Veronica SminkBBC News Mundo, Buenos AiresGettyJorge Bergoglio was archbishop of Buenos Aires before he was elected PopeWhen the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, left Argentina's capital...

A senior Palestinian official familiar with Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations has told the BBC that Qatari and Egyptian mediators have proposed a new formula to end the war in Gaza.According...

A team of Democratic lawmakers have met with two students who are currently in immigration detention in Louisiana.The group visited the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in Jena...

Norris was another to drive a strong race. McLaren chose the hard tyre for the start and ran him long before his pit stop, hoping the strategy would bank...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled he is open to bilateral talks with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since the early stages of the war.Speaking to...

Beryl Munoko & Damian ZaneBBC NewsAFPDuring his 2015 trip to the Central African Republic, Pope Francis visited a mosque and called on people to reject hatredMillions of African Catholics,...

The Vatican has named 167 people who died in the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka as "heroes of faith". The country's cardinal, Malcolm Ranjith, made the announcement at...

Laura GozziBBC News, RomeGetty ImagesPope Francis waves to crowds on Easter Sunday during a public appearance which surprised manyAt midday on Monday, church bells across Italy began to toll....

APHis ascension to the papacy heralded many firsts.Francis was the first Pope from the Americas or the Southern Hemisphere. Not since Syrian-born Gregory III died in 741 had there...

Watch: Hegseth calls media 'hoaxsters' in response to new Signal leak allegationsPresident Donald Trump has backed US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth after reports that military attack details were shared...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem had her handbag - with $3,000 (£2,260) in cash inside - stolen from her while dining at a Washington, DC, restaurant....

A nine-year-old boy who got trapped between rocks at a New South Wales beach on Sunday has become the seventh person to drown in Australia over the Easter weekend.The...