China has accused "people from strategic and academic communities in India" of improper remarks about the succession of Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
Krishna N Das
Legions of revellers have bolted over Pamplona's cobblestones as the Spanish city held the first of its famous bull runs during the city's San Fermin festival.
Miguel Oses and Joseph Wilson
There have been three anti-semitic attacks in Melbourne that have drawn widespread criticism.
Callum Godde
After quashing speculation about his succession, the 90-year-old Dalai Lama has told his followers he still hopes to live for another 40 years.
No one except the Dalai Lama can decide his successor, an Indian minister says in comments that have annoyed China, which insists its approval is needed.
Following speculation about the future of the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism's spiritual leader has announced the institution will continue after he dies.
Sheikh Saaliq
The Dalai Lama, who turns 90 on July 6, is expected to shed light on what could happen after his death as he prepares to address a major religious gathering.
Pope Leo XIV is marking a feast day as the Vatican launches a new campaign to boost donations from the faithful.
Nicole Winfield
Viewers watching the Glastonbury Festival on BBC TV will not get to see Neil Young's headline performance.
Staff Writers
Thousands of people have poured into Worthy Farm after the gates officially opened for the 2025 Glastonbury Festival.
Kenyan preacher Gilbert Deya, who was known for claiming to cure infertility, has died in a car crash.
A government worker who was killed for resisting corruption is on the path to beatification and possibly becoming Congo's first saint.
NICOLE WINFIELD, JUSTIN KAMBUMBA and CHINEDU ASADU
Thousands have gathered at a popular city beach to watch crews on beer-can boats battle it out, pirate-like, to find and keep underwater treasure.
Lloyd Jones
A territory's explosive celebrations are back on track after a seized shipment of fireworks was released, ensuring the beloved event is not a fizzer.
Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalising the poor, before an audience including JD Vance and tens of thousands of pilgrims.
Clement Melki
Anthony Albanese has joined crowds at Pope Leo XIV's inauguration in Rome amid a hive of diplomatic activity on the sidelines, including EU trade talks.
Samantha Lock
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe says the Prime Minister’s presence in the Vatican City for the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV will strengthen the relationship between Australia and the Holy See.
Danielle Le Messurier
Pope Leo XIV has used a speech to diplomats to restate the Catholic Church's teaching on marriage as being a "stable union between a man and a woman".
"Those who make history are the peacemakers," Pope Leo XIV says, as the new pontiff vows to work to bring peace to conflicts around the world.
Alvise Armellini
Pope Leo XIV has hailed press freedom and called for the release of reporters jailed for doing their jobs as he met the public for the first time as pontiff.
Pope Leo XIV has called for peace in Ukraine, a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff.
Joshua McElwee and Philip Pullella
Pope Leo XIV has signalled he will continue with the vision and reforms of Pope Francis, telling the world’s Catholic cardinals the late pontiff left a ‘precious legacy’ that they must continue.
Philip Pullella and Joshua McElwee
As Catholics across Australia celebrate the elevation of Pope Leo XIV, the wheels are already in motion to bring the pontiff down under.
Sam McKeith
Leo XIV has pledged to help the Catholic Church be an "ark of salvation" as he celebrated his first mass as pontiff and as history's first US pope.
Philip Pullella, Joshua McElwee and Keith Weir
