The US State Department underlined its "strong relationship" with the Vatican on Thursday after talks between top diplomat Marco Rubio and Pope Leo XIV, following Donald Trump's astonishing attack on the first US pontiff.
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola has condemned groups that target foreign nationals and take the law into their own hands.
The MV Hondius cruise ship, hit by a rare hantavirus outbreak believed to have killed three people, is sailing from Cape Verde towards the Spanish island of Tenerife where isolating passengers and crew will be finally be evacuated.