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Pope Francis extended his deep official apologies on behalf of the Catholic church for what he described as the “sins” and “offenses” that were done to indigenous peoples across the Americas.

As this is going to be an Asian Century, India and Pakistan will be granted full-fledged membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as accession of the two nuclear powerhouses will secure access to the Indian Ocean, valued not just by China and Russia but by the Central Asian SCO members as well.

Markets tumbled Monday after Greece's voters vehemently rejected conditions set by the country's international creditors, deepening doubts over its future in the 19-nation eurozone, but China rises.

Yanis Varoufakis has resigned from his post as Greece’s minister of finance, the economics professor and SYRIZA member announced as he was made aware that he is unwelcomed by "some Eurogroup participants, and assorted ‘partners’" to be part of the meetings.

As the US-Iran nuclear talks wind to their conclusion, Saudi Arabia is on a shopping spree and loading up on nuclear and weapons inking deals with United States, France, Russia, Japan, South Korea, China, Pakistan and Argentina.

Greece defies Eurogroup with an overwhelming NO, providing Prime minister Alexis Tsipras a clear mandate to reject the terms of the bailout.

The EU has issued the European Financial Stability Facility statement “reserving its rights to act upon Greece’s default” to add more pressure one day before Greeks vote in a referendum to accept or reject a bailout deal.

The International Monetary Fund has issued a preliminary draft debt sustainability analysis (DSA) of the Greek public debt which vindicates the country's request for restructure according to the spokesperson of the government.

The Comprehensive Agreement includes an official recognition by the Holy See of Palestine as a State in accordance with international law and on the basis of the 1967 borders as well as reinforcing new and unprecedented provisions related to the special status of Palestine as the birthplace of Christianity and as the cradle of monolithic religions.

LGBT individuals have a Constitutionally protected right to wed nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court said in a historic ruling on Friday that caps the biggest civil rights transformation in a half-century. It is a momentous day in American history when the Supreme Court of the United States lived up to the words inscribed above the front entrance of the courthouse: Equal Justice Under Law.

The latest SWS survey shows at least 80% of Filipinos have been concerned that the South China Sea dispute could escalate into a full-blown conflict with China and blame incompetence of President Benigno Aquino government for resolving it diplomatically.

The Philippine constitution explicitly bans all “foreign military bases, troops, or facilities” as it also causing environmental havoc, but is being cynically circumvented by having the Aquino government maintain the base facilities, at which the foreign troops are stationed as so-called “guests” because US and Japan is one of Manila's biggest trading partners and financial aid donors. The new US-Japan-Philippine security alliance "coincides" with 300 Japanese manufacturing companies operating in China and Japan to relocate to the Philippines.