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Indonesia readied on Monday to welcome Pope Francis, rolling out a papal stamp, a large billboard and a life-sized cutout of the pontiff before his arrival in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.

Floods and landslides killed 11 people after a fierce tropical storm dumped heavy rain on the Philippines for a second day, officials said Monday.

Germany's far-right AfD was Monday celebrating a landmark win in a regional vote, sending a shot across the bows of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government a year ahead of national elections.

A call by Israel's largest union to paralyze the economy follows night of massive demonstrations, with tens of thousands of protesters taking to the streets in an outpouring of grief and fury over six hostages killed in Gaza

After wolves swooped from the forest and savaged her lambs, Austrian sheep farmer Renate Pilz feels like giving up.

French President Emmanuel Macron was to host former presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande Monday as he weighed options for prime minister after inconclusive parliamentary polls, with one centre-left figure the apparent front-runner.

China on Monday rolled out the red carpet for leaders from across Africa, seeking to deepen ties with the resource-rich continent it has furnished with billions in loans for infrastructure and development.

A Beluga whale whose strange harness sparked suspicions it was trained by Russia for spying purposes has been found dead in Norway, according to an NGO which tracks his movements.

Nestled between mountains in a secluded corner of West Virginia, a giant awakens: the Green Bank Telescope begins its nightly vigil, scanning the cosmos for secrets.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered billionaire Elon Musk's social media website shut down because it no longer has a legal representative in the country.

Kylian Mbappe answered his critics in style as he netted his first La Liga goals to give Real Madrid a 2-0 win over Real Betis at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday which sends them second in the table.

Poland on Sunday marked 85 years since the outbreak of World War II during annual commemoration ceremony held at dawn to remember Nazi Germany's first attacks that triggered the deadly conflict.

Demonstrators demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immediately strike a cease-fire deal with Hamas to free everyone still being held in Gaza.

The bodies of six hostages, including Israeli American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, were found in a tunnel in Rafah overnight.

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday presented the final report of his government, defending his legacy a month before turning power over to his successor -- along with a congressional supermajority and a highly controversial judicial reform plan.

The 'work style reform' campaign comes as a recent government study found that at least 54 people suffer 'death from overwork' annually.

The Israeli prime minister vowed vengeance on Hamas after the bodies of six hostages were recovered from a tunnel in Gaza.

Officials believe the hostages were killed shortly before they were discovered in a tunnel in Rafah by Israeli forces

Russia on Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the Beslan school massacre, when over 330 people -- more than half of them children -- died in a hostage siege in the country's deadliest attack in modern history.

Voters in two former East German states go to the polls Sunday in elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right AfD. The polls in Thuringia and Saxony come just over a week after three people were killed in a suspected Islamist attack, which has fuelled a bitter debate over immigration in Germany.

The United States won their first two track and field titles of the Paris Paralympics on Saturday but China piled on the medals to stretch their lead in the table.

More than 75% were 65 or older and almost 4,000 bodies weren't found for more more than a month, with 130 going undiscovered for more than a year.

Hastily evacuated from their home in Russia's Kursk region in the face of Ukraine's offensive, Galina Tolmacheva and her husband Andrei endlessly checked their phone for news.

Power was restored across Venezuela on Saturday morning, after a massive 12-hour outage plunged the entire country into darkness.

Officials in Timor-Leste, formerly East Timor, have told about 90 residents of Tasitolu that they have to make way as the country prepares to host the pontiff.

Concrete slabs and sheet metal were piled high alongside streets in Jenin on Saturday, as residents assessed the damage from Israel's latest West Bank raid even as explosions persisted nearby.

ISIS fighters were armed with 'numerous weapons, grenades, and explosive suicide belts,' said officials

The Taiwanese foreign ministry on Saturday accused China of an "arbitrary intervention" after a joint declaration by Pacific leaders was altered to remove mentions of Taiwan.

Millions of Oasis fans queued online early Saturday to buy tickets for the British legends' eagerly-awaited reunion tour next year, but many were frustrated after booking websites appeared overwhelmed.