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AFPLast year, India nudged past China to become the world's most populous countryLast year, India nudged past China to become the world's most populous country, according to UN estimates.With nearly…

BBCJawdat al-Tawil said his community could only wait and watch for Israel's next moveAn hour's drive from Damascus, on a country road into the Syrian village of Hadar, we meet…

Watch: Cars smashed and walls knocked down following Mayotte cycloneThe search for survivors on the Mayotte archipelago continued on Sunday after a cyclone devastated the French Indian Ocean territory. It…

Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking during a one-day visit to Corsica, the first by a pontiff to the…

Pope Francis made history on Sunday with the first-ever papal visit to Corsica. He urged local priests to resist spiritual groups that fuel political divisions and championed a "dynamic" form…

The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido could be "several hundred" and may be close to 1,000, the island's top government official told the local…

Russia mounted a rescue effort Sunday after two oil tankers were wrecked in rough seas off Moscow-annexed Crimea and one broke apart, killing at least one sailor and causing an…

Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza, where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 30 people,…

Footage released by Russia's Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office shows a Russian oil tanker broken in half and sinking amid a heavy storm, with streaks of oil visible in the water.The…

A Russian oil tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split apart during a heavy storm on Sunday, spilling oil into the Kerch Strait, while another tanker was also…