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Papal summit ends with call for leadership roles for women  BBC.com At Vatican Synod, Women’s Issues Are Relegated to a Side Group  The New York Times Pope Francis’ Catholic church reform process ends without giving more equity to women  CBS News Vatican meeting ends and hope fades for more change under Francis  The Washington …

Japan’s new PM faces major test with an election just weeks after taking office  CNN Japan’s new PM in precarious position as country votes in tight election  The Guardian Japan voting for new leader in shadow of scandals  BBC.com Japan votes in election expected to punish PM Ishiba’s coalition  Reuters Japan’s ruling party braces …

Japan’s new PM faces major test with an election just weeks after taking office  CNN Japan’s new PM in precarious position as country votes in tight election  The Guardian Japan’s ruling party braces for a blow to its comfortable majority in the lower house in elections  The Associated Press Japan voting for new …

Vatican meeting ends and hope fades for more change under Francis  The Washington Post At Vatican Synod, Women’s Issues Are Relegated to a Side Group  The New York Times Papal summit ends with call for leadership roles for women  BBC.com Pope Francis’ Catholic church reform process ends without giving more equity to women  CBS …

Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Adviser at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, announced that total pledges at the Donors’ Conference to Support Displaced People and Refugees in the Sahel and Lake Chad region have exceeded …

US Offers Defensive Assurances to Saudi Arabia If Iran Attacks  Bloomberg Three-way subtext: How Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt quietly back Israel on Iran – analysis  The Jerusalem Post US pledged to protect Saudi Arabia in case of Iranian attack – Bloomberg  Iran International US-backed Israeli violence reshapes old Gulf enmities  This Week In …

A person with a dog attends an anti-immigration protest, in London. Right-wing, anti-immigrant protesters and opposing anti-racism demonstrators held large rallies in London yesterday, with both passing off peacefully amid a beefed-up police operation to prevent any clashes between the rival groups.Several thousand people waving English and British flags joined …

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, gestures at a campaign event in Tokyo. Candidates in Japan’s super-tight election made last-ditch appeals to voters yesterday, with opinion polls suggesting the ruling coalition might fall short of a majority. Such a bombshell outcome in today’s vote would …

Biden gestures after speaking at the Gila River Crossing School in the Gila River Indian Community, in Laveen Village, near Phoenix. – AFP President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned, historic apology on Friday for one of the United States’s “most horrific chapters”: ripping Native American children from their families and …

NASA chief says WSJ report that claims Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin should be investigated  Fox Business NASA chief calls for investigation into report that Musk and Putin have spoken regularly  CNN Exclusive | Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin, a WSJ Investigation – WSJ  The Wall Street …