Category: 2. World

BBC News correspondent Maryam Moshiri explains why the late Pope Francis won’t be buried in the Vatican, breaking a 100-year-old tradition.

Instead, on Saturday he will be buried at one of Rome’s four major basilicas and one of the oldest in the…

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin had “constructive” talks in Moscow on Friday lasting three hours, according to an aide of Putin’s.

Yuri Ushakov said the possibility of Russia and Ukraine resuming direct talks was a…

China’s private economy reported steady growth in the first quarter of the year, boosted by a slew of supportive policies, according to the guest speakers of the latest episode of the China Economic Roundtable, an all-media talk show hosted by…

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered its condolences for Pope Francis, four days after his death.

An earlier offer of condolences posted on social media by the official state account of Israel had previously been…

Six police officers have been killed in Thailand after their plane crashed into the sea during a test flight for parachute training, police have said.

The small plane was seen crashing into the water at around 08:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on…

The UN World Food Programme says it has depleted all its food stocks in Gaza, where Israel has blocked deliveries of humanitarian aid for seven weeks.

“Today, WFP delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens,” it warned. “These…

Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko has said his country may have to “give up territory” to Russia as a “painful solution” to securing “temporary” peace and halting the ongoing armed conflict between Russia and…

A judge in Wisconsin has been arrested by US federal authorities after allegedly trying to help an undocumented immigrant who appeared in her court avoid arrest.

The US Marshalls Service told the BBC’s US partner CBS News that officers took…