"Democracy is not in good health in the world today," Francis said during a speech at the city's convention centre to close a national Catholic event

California firefighters battled multiple blazes in record heat Friday, with a new fire breaking out near the famous Yosemite National Park even as a larger inferno further north came under control.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran's reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory in a presidential runoff, the Kremlin said on Saturday

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber entertained some of India's biggest celebrities in the latest instalment of months-long wedding celebrations thrown for the son of Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani

89 migrants bound for Europe perished when their boat capsized earlier this week off the coast of Mauritania, the state news agency and a local official said Thursday, while dozens more remain missing.

Sunak conceded defeat and said he had called Starmer to congratulate him on his victory.

As polling stations closed at 10:00pm (2100 GMT), the survey for UK broadcasters suggested centre-left Labour would win 410 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons, with the right-wing Tories managing only 131

Britain’s Labour Party was projected to win yesterday’s national election with a large majority. Below are some of the party’s main domestic policy plans, set out in its manifesto ahead of the July 4 vote:

India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar yesterday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Kazakhstan where the two agreed to step up talks to resolve issues along their border, New Delhi said in a statement.

Pakistan’s tax authority said yesterday it has blocked 210,000 SIM cards of users who have not filed tax returns in a bid to widen the revenue bracket.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8 and 9, the Kremlin said yesterday, in his first trip to the country since Moscow launched its military offensive in Ukraine.

The UK is not the diplomatic powerhouse it once was, with Brexit leaving it looking inward and years of economic failures meaning the Conservatives and Labour are both sidelining foreign policy in their campaign messaging. Still, leaders around the world will be taking an interest in the election. Here are some of the key issues:

The leaders of Russia and China were in Kazakhstan yesterday for a regional summit, seeking to harden anti-Western alliances and press their influence in the strategic Central Asian region.

Labour leader Keir Starmer is a former human rights lawyer turned-state prosecutor whose ruthless ambition and formidable work ethic look set to propel him to Britain’s highest political office.

The UK Conservatives hoped Rishi Sunak would stabilise the party and country when they made him leader following his predecessors’ chaotic tenures. Instead, he has led them to the brink of electoral wipeout.

Israel has approved its biggest land seizure in the occupied West Bank in more than three decades, a move criticised by activists yesterday as detrimental to Palestinian peace hopes.

Around 250,000 people had gathered at the Hindu religious congregation in northern India where 121 people died in a stampede, more than triple the capacity permitted by authorities, according to a police document reviewed by Reuters.

A woman was found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, police said yesterday, the second python killing in the province in a month.

Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal faced a crisis yesterday after a key ally in his multi-party coalition withdrew support, pushing his government into a minority in parliament four months after the coalition was formed.

The UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza said Tuesday that 1.9 million people -- 80 percent of the territory’s population -- were now displaced, adding she was “deeply concerned” by reports of new evacuation orders for Khan Yunis.