ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, ...

It’s nothing to laugh off, however tempting. If the movies imitate life, we may not be as far away from an African pope. It ...

This is the closed-door meeting of the cardinal electors to choose the new pope in the Sistine Chapel. Its name, literally ...

The prospects of Kurds being able to realise their aspirations for statehood have brightened. At the same time, Kurds remain ...

Rodney McAree admits Dungannon Swifts find themselves in a “dream” position heading into the closing stages of this season ...

Thousands of people are descending in northeast Ohio this weekend for a sweet annual tradition: the Geauga County Maple Festival. Founded nearly a hundred years ago in 1926, it claims to be the oldest ...

With the United States throwing up the highest trade barriers in a century, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is on ...

By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness.

For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has been a long road. A festival in Durham this weekend aims to remedy that.

China is considering some exemptions to its 125% tariffs on US goods, with the world's second largest economy asking ...

Your columnist once visited Karl Marx s grave at Highgate Cemetery in North London The bronze head of the bearded philosopher sat on top of a granite plinth Instead of letting it tower over our heads ...