Donald Trump has declined to apologise for attacking Pope Leo XIV, escalating an extraordinary public clash after the pontiff renewed his call for an end to the violence in the Iran war. "There's nothing to apologise for. He's wrong," Mr Trump told reporters, doubling down a day after a social media post and public remarks aimed at the US-born pope. "Pope Leo said things that are wrong. He was very much against what I'm doing with regard to Iran, and you cannot have a nuclear Iran," said Trump, who also argued that Leo was…

Ireland’s prime minister rejected Donald Trump’s latest broadside against the European Union, after the U.S. president described the bloc as “weak” and accused member states of letting Ukraine fight “until they drop.” Speaking in Dublin, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said, “Europe is strong, not weak,” pointing to the EU’s pandemic response and ongoing work on defense and security as evidence of resilience. “New challenges” have emerged on defense and security, Martin said, but he added he was “confident” they would be overcome.…

Farmajo blamed for weak federalism in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - The present authorities's dedication to selling federalism has once more been referred to as into query, with high political heavyweights accusing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of his "unhealthy" stance on attaining sure targets by means of the system. Somalia is considered one of the few African international locations that has…

Who's accountable for Somalia's "weak" federal system? MOGADISHU, Somalia - Since 1991, Somalia has struggled to put in a steady authorities, particularly after the dissolution of the navy regime led by Siad Barre, a person accused of mastering a number of crimes within the nation. All through this time, there have been aware efforts to modernize the nation's administration, together…