Pope Francis will lead the funeral later today, Thursday, in the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square before Benedict’s remains are placed in the vaults beneath the basilica. He will be buried in the tomb which held pope John Paul II’s remains until 2011. 

Iran warned France on Wednesday it would respond after “insulting” cartoons depicting Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei were published in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

A former top Russian official injured in Ukraine said Wednesday he had sent the shrapnel from a French howitzer shell that he claimed struck him to President Emmanuel Macron. 

China has described the extension of international restrictions on travellers from its territory as “unacceptable” as countries including France, Japan, India and the United States impose Covid controls on visitors from the world’s most populous nation.

Sweden took over the EU’s rotating presidency for six months on 1 January 2023. The authorities have promised to uphold fundamental European values. But this may prove difficult with the far-right, anti-European, anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats party …

Hopes of protecting the Amazon rainforest from further destruction, at a time when the dual climate and biodiversity crises are commanding global attention, have got a sorely needed boost following the inauguration of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio L…

Thousands of Catholics began paying their respects on Monday to former pope Benedict XVI at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, at the start of three days of lying-in-state before his funeral.

An aerial strike targeted the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in the early hours of Monday, after a New Year’s weekend marked by dozens of Russian drone and missile attacks that killed at least four people.