Pope Francis was laid to rest in a private burial at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major on Saturday after a funeral Mass and procession attended by some 400,000 people. Cardinals will meet within days for a conclave to elect a new pontiff, sparking fevered speculation about how the next pope will guide the world's 1.4 billion Catholics.

Barcelona defender Jules Kounde struck deep in extra-time to decide a gripping Copa del Rey Clasico final on Saturday in Seville, earning his side a 3-2 win over rivals Real Madrid.

A huge blast thought to have been caused by the explosion of chemical materials killed at least 18 people and injured more than 700 on Saturday at Iran's biggest port, Bandar Abbas, Iranian state media reported. The deadly blast occurred as Iran began a third round of nuclear talks with the United States in Oman.

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday appointed longtime aide Hussein al-Sheikh as the first-ever vice president of the PLO, a position created two days prior. Seen as paving the way for a leadership transition, the move came amid mounting international pressure for the organisation to reform.

Uganda on Saturday declared the end of its latest Ebola outbreak, which started in January and led to four deaths. The outbreak was caused by the Sudan strain, which still lacks an approved vaccine. Arapid vaccine trial was launched in February.More than 15,000 people in Africa have died of Ebola in the past 50 years.

French police were on Saturday hunting a man suspected of killing a Muslim worshipper inside a mosque in the south of the country while filming the murder on a mobile phone and shouting insults at Islam.

Hamas would accept a deal to end the Gaza war that would involve the release of all Israeli hostages and a five-year truce, an official from the Palestinian group said on Saturday. A Hamas delegation was scheduled to meet mediators in Cairo later the same day.

The US Navy's Top Gun program is famous around the world thanks to the success of the Tom Cruise films. But the downside of this elite profession is the mental and physical toll it takes on the pilots. Many airmen suffer from neurological disorders and depression. Some have even committed suicide. The problem has now reached the US Congress, which has ...

At least four people were killed and more than 30 were feared buried under rubble following an Israeli strike early Saturday morning on Gaza City, said Gaza's civil defence agency. The Israeli military provided no immediate comment.

Tens of thousands of mourners flooded into St Peter's Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the champion of the poor and the Catholic Church's first Latin American leader.

Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire overnight in contested Kashmir for a second day running, the Indian army said Saturday, following a deadly shooting that New Delhi blames its arch-rival.

Virginia Giuffre, who accused disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein and Britain's Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, has committed suicide. Guiffre, 41, died at her farm in West Australia, her family said on Friday.

Some 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs gather in Rome on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at 88 years old. Follow FRANCE 24's special edition for full coverage of the funeral Mass in St. Peter's Square and the procession to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, where the late pontiff will be laid to rest.

On the eve of the Pope's funeral, the question of who will replace the Pope is already on everyone's lips. Can it be an African? Of the 135 cardinal electors, 18 are from Africa. That's a growing significance as the continent accounts for around 20% of the world's Catholic population.Some names have been mentioned, such as Peter Turkson from Ghana, a ...

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to work toward a draft peace agreement by May 2 following months of escalating violence in eastern DRC. In a diplomatic breakthrough, the two nations signed a declaration Friday in Washington pledging mutual respect for sovereignty and halting military support for armed groups.

The world said goodbye to Pope Francis this week. Tens of thousands of mourners queued to pay their respects as he lay in state in St Peters Basilica over three days of mourning. We discussed his life and legacy, the geopolitics of his papal funeral, and look towards the conclave that will follow.

A mysterious Russian satellite, believed by US officials to support a nuclear anti-satellite weapon programme, is showing signs of erratic spinning in orbit a potential setback for Moscow's military space ambitions. Known as Cosmos 2553, the satellites unusual behaviour, tracked by commercial space-monitoring firms, adds a new layer of intrigue to the ...

The daughter of French Prime Minister Franois Bayrou has recently revealed being a victim of abuse at a Catholic boarding school. Her testimony has fuelled fresh accusations against Bayrou of dishonesty over his knowledge of allegations of abuse at Notre-Dame de Btharram Catholic school from the 1950s until the 2000s.

We sit down with France's minister-delegate for Europe, Benjamin Haddad, to take stock of diplomacy around Ukraine and the US-EU standoff over trade tariffs. Haddad lived in the US and worked for top think tanks there, including the Atlantic Council and the Hudson Institute. He wrote a book entitled "Paradise Lost: Trumps America and the end of European ...

A senior Russian general was killed in a car bombing near Moscow on Friday, in what local authorities say is the latest targeted assassination linked to the war in Ukraine. Russia accused Ukraine of orchestrating the attack, which came as US envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in the Russian capital for talks withPresident Vladimir Putin.

In the aftermath of this week's deadly terror attack in Kashmir, relations between India and Pakistan have worsened. In this edition of Access Asia, the spokesperson for theoppositionNational Congress Party in India calls for unity, while acknowledging that the intent of the attack was to divide along religious lines. We also report on how the staunchly ...

Romania is about to re-run a high-stakes presidential election, fuelled by a political crisis that has engulfed the country for the last five months. At the end of November, the ultranationalist Calin Georgescu sent shockwaves through the EU by winning the first round of the vote. But the Constitutional Court annulled the result in December, because of ...