By AFPRiyadh and Washington urged Western governments Thursday to repatriate citizens who joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, where thousands still languish in prisons or camps.Saudi Foreign MinisterPrince Faisal bin Farhan said it was...

By AFPIwona Wozniewska's family has lived next to the Polish port of Gdansk for decades. But dust from surging coal imports has left her longing for something she once took for granted -- fresh air.Poland has traditionally been heavily reliant on its...

By AFPFlooding from the Kakhovka dam breach extends over 600 square kilometres on the Ukrainian-held right bank of the Dnipro River and the Russian-held left bank, the region's governor said on Thursday."The average level of flooding is 5.61 metres....

By AFPEU interior ministers meeting Thursday looked to reach an agreement on a long-stalled revision of the bloc's rules to more equally share the hosting of asylum seekers and migrants.But diplomats have cautioned the odds of a deal were still 50-50...

By AFPInstagram is the main platform used by pedophile networks to promote and sell content showing child sexual abuse, according to a report by Stanford University and the Wall Street Journal."Large networks of accounts that appear to be operated by...

By AFPSmoke from Canadian wildfires shrouded New York in a record-breaking apocalyptic smog Wednesday as cities along the US East Coast issued air pollution warnings and thousands evacuated their homes in Canada.The devastating fires have displaced m...

Protests erupted in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, in early June, after a court sentenced prominent dissident Osmane Sonko to two years in prison on charges of “corrupting youth”, which reduces his chances of running in next year's presidential elect...

By AFPBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday announced a world-first summit on artificial intelligence, seeking a leading role for the UK in limiting potential doomsday risks as he visited Washington.Sunak will meet President Joe Biden at th...

By AFPFrench banking giant Societe Generale announced Thursday agreements to sell its subsidiaries in Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea and Mauritania to two pan-African firms.The Vista Group will acquire Societe Generale Congo and Societe G...

By AFPRecord-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update.From 2013 to 2022, "human-induced warming has...

By AFPThe Taliban government may have banned international NGOs from offering education to out-of-school Afghan children, UNICEF said Thursday, putting the teaching of half a million boys and girls at risk.The UN agency said it was seeking more infor...