Nigeria’s former leader Buhari to be buried on Tuesday, official says
LAGOS - Nigeria’s late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died in a London clinic on Sunday aged 82, will be buried in his northern home state of Katsina on Tuesday, the...
Funeral held for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima
A private funeral was held Sunday in Tokyo for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, with former Yomiuri Giants teammates and players he managed at the club in attendance.
The...
Trump and Zelenskyy among dignitaries converging on Rome for funeral of Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but the group of poor people...
Pope Francis to be buried late this week
The spokesman also recalled that the pontiff had expressed the wish to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome with a public viewing at St. Peter’s Basilica
Hezbollah chief vows ‘resistance’ as masses mourn Nasrallah
As the funeral began at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Israeli warplanes flew at a low altitude over Beirut in what Defense Minister Israel Katz said was a “clear...
Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as 39th president returns to Washington
WASHINGTON — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for state funeral rites that featured the kind of bipartisan praise and ceremonial...
India announces state funeral for former PM Manmohan Singh
Former leader was one of the architects of India’s economic liberalization in the early 1990s
He sealed a landmark nuclear deal with the US that he said...
Funeral prayer of inspector Ashiq Khan offered at Police Lines Head Quarter
ISLAMABAD - The funeral prayer of Inspector Ashiq Khan of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police was offered at Police Lines Headquarters with full state honors on Monday.
Japan’s Princess Yuriko’s funeral held at Tokyo cemetery
TOKYO - The main funeral ceremony for Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, was held Tuesday at a cemetery in Tokyo after her...
Iran funeral processions for Hamas chief Haniyeh begin
His killing came just hours after Israel targeted and killed top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr
Funeral processions in Iran began on Thursday for Hamas chief...