The pope's funeral will be held in a tense geopolitical climate, and Vatican officials are facing a complicated diplomatic chessboard. With the funeral of Pope Francis set for Saturday, the ...

a move which diplomatic sources have told CNN has highly alarmed US allies in Europe. The spat over Crimea is the latest in a series of very public disagreements between Trump and Zelensky.

However, medieval scholar and expert on Anglo-Saxon nudity, Dr Christopher Monk, believes he has found another, taking the figure up to 94. There is one contested depiction of a running man with ...

According to the National Library of Australia, war worked in feudal Japan as it did throughout other parts of the war during medieval times. Most soldiers were sourced from the peasant class, but ...

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A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican is claiming he can take part in the forthcoming conclave despite being listed as a “non-elector.” Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once ...

The U.S. proposal would freeze territory along the current front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which Ukraine has rejected. By David E. Sanger Michael D. Shear and Mark Landler David E ...

Crowds flocked to pay their respects and bid farewell to the pontiff, who died on Monday at the age of 88. By Emma Bubola Reporting from Vatican City Latin chants sounded across the Vatican as a ...

As a scholar of historical memory, I have observed that references to the Russian Middle Ages are part of the Kremlin’s broader politics of using the medieval past to justify current agendas ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.

During the medieval period in Europe, castles were the strongest fortified structures that housed royalty and nobility. With many still standing today, these structures were public defenses that ...