By AFP team in Gaza with Delphine Matthieussent and Louis Baudoin-LaarmanPalestinian rescuers reported 120 people killed on Thursday in Israeli strikes on blockaded Gaza, where a US-backed organisation said it intends to begin distributing aid by the...

By AFPWomen and girls in war-ravaged Sudan face gang rapes, sexual slavery and killings, particularly at the hands of the paramilitary forces, UN experts warned Wednesday.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling Sudan's army sin...

By AFP/Camille Bouissou with Helen RoweThe UK is in talks with different countries about setting up "return hubs" for failed asylum seekers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday during a visit to Albania focused on immigration.The UK leader is u...

By AFP/Sumit DUBEY with Masroor GILANIIndia and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire after coming close to all-out conflict, but on social media citizens on both sides are vying to control public perceptions by peddling disinformation.Platforms such a...

By AFPPope Leo XIV on Wednesday offered to mediate between leaders of countries at war, saying that he himself "will make every effort so that this peace may prevail".The new US pontiff, who became head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics last week,...

By AFPUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged member states to "respect their financial obligations" to support peacekeeping operations at a time the world body faces "the highest number of conflicts" since it was founded.Speaking at a...

By AFPAn Israeli rights group denounced Monday a government decision to launch extensive land registration for parts of the occupied West Bank, saying it could help advance annexation of the Palestinian territory."It is a tool for annexation," said Y...

By AFPAl Jazeera's Ramallah bureau chief said on Monday the news channel could resume working in the Palestinian territories after president Mahmud Abbas lifted a ban in place since January."Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to lift the...

By AFP/Nina LARSONThe United Nations voiced alarm on Tuesday at the large numbers of non-nationals being deported from the United States, in particular the hundreds sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador."This situation raises serious concerns regardin...

By AFP/Chloe ROUVEYROLLES-BAZIREA months-long Israeli blockade is worsening acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, medical charity Medecins du Monde warned on Tuesday, accusing Israel of using hunger as "a weapon of war".Israel halted all aid from ent...

By AFP/Saul Loeb with Clement VarangesA group of around 50 white South Africans arrived on Monday for resettlement in the United States after President Donald Trump granted them refugee status as victims of what he called a "genocide."Trump essential...

By AFPUnited Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Monday said reforming the global body will require "painful" changes, including staff reductions, to improve efficiency and deal with chronic budget constraints exacerbated by Trump administration polici...