Palash Ghosh

China records 13 million abortions annually, or 1,500 every hour.

Bergoglio reportedly has long enjoyed good relations with the Muslim community in Argentina.

At least 50,000 unborn baby girls are aborted each year in Nepal.

San Lorenzo is overwhelmed by its most prominent fan’s ascension to the papacy.

Cardinal Bergoglio was hailed for good relations with the Jewish community of Argentina, the largest in Latin America.

Maradona, now 52, is widely considered one of the greatest football players in history.

It is unclear what the Pope’s views on the Falklands are.

Ahmed is a historic figure in British political history since he was the first Muslim peer.

Italian authorities claim that since the alleged murders took place in international waters, the marines should face trial in Italy.

Very few French citizens, an estimated 5 percent of the country, regularly attend Mass.

Bergoglio holds conservative views on abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality and contraception.

The 76-year-old Pontiff, the first Jesuit pope, was born in Buenos Aires in 1936 to an Italian railway worker and his wife.

At the center of the election lay the crucial issue of the development of Greenland’s considerable natural resources.

It's the first South American pope in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, officials said.

Black smoke rising from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel means no new pope has been named.

Any film about a subject as contentious as Kashmir is bound to cause controversy.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York is predicting a short conclave.

Italy’s decision hold onto two marines has ruffled feathers in New Delhi and intensified the ongoing diplomatic flap between two nations.

The Anschluss campaign spelled doom for thousands of Austrian Communists, Jews and other anti-Nazis.

Here is the voting schedule of the papal conclave (Rome time).

Punjab not only serves as major hub of drug smuggling, but many local residents have become users.

Since 1665, New York City has elected (or appointed) a total of 108 mayors, all of whom were men.

In defiance of U.S. threats of economic sanctions, Pakistan has started building a pipeline to connect to Iran's gas supply.

An Argentinian court has convicted Carlos Menem of illegally selling 6,500 tons of weapons to Croatia and Ecuador in the early 1990.

South Africa's so-called Blade Runner has already incurred legal costs of at least £200,000 ($300,000).

Women in South Africa are regularly abused by a male culture that prizes macho men and weapons. But it's virtually taboo to talk about it.

Argentina has both condemned the referendum and dismissed it as irrelevant.

Sabah has been fought over and coveted by a bewildering array of local and foreign entities.

Xinyu is a controversial figure in China and the object of some derision.