An explosion has taken place at a Russian consulate in France, according to reports.

Cardinal says 88-year-old pontiff is ‘probably close to death’

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Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on February 14.

Aveo Pharmaceuticals is accused of illegally exporting banned combination of tapentadol and carisoprodol to Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast

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Pope Francis is "resting" in hospital and the night "went well", the Vatican has said in its latest update.

Germany’s likely next chancellor has also questioned whether NATO will continue to exist

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They risked their lives in hopes of reaching the US, but have now given up

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The cast of “Conclave” has accepted congratulations from generations of big stars backstage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Musk said anyone who didn’t respond within 48 hours would lose their job

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A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada are in Ukraine’s capital to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion

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The incident last week comes months after he allegedly called a winery worker a "loser".

Pope selection drama Conclave took the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.

Friedrich Merz heralds a new era for Europe without the US as a key partner, writes Europe editor Katya Adler.

The billionaire's Starlink communications network is facing increasingly stiff challenges to its dominance of high-speed satellite internet, including from a Chinese state-backed rival and another service financed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos.

In less than a fortnight, Donald Trump has shredded long-standing security assumptions about American support for Europe, creating a new crisis for Ukraine and leaving the whole continent in greater peril than at any time since the Second World War.

Germany's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) have won the country's federal elections - as the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) scores its best-ever result and Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party collapses.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says troops to remain "for the coming year."

Trump said Bongino was "a man of incredible love and passion for our Country" and would serve under newly confirmed FBI director Kash Patel.

The project aims to channel surplus Ken river water to a drought-prone region.

A growing number of women are choosing to be sterilised, bucking traditional norms.