By AFP/Alberto PEÑAThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday ruled against El Salvador for barring a woman from getting an abortion, despite her life being at risk and her fetus being unviable.It ordered the Salvadoran government to pay comp...

By AFP/Yannick PASQUETOutside the school of one of Greece's smallest inhabited islands, Sikinos, two massive trucks have braved an eight-hour sea voyage to bring residents much-needed medical expertise in the depths of winter.The back of the first ve...

By AFPSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday signed a disputed education law on languages in schools, after reaching an agreement with his initially opposed coalition partner.The dispute over the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) earli...

By AFP/David Courbet, Philippe Siuberski and Isabelle WesselinghFrenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, who survived a decade of sexual abuse by her husband and dozens of strangers, said she hoped her ordeal would help make the world a better place for "women an...

By AFPThe United States has redefined what qualifies as "healthy" food for the first time in 30 years, striking items like white bread from the list while welcoming nutrient-rich options such as eggs and salmon, officials said Thursday.The move comes...

By AFP/Hicham RafihIn southern Morocco, women are the guardians of the age-old craft of carpet weaving, an intricate art form that often leaves them with meagre earnings.Women like Ijja Benchri, who creates carpets on a wooden weaving loom outside he...

By AFP/Leticia PINEDAIn the early hours of January 3, 2023, 32 people climbed onto a makeshift raft off southern Cuba and set out across the Caribbean for Florida, 170 kilometers (100 miles) away.They were never heard from again.Among them was an eig...

By AFP/Hélène COLLIOPOULOUWhen Elli was sexually assaulted by her older brother when she was 11, the young Greek girl had a stark decision to make in a country where a patriarchal culture still dominates."I had to choose between my family and my righ...

By AFP/Issam AHMEDAn elderly patient in Louisiana is in "critical condition" with severe avian influenza, US authorities announced Wednesday, the first serious human case in the country as fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic.The new case bring...

By AFPSweden's government said Wednesday it wanted to give police powers to secretly monitor phone calls and electronic communications of those under 15 years of age, in response to a surge in gang violence in the Nordic country.Sweden has seen a ris...

By AFP/Ulysse BELLIEROn a farm in the southern US state of Virginia, David Ayares and his research teams are breeding genetically modified pigs to transplant their organs into human patients.Revivicor, the biotech company Ayares leads, is at the fore...

By UN NewsUN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday welcomed the proclamation of the Second International Decade for People of African Descent by the UN General Assembly.The new decade of action starting in January, will build on the progress of t...