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In its latest Fiscal Monitor briefing, the International Monetary Fund warned that escalating global uncertainty from rising ...

Key figures from across the globe are set to attend the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26. Here's what we know so far.

A devout Roman Catholic couple in East Timor has seen firsthand two popes visit their tiny Asian country and now they are ...

On the day of his death in Pope Francis' hometown, Argentines gathered to pay homage to a man who was known to work closely ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, at the age of 88, in his residence in Vatican City, the Vatican news service ...

Pope Francis’s teachings often put him at odds with the world’s rich and powerful, including some inside his own church.

Numerous leaders will travel to Vatican City, the papal enclave surrounded by Rome, Italy, for the funeral services of Pope ...

The proportion of aid for early childhood education was falling even before the US abandoned its programme and global bodies ...

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin has suggested direct peace talks with Ukraine for the first time since the beginning of the war. Submit a question for defence analyst Michael Clarke below.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb has suggested that 20 April is a "good time for a complete ceasefire without any conditions" in Ukraine, Yle reports. Stubb, who is set to meet with Sir Keir ...

The pope's death comes one day after Francis, 88, greeted Easter Sunday crowds in his popemobile. He had battled a ...