Born Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the eldest of five children of Italian immigrants.

Africa Mourns Death of Pope FrancisTributes are flowing in after the death of Pope Francis, who died following a period of illness, on Monday, April 21. The Pope was admitted to the hospital in ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern ...

Myanmar's junta and a key opposition group have indicated they will extend a ceasefire to support more aid efforts after a ...

Junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema won Gabon's presidential election with over 90 percent of the vote, according to provisional ...

Gabonese voters began casting ballots on Saturday in a presidential election with eight candidates that is widely expected to ...

"Aung San Suu Kyi [the leader deposed and imprisoned by the military junta] is our idol, we trust her one hundred per cent, she has been working for the good of all Burmese people whatever their ...

Human rights and media groups and the United Nations accused the Myanmar junta of violating its own ceasefire declaration on April 2, 2025 when it continued conducting airstrikes in areas controlled ...

Junta boss Min Aung Hlaing’s son Aung Pyae Sone profits handsomely from Myanmar’s market for tires and other rubber products through a network of companies he controls, an investigation reveals. A key ...

Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds over a green forested area, with a rain storm on the horizon.

(UPDATE) BANGKOK — Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar's junta chief a "murderer" as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a huge earthquake in his country killed ...

MANDALAY: The head of Myanmar's junta is expected to travel to Bangkok on Thursday (Apr 3) for a regional summit, as the death toll from his country's devastating earthquake passed 3,000.