Pope Francis says he was stuck for 25 minutes in a Vatican elevator and had to be rescued by firefighters.
The smiling pontif explained while arriving 10 minutes late for his weekly address in St. Peter's Square on Sunday.
He said there had been an electrical power problem in the Vatican and that he had been stuck in the elevator until freed by Holy See firefighters.
"A round of applause for the fire brigade," Pope Francis told the people in the square.
Israeli strikes kill two in Gaza, destroy medicine storage warehouses
Israel's military on Saturday killed two Palestinians in Gaza and destroyed two warehouses near a hospital that stored medicine in separate strikes, amid uncertainty over whether Israel has accepted a deal reached with Hamas over the group's disarmament.
All 10 climbers confirmed killed in Pakistan avalanche
Celebrated Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja and nine others were confirmed dead on Saturday after an avalanche on Broad Peak in northern Pakistan.
Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles, killing at least ten
Russia pounded Kyiv and the region in a heavy ballistic missile attack early on Saturday, killing 10 people, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Ukraine had run out of interceptor missiles for its US Patriot air defence systems.
Trump says deal reached to disarm Hamas, Israeli support for plan remains uncertain
US President Donald Trump said talks in Cairo between mediators and Hamas leaders on Thursday have led to a phased disarmament agreement in Gaza.
UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, focusing on bilateral cooperation and the latest developments in the Ukraine conflict.
The United Arab Emirates has condemned the Iranian hostile attack targeting Kuwait with drones.
The United Arab Emirates has expressed its condolences to South Africa following a deadly bus crash in the Free State province that killed at least 12 people, including five children, and left dozens more injured.
