By AFP/Ramin Khanizadeh and Menna ZakiHidden behind imposing brick walls in the heart of Tehran, a brewery that used to make Iranian beer has been tra...

By AFP/Jérémy TORDJMANEuropean territory annexed, democracies stunned into paralysis and Nazi salutes -- Donald Trump's shock re-engagement with Russi...

By AFP/Robin MILLARDA United Nations investigation concluded Thursday that Israel carried out "genocidal acts" in Gaza through the destruction of its...

By AFP/Richard CARTERFormer Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte failed to attend in person an initial hearing at the International Criminal Court on...

By AFP/Marie-Morgane LE MOELTariffs imposed by the Trump administration will not eject fast-fashion juggernaut Shein from the US market, its executive...

By AFP/Maher AL MOUNESSyrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising with a public demonstration in Damascus for t...

By AFP/Anton LOMOVMekhri feels "a sense of freedom and self-confidence" when she's behind the wheel of a car -- despite being forced to drive illegall...

By AFP/Sara HUSSEINThe leader of climate-vulnerable Palau wants US President Donald Trump to come snorkelling with him to understand the "slow death"...

By AFP/Lucero Mendez and Ana EspinosaTwo women from Mexico and Ecuador who spent years fighting to be recognized as victims of online sexual violence...

By AFP/Caroline GARDINIt's late morning and steam is rising from water tanks atop the colourful but opaque-windowed "soapland" sex parlours in a histo...

By AFPGlobal sea levels rose more than expected in 2024, Earth's hottest year on record, according to an analysis released Thursday by the US space ag...

By AFPSpain, which is nearing the end of a years-long drought, can expect such dry spells to become increasingly "frequent and severe" due to global w...

By AFP/Danny KEMPUS President Donald Trump launched a bitter attack against the "illegal" media and his political enemies Friday, as a speech at the D...

By AFP/Alice ChancellorDozens of Syrian Druze clerics crossed the armistice line on the Golan Heights into Israel on Friday for their community's firs...

By AFPAn Argentine photojournalist emerged from emergency surgery Thursday that his father said saved his life after suffering a serious head injury w...

By AFPThe UNRWA chief warned Thursday that if the embattled UN agency for Palestinian refugees were to collapse, it would deprive a generation of chil...

By AFP/Anup OJHANepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his...

By AFPMine shafts snake under the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's mountains, but instead of the Congolese government their rich veins are makin...

By AFP/Zain Zaman JANJUAIn a desert town in Pakistan, Hindus prepare meals for fasting Muslims, who in turn gather to welcome a Holi procession, a rar...

By AFP/Layal ABOU RAHALSyria's new temporary constitution concentrates power in interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's hands and fails to include enough...

By AFP/Eden Ezra and Dylan GambaBiruktawit Tasew's fingers glide over the strings of the begena, producing a deep, hypnotic sound. Along with six fell...

By AFPA fact-finding committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said on Tuesday the country was determined t...

By AFPThe Syrian presidency announced on Monday an agreement with the head of the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to integrate the in...

By AFPIsrael's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday that US President Donald Trump's plan to displace Palestinians from war-batt...