the Caribbean Dev
November 2025

IDB, CAF, and CDB launch Caribbean debt-for-resilience joint initiative

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) launched at COP30 on November 13 the Caribbean…
A view of the US Permanent Mission in Geneva, Switzerland.
November 2025

Ukraine and Western allies meet in Geneva to discuss US peace plan

GENEVA (AP) Talks between Ukraine and its Western allies on a US-proposed peace plan to end Russia's invasion got underway in Geneva on Sunday, Ukrainian officials. The head of the Ukrainian…
Sophia Hermans, deputy prime minister of the Netherlands, fourth from left sitting, speaks during a session surrounded by other countries at the COP30 UN Climate Summit, Friday, November 21, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
November 2025

Nations and environmental groups slam proposals at UN climate talks, calling them too weak

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Several nations and environmental groups on Friday slammed proposals put forward at the UN climate talks in Brazil, saying they failed to explicitly mention the cause of global…
Shows the location of two attacks and abductions from schools in Nigeria over the past week. (AP Digital Embed)
November 2025

Armed men abduct children and staff at a Catholic school in Nigeria, days after latest abduction

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff early Friday, the latest in a spate of abductions in…

Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
November 2025

Detention order issued for woman who posted picture of the Trinidad PM’s private residence

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A detention order has been issued for a woman who posted an image of Trinidadian Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s private residence on social media and urged…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference at the COP30 UN Climate Summit, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
November 2025

UN secretary general urges nations at climate talks to be flexible to get results

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called for countries at climate talks in Brazil to compromise and "show willingness and flexibility to deliver…