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

After years of diplomatic deadlock, recent moves by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra have sparked cautious optimism over Myanmar. Thanks to ...

Several officers of the Burkinabe armed forces were arrested, and two of them reportedly relieved of their duties as corps commanders. Several junta supporters have suggested a coup attempt, pointing ...

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

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis marked the 58th anniversary of Greece’s 1967 military coup by honoring resistance fighters ...

Athens awoke to the rumble of tanks and the chilling radio announcement of a military coup. As seven-year-old Alexandros Georgiou marveled at a passing M-48 tank, unaware of the unfolding tragedy, ...

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