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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...

Vietnam Communist Party chief’s funeral draws thousands of mourners, including world leaders

HANOI, Vietnam — Thousands of mourners gathered in Hanoi on Friday for the second day of the funeral of the man who dominated Vietnamese politics for over a decade, Communist Party...

Tens of thousands join president Raisi’s funeral in Tehran: state TV

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is due to lead prayers for Raisi and his companions in Tehran Tens of thousands of Iranians flocked to the...

Iran holds funeral for officers killed in embassy strike

Among those killed was one of Iran’s top soldiers, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander in the Revolutionary Guard Iran held a funeral...

Ukraine’s president replaces a top security official

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has replaced one of the country’s top security officials in a reshuffle that comes as the war has dragged into a third year. Zelenskyy dismissed...

Bulgarians pay their last respects to the late Orthodox patriarch

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria flocked to Sofia’s main Alexander Nevski Cathedral on Friday to pay their respects to their late spiritual leader, Patriarch Neophyte, who died Wednesday at...