The head of the Catholic Church pays his respects to his predecessor Benedict, who resigned from his post in 2013. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/rmcybev
A selection of some of the most powerful pictures taken by news agency photographers around the world this year. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/d5FuoCX
Until a few years ago, indie music competing with Bollywood would've made for an unlikely proposition - not anymore. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/w1Wuzmv
Another six people are injured after the blaze in an unregistered property in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/C3Apdig
The Canadian rapper faces more than 20 years in jail for wounding the Grammy-winning hip-hop star in 2020. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Xjc304z
Families of 16 Indian sailors who have been detained in Africa since August say they are waiting anxiously. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Pp3o1YE
Argentina's World Cup winners have to abandon an open-top bus and take a helicopter ride over the millions of fans celebrating in Buenos Aires. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/TCJMIo4
Migrants from South America face a difficult and dangerous journey to the USA. But a record number of people attempted the trek this year on foot in search of a better life. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3PF4K52
Lionel Messi is named BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year after inspiring Argentina to World Cup glory. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/MZInRXj
Demonstrators have prevented travellers crossing a border between Peru and Bolivia, after protesting for early elections. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/DyxOR4C
Four Syrian teenagers living in the Zaatari refugee camp were invited to join a Brazilian football school. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/RgUw7o3
The government seeks a court order to stop the building of the barrier and to remove the containers. from BBC News - World https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63991451?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
The Grammy winner tells a court the Canadian rapper offered her $1m to keep quiet about the alleged attack. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/x29T3yZ
In the Kurdistan region, women who feel trapped in abusive households often see suicide by self-immolation as their only way out. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/1ALncMo
The marvellous Moroccans have lit up this World Cup - and their fans got reward by witnessing their side becoming the first from Africa to reach the semi-finals. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/t9cq23o
Brazil had danced into the quarter-finals of the World Cup but their dreams of a showpiece jig in the final ended in tears at Education City Stadium. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/r73ETMG
Tournament favourites Brazil are knocked out of the World Cup on penalties as Croatia keep their nerve to edge through to the semi-finals. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/8ANXDb0
Sarah Chan has overcome racism and violence to become the first woman to manage African scouting for an NBA team. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/QsVXo07
Pedro Castillo is impeached and replaced by Dina Boluarte hours after he attempted to dissolve parliament. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/TL8w4N9
Democrat Raphael Warnock will face Republican Herschel Walker after a long, and at times bitter, campaign. from BBC News - World https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63842781?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
The reptiles are being moved from a breeding centre to a far-away zoo, making conservationists uncomfortable. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/Vk5DpIh