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Pope Francis's funeral will take place on Saturday at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) in front of St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican says.The date was decided after cardinals met in Vatican City on Tuesday morning to discuss the funeral's...

Veronica SminkBBC News Mundo, Buenos AiresGettyArgentina was "always in his prayers", Ms Castro said. "In one way or another, he was always present, and I think that shows that in his heart, Argentina was always present."But Mr Vera acknowledged...

The cotton multistakeholder initiative aims to leverage the platform in Pakistan to regularly convene representatives from government, industry, donors and academia to promote collaboration and speed up the process toward a more sustainable cotton sector. The...

Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast.Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the coup attempt was led...

A swimmer is missing following an extremely rare shark attack off the coast of northern Israel on Monday.It happened in the sea at Hadera, about 40km (25 miles) north of Tel Aviv.The incident was witnessed by people on Olga...

Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration claiming that its freezing of federal grants worth billions of dollars is unlawful.Its president, Alan M Garber, announced the action on Monday in a letter to the university community...

Old footage of Lebanon's former president Michel Aoun tripping during a foreign summit has resurfaced in social media posts that mistakenly identify him as Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The clip has appeared in multiple reports about the incident...

As the world mourns the death of Pope Francis, the Catholic Church faces a critical moment in choosing its next spiritual leader. Three African cardinals from DRC, Ghana and Guinea are among the contenders for the papacy so could...

A senior Palestinian official familiar with Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations has told the BBC that Qatari and Egyptian mediators have proposed a new formula to end the war in Gaza.According to the official, it envisages a truce lasting between five...