“Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of historical trivia
A 15-year-old Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest art canvas in a bid to raise awareness for autism
A drone struck a vessel carrying aid to Gaza on Friday off the coast of Malta, said a statement by Codepink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement
Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria
Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis
The top United Nations court is wrapping a week of hearings on what Israel must do to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank
Thousands of people have marked six months since a train station tragedy in Serbia killed 16 people
The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage has won a seat in Parliament by a handful of votes
As Europe marks Victory Day over Nazi Germany, Londoner John Goldsmith still remembers the rationing, the blackouts and the bombs that devastated his neighborhood in east London
Neelum Valley in northern Pakistan attracts some 300,000 tourists each summer who marvel at its natural beauty
What’s emerged from the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine suggests a deal that seems likely to be favorable to Russia
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long been on a campaign against Iran's nuclear program and his opposition helped convince President Trump to withdraw from an Obama era deal meant to rein it in
South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo says he will run in next month’s presidential election and would seek to lessen the powers of the office and ease strife-ridden domestic politics if he wins
There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile.”
The end of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands was exactly 80 years ago on May 5
Voters in many areas of England have gone to the polls in local elections
Moscow-appointed officials in Ukraine's Kherson region say a Ukrainian drone attack killed seven and wounded more than 20 people
Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in U.S. cities and around the globe for International Workers’ Day or May Day, with the focus this year on President Donald Trump’s agenda
Singaporeans will vote Saturday in a general election that is set to return to power the city-state’s long ruling party
President Donald Trump is threatening sanctions on anyone who buys Iranian oil
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