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14 killed in Russian missile attack on southern Ukraine’s Odesa

First responders in Odesa were hit by a second missile while attending to victims of a Russian missile attack on homes, resulting in 14 deaths.Odesa has been a target of intensified attacks by Russia since last summer.The port city of Odesa has historical and cultural ties to Russia but has…

16 dead, including 4 children, after migrant boat sinks off the coast of Turkey

At least 16 people drowned, including four children, when a rubber boat carrying migrants sank off Turkey’s northwest province of Canakkale, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Friday.Canakkale Governor Ilhami Aktas told Anadolu that four migrants were rescued and admitted to hospital early on Friday, while search and rescue…

Polish Catholics elect new leader as church grapples with aftermath of sexual abuse

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda has been chosen by Poland’s Catholic Church leaders to replace Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki as the head of the Polish Episcopate.Despite more than 90 percent of Poles being officially Catholic, only less than a third attend Mass.Several Polish bishops have resigned due to mishandling abuse cases, with some…

Hungary PM Orbán blasts ‘Western world,’ calls for Trump victory

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sought to mobilize support for his brand of right-wing populism in a holiday speech on Friday, urging his spectators to help him “occupy Brussels” in European Union elections this summer.Orbán’s address, coinciding with a national holiday commemorating Hungary’s failed 1848 revolution against Habsburg rule, railed…