By AFP/Sheikh Sabiha ALAMA Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramadan -- a beacon of interfaith harmony in a time of religious tension.For more than a decade, the Dharmarajika Buddhist Monaster...

By AFP/Mutawakil IssaOutside his bullet-riddled home in Sudan's war-ravaged capital, Jamil Morjan stood with his hands raised in prayer for his mother's soul over a mound of earth.There was no headstone -- just a rough wooden plank marking the spot w...

By AFPJuan Carlos Vargas lost a leg in a road accident but that did not stop him from undertaking a perilous journey from his native Venezuela to the United States.The migrant now dreams of representing his adopted homeland in amputee soccer.Followin...

By AFP/Claire GOUNONUntil Taliban authorities took power in Afghanistan, women like Fatima were able to freely sell their hair to be made into wigs, bringing in crucial cash.But a ban last year has forced the 28-year-old and others to covertly trade...

By AFP/Lajla VESELICAA "baby box" for abandoned newborns has sparked a row in staunchly Catholic Croatia with women's rights groups calling for its removal, saying it is an illegal "Trojan horse" for anti-abortion campaigners.The modern form of the m...

By AFP/Elodie MAZEINIn just a few weeks, the US tourism outlook has clouded as a result of some of President Donald Trump's policy decisions, which have angered some foreign visitors and prompted fear of a surge in prices and a stronger dollar.Foreig...

By AFP/Salam FarajIn a Baghdad arena, a crowd cheers to the rhythm of drums, not for a football match but for a fiery centuries-old game enjoyed by Iraqis during Ramadan called "mheibes"."It's a heritage game, the game of our ancestors, which unites...

By AFP/Nina LARSONDramatic global aid cuts are creating a "child survival crisis", the UN said Friday, warning that treatment would soon run out for over a million severely malnourished children in Nigeria and Ethiopia alone.The United Nations childr...

By AFP/Alexandra DEL PERALToxic masculinity peddled by online influencers is becoming increasingly prominent, experts say, buoyed by the resurgence of far-right ideology and a virulent backlash against feminism.In March, a 26-year-old man was jailed...

By AFPA stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said.There is currently no effective treatment for paralysis caused by se...

By AFP/Abdelmoneim Abu Idris AliWhen fighting first gripped the Sudanese capital in April 2023, quickly overwhelming Khartoum's hospitals, Dr. Safaa Ali faced an impossible choice: her family or her patients.She said she stayed up all night before de...

By AFPAlgerian Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif, at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Games, is targeting a second gold in Los Angeles and says she will not be intimidated by Donald Trump.The US president last month signed an executive orde...