The open-air mass was attended by an estimated 200,000 people including 54 heads of state and 12 reigning sovereigns.

Shahid Rajaei port in Hormozgan province is some 1,050 kilometres (650 miles) south east of Iran’s capital Tehran on the Strait of Hormuz.

Pope Francis’s calls for peace have been repeated at his funeral, as world leaders including the US and Ukraine presidents attended a gathering of 200,000 to mourn his loss. US leader Donald Trump and ...

Across the Netherlands, people have donned orange clothes – from tuxedos to feather boas – and boats packed with revellers clogged Amsterdam’s canals to celebrate their king’s birthday. In an ...

AN INCREASE in anti-social behaviour in Sedgley town centre has prompted police to take out an order allowing them special powers.

John Swinney has said the funeral of Pope Francis was “very moving” and “uplifting” after attending the ceremony in the Vatican. The First Minister also spoke of his own experience of Christianity, ...

The Ukrainian president and his US counterpart met within St Peter’s Basilica after they each paid respects at Pope Francis’ ...

A massive explosion and fire have rocked a port in southern Iran, injuring at least 516 people, state television reported. The blast happened at the Rajaei port just outside of Bandar Abbas, a major ...

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Vatican City on the sidelines of Pope Francis’s funeral.

Being in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis was a “real honour and privilege”, a group of friends from the UK and Ireland ...