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

Myanmar's military government said Thursday it will release nearly 5,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the country's new ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will hold talks with a key Myanmar opposition group on Friday, a day after he met the ...

Myanmar’s junta and a key opposition group have signaled they will extend a cease-fire to allow more aid efforts following a ...

The Vatican said the Catholic leader, who suffered from chronic lung disease and recently spent 38 days in the hospital for a ...

On April 21, 1967, Greece woke up to a military junta taking over power. The colonels at the head of this brutal regime ended up putting the country in shackles for seven years.

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

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis died Monday morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. “At 7:35 ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with those poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance ...

Myanmar's military government announced releasing around 4,900 prisoners, with 13 foreigners among them, in a mass amnesty to ...

Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the chair of the ASEAN regional bloc, revealed the outcome of talks he has held since Thursday ...

Apart from the junta chief, Anwar said he also spoke with Myanmar’s shadow administration - the NUG. Read more at ...