Pope Leo XIV continued an apostolic journey to France on Saturday by celebrating mass in front of 700,000 people at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

Small island states are often on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, offering moral advice to mightier nations that isn’t always heard.

Mosaics by Marko Rupnik, a Slovenian priest-artist, were covered up after at least 20 women accused him of sexual and psychological abuse. He is now on trial.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for “calm on all sides” as a tense standoff between unionists and nationalists in the Northern Irish town of Portadown threatened to boil over.

Guye Adola of Ethiopia has won the Berlin Marathon, while compatriot Tigst Assefa’s world-record bid ended in tears after cramps in the final kilometers

A historic Madrid plaza is packed with protesters who camped overnight against the eviction of an 87-year-old woman. Protests against Spain's housing crisis were expected for second straight day

These were the latest deadly incidents at bars or taverns in a nation with one of the world’s highest murder rates.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks next to his wife Marie-France van Heel and British Secretary of State for Education and Labour Party deputy leader Lucy Powell ahead of the party's annual conference,