In Kenya, worshippers dressed in white gathered at Christmas to mark the birth of what they describe as the "Black Messiah".

As the world celebrates Christmas, hospitals and families are sharing the joy of new arrivals – Christmas babies.

Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, will head to the polls for local elections, the first by universal suffrage in nearly 60 years.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV will deliver his first Christmas blessing from St Peter's Basilica on Thursday, after a year ...

Nigeria police said that they suspected a suicide bomber was behind the blast that killed several worshippers in a mosque on ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump seized on the occasion of Christmas Eve to assail opposition Democrats, branding them ...

Sarah Mullally, who becomes head of the Church of England next month, warned that national conversations over immigration ...

Organisers at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco are allowing supporters in for free after kick-off in matches where ...

DHAKA - Aspiring prime minister and political heavyweight Tarique Rahman was welcomed back to Bangladesh on Thursday by huge ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV condemned the "senselessness" of war and the "open wounds" it leaves behind, as he delivered his ...

A statement from the Commission said: "We have requested clarifications from the US authorities and remain engaged." ...

JAKARTA - At a church in Sumatra, dozens of worshippers sang hymns at a Christmas mass, gathered together for their first ...