By AFPEuropean Central Bank president Christine Lagarde pledged Wednesday to reduce high inflation in the eurozone as the institution that safeguards the euro marked its 25th anniversary."For the ECB, our immediate and overriding priority is to bring...

While enjoying the sunlight on a beach in Sidon (aka Saida in Arabic) as she used to do for five years, a Lebanese woman was assaulted for wearing a bikini on the beach, an incident that stirred the anger of dozens of Lebanese, especially women.The i...

By AFPIran's defence ministry on Thursday unveiled a new ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,242 miles) and a capacity to carry warheads weighing over a tonne.The Kheibar missile -- the latest version of the Khorramshahr which is Ir...

By AFPTwo girls badly burnt in a school dormitoryfire that killed 19 children in Guyanawere too weak to be evacuated to another country for specialized treatment, an official said Wednesday.They were injured when an inferno Sunday gutted a building h...

By AFPA United Nations-backed conference raised $2.4 billion Wednesday to prevent famine in the Horn of Africa, which is reeling from its worst drought in decades as global temperatures rise.The money will provide life-saving assistance for nearly 32...

By AFPBrazil must have a "louder voice" in world affairs, including a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, the United Kingdom's top diplomat said Wednesday.The "global balance of power" has shifted south, UK Foreign Secretary James...

By AFPJapan's justice system "systematically" violates suspects' rights by routinely denying bail and extending detentions through re-arrests, Human Rights Watch alleged Thursday.A report compiled over three years by the NGO takes aim at the country'...

Since the beginning of May, numerous residents of Cairo have been shocked by a letter from the local authorities requesting the transfer of their family members' remains from an ancient Cairo cemetery commonly known as the “City of the Dead”, in orde...

By AFPTyphoon Mawar was moving away from Guam on Thursday, prompting the governor of the US territory to declare the island had "weathered the storm."Forecasters said the typhoon had blasted Guam with winds of 140 miles per hour (225 kilometers per h...

By AFPNet migration to the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022, official figures showed Thursday, heaping pressure on the government which has pledged to cut dependency on foreign labour.Immigration has long been a key political issue in the UK, and was...