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

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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 ...

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 ...

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.