Mourners will be able to view the body of Pope Francis lying in state in St Peter’s Basilica from Wednesday, ahead of his funeral this weekend....
Pope Francis died little more than half an hour after being taken ill, Vatican sources have told Sky News. Pope Francis woke at 6am on Monday,...
A bag belonging to the US Homeland Security Secretary was stolen on Sunday night – containing thousands of dollars in cash and an ID card that...
Sir Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about ending Russia’s “brutal war” on Ukraine in their latest phone call on Easter Monday, as Vladimir Putin said...
The Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Prince of Wales is to begin an eight-month deployment to send a “powerful message” of the UK’s naval and air power....
US vice president JD Vance has arrived in Delhi for a four-day visit to India as the countries look to negotiate on tariffs, a bilateral trade...
Crime syndicates behind a multibillion-pound cyber scam industry are expanding globally as governments in South East Asia struggle to contain them, a UN report has warned....
A “British man” has died after being beaten and set on fire by a mob in Ecuador, according to reports by media in the South American...
Christians from Gaza’s only Catholic church have paid tribute to Pope Francis, who called them “every day” during the Israel-Hamas war. Speaking outside the Holy Family...
The death of Pope Francis sets off a chain of events, from the breaking of his signet ring and his funeral to the secretive conclave election...
Pope Francis died from a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican has said. The 88-year-old pontiff’s death certificate was...
A “simple” tomb “in the ground” bearing only the inscription “Franciscus” is among the Pope’s wishes for his burial, according to a final testament released by the...
His arrival as pontiff heralded a new kind of leadership for the Catholic Church. Described by some as the people’s pope, Pope Francis showed a willingness...
Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced. The pontiff, who was Bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church,...
The Israeli military has said its investigation into the killing of aid workers in Gaza has found there were “several professional failures, breaches of orders, and...
Pope Francis has made his first significant public appearance since he left hospital, greeting cheering crowds from the popemobile. He blessed the thousands of faithful gathered...
As people take a break for the Easter holiday, in the Gaza Strip there is no respite from the 18-month-long war with Israel. Gaza has a...
London-born teenager Carlo Acutis is about to become the first millennial saint, almost 20 years after his death. The teenager, whose Italian family moved to Milan...
Well it is something, but it’s by no means everything – a ceasefire for 30 hours, not 30 days. This feels like a diplomatic dance, rather...
America’s oldest serving astronaut has touched down on Earth on his 70th birthday. NASA astronaut Donald Pettit and two Russian cosmonauts had been on a seven-month...