Sunday's scheduled canonisation of the Catholic Church's first millennial saint has been postponed to a later date after the ...

More than 1,000 people protested Sunday in the Moroccan port city of Tangier against the planned docking of a Danish vessel ...

The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) called for all sporting events due to take place in Italy on Monday to be ...

A hush reigned over the normally boisterous St Peter's Square on Monday as the faithful and the curious alike gathered at the ...

Asian crime networks running multi-billion-dollar cyber scam centres are expanding their operations across the world as they ...

Israel's government cancelled visas for 27 French left-wing lawmakers and local officials two days before they were to start ...

When Pope Francis took over in 2013, the Catholic Church was embroiled in a global scandal over child sex abuse by priests, ...

His predecessor loved Mozart, but Pope Francis's passion was football, for him "the most beautiful game" and also a vehicle ...

Pope Francis navigated a complex relationship with politics in Argentina, a juggling act observers say explains why he never ...

Pope Francis, the unconventional and outspoken pontiff who inspired widespread devotion but riled traditionalists, died on ...

Russia launched a wave of aerial attacks at Ukraine on Monday in an abrupt end to a fragile 30-hour Easter truce between the ...

President Emmanuel Macron returned Monday to the French overseas territory of Mayotte, four months after it was devastated by ...