Category: World

The new Pope is seen as someone who could unite traditionalist and progressive within the Church, writes the BBC’s religion editor.

Experts say the tit-for-tat attacks mark a dangerous new phase in the decades-old rivalry. What next?

Ukraine’s security service says the state-backed spy network sought to obtain information about military defences on its border with Hungary.

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, is the first North American to be elected pontiff.

The BBC’s Yogita Limaye went to the Donetsk region of Ukraine to speak to soldiers about life on the frontline.

First Moon samples collected in nearly 50 years and loaned by China for the first time are now in the UK.

Ex-banker Innes Tang has established a hotline for reporting behaviours deemed disloyal to Beijing.

It will leave a 10% import tax on most goods shipped from the UK to the US.

Russia proposed a unilateral, three-day truce to coincide with the event marking the end of World War Two.

Excited crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square to witness the historic election of the first American Pope.