Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday began the second of a two-day visit to Algeria, the first leg of his landmark African tour. He called it an opportunity to "promote peace". Several rights groups are calling on ...

ANNABA, Algeria (AP) — Pope Leo XIV walked Tuesday in the footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Augustine, making a pilgrimage to the archaeological ruins in Algeria where the fifth-century titan of ...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune set July 2 for parliamentary elections, after the OPEC member made constitutional changes that increased some of his powers. The date for voting on a new ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Leo XIV will become the first pope to visit Algeria on April 13, taking a message of dialogue with Islam on a trip that also represents a personal pilgrimage for the American ...

Pope Leo XIV arrives for the courtesy visit to the president of the Republic of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, at the Presidential Palace in Algiers April 13, 2026. Credit: OSV News photo/Luca Zennaro ...

The package of constitutional amendments, approved unanimously on Tuesday evening, hands the government key roles in organising elections and changes the criteria for who can run either locally or ...

April 14 (UPI) --Pope Leo XIV began his papal trip to Africa Monday, landing in Algeria, the ancient home of St. Augustine of Hippo, bringing peaceful messages to the country and its people. The trip ...

Pontiff makes first papal visit to country as he starts 11-day tour that will also include stops in Cameroon and Angola Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for the first papal visit to the country, ...

ANNABA, Algeria – On Algeria’s sparkling Mediterranean coast, the city of Annaba is teeming with excitement as the one-time home of St Augustine readies for the country’s first visit by a Catholic ...

Even before touching down in Algeria, Pope Leo XIV had already made headlines with his candid, airborne comments to reporters in response to an attack lodged against him by President Donald Trump on ...

Accumulations of up to 3cm deep reported as severe thunderstorms also bring heavy downpours to central Italy Severe thunderstorms have affected the Mediterranean this week. On Monday, a surface ...

No pope has ever set foot in Algeria. That changes on Monday, when Pope Leo XIV opens an African tour with a two-day visit to the Muslim-majority country. The Vatican frames it as a milestone for ...