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People gather in St Peter's Square as they wait to see the smoke billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in St Peter's Square during the cardinals' conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Photo:AP)

World

Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens

A man carries a girl near St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome ahead of late Pope Francis’ funeral on April 26, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

World

Francis's Funeral to Be Grand Farewell to 'Pope of The Poor'

Kurdistan Region's President Nechirvan Barzani. (Photo: The Presidency Office)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan Region's President Joins 50 Heads of State in Vatican Farewell to Pope Francis

A Catholic nun walks past a portrait of the late Pope Francis displayed at the St. Mother Teresa Cathedral in Pristina on April 21, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

World

Global mourning as Pope Francis dies of stroke aged 88

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani posing for a photo with Pope Francis in the Vatican City, April 13, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)

Kurdistan

President Barzani, Pope Francis discuss promoting peaceful coexistence