By AFPThe Dutch government Tuesday advised parents to forbid children under 15 from using social media apps like TikTok and Snapchat, the latest country to propose curbs over mental health concerns.The advice, which is non-binding, comes after Austra...

By AFP/Helen ROWEA Chinese post-graduate student convicted of drugging and raping 10 women in the UK and China and suspected of having attacked more was on Thursday jailed for life by a London court.Police in London say they have evidence to suggest...

By AFP/Antoine GUYMizan Hossain fell 10 metres (33-foot) from the top of a ship he was cutting up on Chittagong beach in Bangladesh -- where the majority of the world's maritime giants meet their end -- when the vibrations shook him from the upper de...

By AFPFinnish lawmakers approved on Thursday a long-awaited legal reform of the Sami parliament that strengthens the rights of Europe's only recognised native people to decide how they are governed.The changes to the Sami Parliament Act aim to bring...

By AFP/Issam AHMEDThe US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences' twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV -- a move the company hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against the sexually transmitted virus.Drugs to preve...

By AFP/James PHEBYThe UK government announced on Monday that it would bring in tough new laws to "root out the scourge" of grooming gangs, and apologised to thousands of victims believed to have been sexually exploited.Any adults who engage in penetr...

By AFP/Chris LefkowThe US Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a state law banning gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors -– an issue at the heart of the American culture wars.The court voted 6-3 to uphold a Tennessee law barring hor...

By AFP/Anuj CHOPRAHarmful content including hate speech has surged across Meta's platforms since the company ended third-party fact-checking in the United States and eased moderation policies, a survey showed Monday.The survey of around 7,000 active...

By AFPA ban on smartphones in schools issued by Taliban authorities in southern Afghanistan came into force, students and teachers confirmed to AFP on Wednesday, over concerns of "focus" and "Islamic law".The directive by the provincial Education Dep...

By AFP/Peter HUTCHISONUK MPs on Tuesday voted to end contentious prosecutions of women in England and Wales for terminating a pregnancy, paving the way for a huge overhaul of how the country's abortion laws are enforced.Currently, a woman can face cr...

By AFP/Antoine DE RAIGNIACSoweto's children call it the "yellow mountain": for decades, a gold mine dump that towers over the Snake Park neighbourhood of South Africa's largest township has been polluting the area and poisoning communities.The yellow...

By AFP/Anne-Sophie LABADIE and Rusmir SMAJILHODZICIt took years for Zehra Murguz to be able to testify about what happened to her and other Muslim women in the "rape camps" run by Serb forces during the war in Bosnia.One of the awful memories that dr...