By AFPArmenia prepared Monday to welcome a new flood of Nagorno-Karabakh refugees while the leaders of Azerbaijan and ally Turkey were set to hold a celebratory summit marking Baku's victory over the rebel enclave.And as Armenian Prime Minister Nikol...

By AFPFrance's right-wing opposition were on Sunday on course to extend their historic domination of the upper house Senate, in elections marking another electoral setback for the ruling party of President Emmanuel Macron.Unlike the lower house Natio...

By AFPItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has admitted she had hoped to do "better" on controlling irregular migration, which has surged since her far-right party won historic elections a year ago."Clearly we hoped for better on immigration, where...

By AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said France is imminently to withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by its military contingent in the next months, in the wake of the coup in the west African country that ousted the pro-Paris pr...

By AFPCuba's embassy in Washington was attacked by a man using two Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, the country's foreign minister said, describing the incident as a "terrorist attack"."The Cuban embassy in the US was the target of a terrorist atta...

By AFPStriking writers whose industrial action has paralyzed Hollywood said Sunday they had reached an "exceptional" deal with studios that could see them go back to work.The apparent breakthrough will raise hopes that striking actors can also reach...

By AFPLibya's prosecutor general on Monday ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the recent flood disaster which killed thousands, his office said.The flash flood, which witnesses likened to a tsunami, broke through two ag...

By AFPConcern was growing for ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday as Azerbaijani forces tightened their grip on the breakaway region.If the new ceasefire there holds, it could mark the end of a conflict between the Christian and Muslim Cau...

By AFPMali "will not stand idly by" if foreign governments intervene in neighouring Niger, Bamako's top diplomat warned the United Nations on Saturday, after both countries' juntas joined a mutual defense pact.Rebel elite soldiers overthrew Niger's p...

By AFPArmenia on Saturday urged the United Nations to send a mission to ensure the safety of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh after the territory was seized back by Azerbaijan, which promised to respect minority rights.For the second time since t...

By AFPTens of thousands of people marched in France Saturday to protest police violence in demonstrations organised by the left, with clashes breaking out on the margins of the Paris rally.The nationwide protest came just under three months after the...

By AFPIsraeli forces shot dead two Palestinians in a pre-dawn raid Sunday in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the army confirmed "counter-terrorism" activity in the occupied territory.Violence has surged in the Israeli-Palestin...