Almost a decade after he resigned from the papacy position, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has been confirmed dead at the age of 95, the Vatican announced.His death on Saturday came days after Pope Francis had asked for prayers for his predecessor, saying he was “very sick”.The Holy See Press Office said Benedict, the first German pope in 1,000 years, died in his residence at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery, which he had chosen as his residence after resigning in 2013.

Updates: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s Beacon of Stability, Dies. The passing of the queen forces Britain to face its past. It is both incomparable and unfathomable how the death of Queen Elizabeth II, which Buckingham Palace revealed on Thursday, will affect Britain.The end of a figure who served as a living link to the triumphs of World War II Britain, presided over its clumsy adjustment to a post-colonial, post-imperial era, and saw it through its painful divorce...

Her majesty, the Queen of the United Kingdom has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has announced."The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow," Buckingham Palace said.Queen Elizabeth II was the longest-reigning monarch in British history and the world's oldest head of state.On her death, the Queen's eldest son and heir, Charles, the former Prince of Wales,...