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The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same place

At least 12 people were killed and over 100 were injured, officials said.

Father Eamon Kelly, vice director of the Magdala Institute, discussed the crowds visiting St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their respects to Pope Francis.

New Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has announced that her government will introduce free education at state universities and technical colleges starting next year

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s health condition has worsened following bowel surgery nearly two weeks ago, his doctors say

ABC News contributor Father John Martin discusses the upcoming funeral and election for a new pope.

ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge and Shannon Kingston report on the White House’s reaction to the overnight strike that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more.

The World Bank has given Lebanon a $250 million loan to help ease electricity cuts in the crisis-hit country

Iranian authorities have arrested four staff members of state TV, accusing them of insulting the first caliph of Sunni Muslims and close ally of the Prophet Muhammad, state TV reported

The Polish and Israeli presidents have joined thousands of Israeli youth and others in an annual march at the former Auschwitz death camp on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day

Professor Anna Rowlands discusses the mourners who have gathered on St. Peter’s Basilica to honor the late pontiff.

ABC News contributor Mick Mulroy discusses what the overnight Russian attack could mean for a ceasefire deal.

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.

Authorities say a shooting involving a police officer outside Toronto’s Pearson International Airport cut off traffic heading to Terminal 1

A spokesman for Haiti's National Police says gangs trying to seize full control of Haiti have killed at least four soldiers and four armed civilians

Pakistan cancels visas for Indian nationals, suspends trade, closes airspace following deadly Kashmir attack

China has denied U_S_ President Donald Trump’s assertion that the two sides were involved in active negotiations over tariffs, saying that any suggestion of progress in this matter was as groundless as “trying to catch the wind.”

Many Istanbul residents have spent the night outdoors, too fearful to return to their homes, following a strong earthquake and over 180 aftershocks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is cutting short an official visit to South Africa because of a major Russian attack on Kyiv overnight

Cyprus officials say the east Mediterranean island nation will receive free-of-charge portable desalination plants from the United Arab Emirates to cover its water needs this summer as reservoir deposits are nearly depleted

Kenyan President William Ruto pledged to build closer ties with China on Thursday, a day after saying a global trade war triggered by Washington could deal a “death blow” to the current world order

Tensions between arch rivals India and Pakistan were high on Thursday as New Delhi mounted a diplomatic offensive against Islamabad, blaming it for a deadly attack that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in disputed Kashmir

The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission has suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program, stemming from internal disputes among commissioners abo...

South Korean prosecutors indicted former liberal President Moon Jae-in on bribery charges Thursday, saying that a budget airline gave his son-in-law a lucrative no-show job during Moon’s term in office

U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats have upended Canada’s election and dramatically improved the fortunes of the Liberal Party, which could win a fourth consecutive term in power next week

Ukrainian authorities say a large-scale Russian missile and drone attack hit Kyiv overnight, killing nine people and injuring another 63, including six children

Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City

Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and give her final farewell to the late Pope Francis

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he had inherited

So many people lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night, closing for just one hour from 6 a.m. until 7 a.m. Thursday

A look at the numbers behind the secretive tradition to select a new pope and how the 2024 movie has increased intrigue surrounding the process.

A joint statement from Congo's government and a coalition of insurgents in the country’s east including the M23 rebels says the two sides have agreed to work toward a truce following peace talks in Qatar

The owner of a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic whose roof collapsed and killed 232 people this month said it had filtration problems for decades and had been repeatedly fixed with plasterboard

A Gaza priest tells ABC News how the late pope supported the community.

Catholic commentator Gloria Purvis joined ABC News Live to discuss the preparations underway in Vatican City ahead of Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday.

Guatemalan authorities have arrested an Indigenous leader who spearheaded nationwide protests in 2023 that sought to ensure then President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s transition to power while also demanding the resignation of the country’s attorney general

Two Belgian teenagers who were found with thousands of ants valued at $9,200 and allegedly destined for European and Asian markets will be sentenced in two weeks

Danish King Frederik X will visit Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, next week to meet with the new prime minister and his government

A former Welsh police officer who led four people to their deaths in the worst paddleboarding tragedy in the U.K. has been sentenced to 10.5 years in prison

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has rattled much of Turkey Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A news anchor reacted in terror as her studio shook from a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Turkey.

Father Gabriel Romanelli reflects on his FaceTime communications between the late pontiff and Gaza City’s “little flock.”

A man has died after being attacked by a shark off Israel's Mediterranean coast

A senior Ukrainian official tells ABC News the agreement would allow Russia to control almost the same Ukrainian territories which the Russian military occupies today.

ABC News contributor Father John Wauck breaks down the secretive process to elect the next pope and what the days look like for the cardinals involved.

Poland’s foreign minister has used an annual address to parliament to send a sharp message to Russian leaders as war continues in neighboring Ukraine

A set of the first four editions of William Shakespeare’s collected works is expected to sell for up to 4.5 million pounds ($6 million) at auction next month

The epicenter is approximately 70 miles west of Istanbul.

The World Economic Forum says its board has given unanimous support for an independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by founder Klaus Schwab

Pope Francis’ coffin has now been moved to St. Peter’s Basilica, just a few hundred yards from the Chapel of Santa Marta, where he will lie in state until his funeral on Saturday.