By AFP/Parvaiz BUKHARIFarmers in Indian-administered Kashmir say a major government infrastructure drive is taking their deeply cherished land, fearing it spearheads a push to "Hinduise" the disputed Muslim-majority territory.Musadiq Hussain said tha...

By AFPAI chipmaker Nvidia and research partners have created what they call the largest artificial intelligence system yet for biological research, the company said on Wednesday, aiming to speed up breakthroughs in medicine and genetics.The new AI sy...

By AFPTajikistan said Wednesday it would publish a new book updating the country's dress "guidelines" for women, tightening the secular state's policing of women's clothing.Authorities in the Muslim-majority Central Asian nation maintain strict contr...

By UN NewsLanguage is one of the distinctive features that makes us human, and a new book supported by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) aims to encourage children to reflect on its importance.What Makes Us Human is th...

By AFPSyria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in Damascus's Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship.In the Faranj synagogue, Syrian-American Rabbi Yusuf...

By AFPMalian director Souleymane Cisse, one of the fathers of African cinema, died Wednesday in a Bamako clinic aged 84, his daughter told AFP.Tributes poured in for Cisse, whose trailblazing work on the silver screen across more than half a century...

By AFPIndian police in disputed Kashmir have raided dozens of bookshops and seized hundreds of copies of books by an Islamic scholar, sparking angry reactions by Muslim leaders.Police said searches were based on "credible intelligence regarding the c...

By AFP/Alfons LUNAThe sound of children playing once again fills the streets of Burbaguena since a refugee centre opened in the small village in Spain's sparsely populated northeast, delighting older residents."Seeing so many children is wonderful,"...

By AFP/Anais LLobetA French surgeon to stand trial over raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 patients, mostly children, practised for decades right up until his retirement despite a conviction for owning abusive images of children and colleagues...

By AFPIn the hustle and bustle of Yaounde, Quartier Mozart is a unique artists' refuge, which its creator hopes will free Cameroonians from the "self-censorship" they say is fuelled by the political status quo.The lower level of the industrial-lookin...

By AFPThe first-ever astronaut with a physical disability has been cleared for a mission onboard the International Space Station, the European Space Agency announced on Friday.John McFall, a 43-year-old British surgeon and former Paralympian who lost...

By AFP/Robin MILLARDThe head of the World Health Organization insisted on Monday it was "now or never" to strike a landmark global accord on tackling future pandemics, after the United States withdrew from negotiations.WHO director-general Tedros Adh...