The activities of the World Cup kicked off on Sunday, November 20, amid a global uproar, during which politics and human rights came to the fore.Although this football event is the most famous in the world and always has great momentum, this tourname...

By AFPThe European Parliament on Thursday approved an 18-billion-euro ($18.7-billion) EU financial support package to get Ukraine through 2023, but the plan remains blocked by opposition from Hungary.Kyiv is urgently seeking billions in emergency fun...

By AFPEU energy ministers met Thursday to debate measures to mitigate the energy crunch in Europe but were divided over a gas price cap proposal slammed by many as a "joke".They were to discuss a proposal by the European Commission, unveiled just two...

By AFP"Unprecedented" world events including the war in Ukraine are driving record numbers of people to move to Britain, statisticians said Thursday, even as ministers vow to clamp down on post-Brexit immigration.Net migration into the UK -- the numb...

A $100-billion package of finance is required to help Iraq adapt to climate change impacts such as droughts, rebuild agriculture infrastructure destroyed by the terrorist group ISIS, and secure the water sector after being hampered by constrictions o...

By AFPMoscow said on Thursday it had issued more than 80,000 Russian passports to residents of four Ukrainian territories since President Vladimir Putin claimed to have annexed the regions last month."Since the addition ... of the four regions into t...

By AFPHeavy rains in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on Thursday delayed flights, forced school suspensions and closed the road to Mecca, Islam's holiest city, state media reported.Jeddah, a city of roughly four million people positioned on the Red...

By AFPThe UN rights chief urged Iran Thursday to immediately halt violence against protesters, as countries debated whether to launch an investigation into Tehran's deadly crackdown.Volker Turk opened an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Counc...

By AFPFrench members of parliament are expected to vote for the first time Thursday on a complete ban on bullfighting, after a national debate that has pitched animal rights defenders against fans of the traditional blood sport.Though public opinion...

By AFPIwan Gunawan was forced to leave his gravely injured wife buried under rubble to run outside and save his daughter after a strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's largest province.As he rushed to pull the girl from under debris, a wall fell on the...

By AFPFresh Russian strikes battered Ukraine’s already failing electricity grid, causing blackouts across the war-torn nation and in neighboring Moldova, in attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN were "an obvious crime against hum...

By AFPMore than a dozen Afghan women protested briefly in Kabul Thursday, calling for their rights to be recognised on the eve of the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.Afghan women have been squeezed out of public l...