Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people ...

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

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

The death of Pope Francis on Monday has triggered time-honoured traditions that will ultimately lead to the election of a new ...

Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced. As a pope who wanted to stay close to the people and ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement ...

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

Batsmen Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan on Monday returned to India's central contract list after a year's absence, the cricket ...

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

Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday ...

Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama urges Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso to reconcile with ECOWAS and invites their leaders ...

Pope Francis, who died Monday aged 88, will go down in history as a radical pontiff, a champion of underdogs who forged a ...