Two US marines in Japan's Okinawa are under investigation for alleged rapes, police said, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents....
China and Kenya agreed on Thursday to boost ties to a new level and oppose trade barriers, following talks between President Xi Jinping and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in Beijing....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will cuts short his working visit to South Africa and will return home due to an overnight attack in his country....
Gazan civilians are losing their fear of Hamas, openly criticising the group on the streets and online....
At least nine people were killed and more than 70 injured, including children, in the attack in Ukraine, officials say....
With waiting times reaching four hours to enter the basilica, some 48,600 people had already filtered past the Catholic leader's red-lined wooden coffin by Thursday morning, the Vatican announced...
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at an annual Holocaust commemoration, said Iran was an existential threat and warned that "the fate of all humanity" was at stake if it acquires nu...
At least nine people were killed and more than 60 wounded in a "massive" missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's state emergency service said....
The Pope would visit Santa Maria Maggiore whenever he returned to Rome and chose it as the site of his grave....
Two people are killed and 54 injured in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital, Vitaliy Klitschko says....
Close to 20,000 people filtered past the Argentine's open, red-lined wooden coffin in the first few hours of the lying in state on Wednesday, the Vatican said....
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US President Donald Trump said a deal to halt the Ukraine war was "very close" Wednesday but hit out at Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky over his refusal to formally cede Crimea to Russia....
India also cancels some visas held by Pakistanis and expels diplomats as tensions rise following the killing of tourists....
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Hamas' armed wing released a video on Wednesday showing an Israeli-Hungarian hostage alive in Gaza, speaking in Hebrew and walking through a tunnel....
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French president announces economic deals with Madagascar....
Thousands of mourners began saying their last goodbyes to Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica as the late pontiff began three days of lying in state....
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Tears mixed with smiles as a dense crowd flocked to the requiem mass for the pope at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Wednesday....
No one knows who the world's Catholic cardinals will choose to succeed Pope Francis as the new leader of the global Catholic Church. But for those watching attentively, there are sometimes hints about...
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul, Turkey's AFAD disaster agency said....
Tens of thousands of mourners began saying their last goodbyes to Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica Wednesday, as the body of the late Argentine pontiff began three days of lying in state....
Francis' body will lie in state until Friday evening, allowing the faithful to pay their respects....
Donald Trump, his wife, Melania, UN Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are among others expected to attend Pope Francis' burial....
People could be seen fleeing from buildings as the quake rocked the Turkish city....
Gaza's civil defence agency said its crew recovered charred bodies from a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, as Israeli strikes killed 17 people in the Hamas-run territory....
What we know ahead of Pope Francis's funeral....
The EU on Wednesday slapped Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines for breaking digital competition rules....
Several names are in the fray as cardinals prepare to gather in the Vatican to elect Pope Francis' successor....
The body of the pontiff, who died on Monday, has been moved into the church for a period of public mourning....
At least 30 were injured in the city of Marhanets in central-south Ukraine....
Pope Francis' body moved to St Peters Basilica for public viewing starting at 11am, the procession marks the beginning of a three-day period for mourning....
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff are no longer attending the talks....
Trump also expressed optimism that trade relations with China can be improved and a deal can be reached....
Indian security forces in Kashmir carried out a major manhunt after gunmen opened fire on tourists, slaughtering 26 people in the region's deadliest attack on civilians since 2000....
Pope Francis's coffin will be transferred to St Peter's Basilica for three days of lying in state, with scores of Catholics and well-wishers expected to pay their respects before he is laid...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that Chinese citizens are helping to produce drones at a facility in Russia and suggested that Moscow may have "stolen" drone technology from Beijing...
Francis, a groundbreaking reformer, died at age 88 on Monday from a stroke and cardiac arrest....
The influential financial agency is projecting slower economic growth in the US due to uncertainty around President Trump's tariffs....
The Pope died at the age of 88 on Monday from a stroke and cardiac arrest....
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In January, the pope also called the humanitarian situation in Gaza "shameful"...
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Pope Francis had a close relationship with Gaza's tiny Christian community and used his last address to call for a ceasefire....
Russian military authorities say the blast in a warehouse is due to a fire....
Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honour the Catholic lea...
Gunmen in Indian-administered Kashmir opened fire on a group of tourists on Tuesday, with the chief minister saying the "inhuman" attack was one of the worst targeting civilians for years....
The funeral liturgy will be presided over by His Most Reverend Eminence....
The region's chief minister said the attack was "much larger than anything we've seen directed at civilians in recent years"....
Israel's spy chief has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to fire him for his refusal to commit illegal acts aimed at protecting the leader's personal and political interests....
He was known for gigantic and often controversial monuments, including some taller than the Statue of Liberty....
Ahead of the funeral, the pontiff's body will lie in St Peter's basilica from Wednesday....
Francis, 88, died unexpectedly on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest....
Former Australian Test opener Michael Slater received a suspended four-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to a raft of domestic violence charges, local media reported....
The mission will explore new ways of reducing the cost of feeding an astronaut....
Over 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement opposing the Trump administration's treatment of higher education institutions....
Footage posted online shows a swimmer flailing in the distance as beachgoers yell in shock....
Wilfrid Napier says cardinals will meet today to discuss the process of electing a new Pope....
Pope Francis to be buried on Saturday, April 26 at 11:00am EAT in St Peters Square, Basilica; public viewing of the body to start tomorrow, Vatican says...
Pope Francis to be buried on Saturday, April 26 at 11:00am EAT in St Peters Square, Basilica; public viewing of the body to start tomorrow, Vatican says...
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At its gates stand Swiss Guards, members of the oldest army in the world -- famous for its blue, red and yellow striped uniforms and the Vatican's police force....
US President Donald Trump has backed his defence chief following reports he shared sensitive military information in a second Signal group chat....
Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the Camerlengo, assumes Vatican duties following the death of Pope Francis, as the Church awaits the election of the next pope....
Francis, the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, died at his home in the Vatican on Monday, aged 88, after suffering a stroke....
Key quotes from Pope Francis's papacy....
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The death of Pope Francis silences arguably the most powerful moral voice critical of Trump, with the pontiff taking the lead against the US president's mass deportations of migrants....
Pope Francis looked visibly drained when he drove around St Peter's Square in his popemobile on Easter Sunday, cheered by a rapt crowd in what became his final public appearance....
Zhong Changchun was sentenced to death in January for attacking the boy who later died of his injuries....
President Donald Trump and his White House predecessor Joe Biden led the way in paying respects from the United States to Pope Francis, who died Monday at 88....
The new US ambassador to Israel called on Palestinian militant group Hamas to accept a deal that would secure the release of hostages, in exchange for the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza....
The suit is part of a feud that escalated when the institution rejected a list of demands from the Trump administration....
All Cardinals currently in Rome have been invited to gather in the Vatican at 9am....
At the school in Buenos Aires where he started his religious journey at the young age of 5, the nuns remember the boy who would later become Pope Francis as "mischievous."...
The Russian president's proposal is the first signal of bilateral talks since the early days of the war....
The cardinal, referred to as the camerlengo (chamberlain), in this case will be Irish-American Kevin Farrell, appointed to the role by Francis in February 2019....
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Francis faced opposition in his reforms, with critics accusing him of acting in a tyrannical manner....
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Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, ending an often-turbulent reign in which he so...