By AFPPalestinian sources said that Israeli strikes in Gaza on Thursday killed at least 45 people including hospital workers and journalists.Five staff at one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals were among those killed, the facility's direc...

By UN NewsAs millions unwrap new gaming devices this holiday season, UN experts are warning that these digital playgrounds need next-generation protection against extremist exploitation.In an industry that has outgrown Hollywood in sheer monetary val...

By UN News/Miklos GasparArtificial intelligence or AI technology can help to protect vulnerable women, give women a voice in male-dominated communities and increase training opportunities in Southeast Asia thanks to innovative approaches by United Na...

By AFPBillionaire tech mogul Elon Musk's startup xAI said it had raised $6 billion from investors in its latest funding round, as it battles stiff competition in the artificial intelligence market.The firm, whose flagship product is the Grok chatbot,...

By AFPThe UN mission to Afghanistan on Thursday called for an investigation into Pakistani air strikes in Afghanistan, in which the Taliban government said 46 people were killed, including civilians.The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanista...

By AFP/Layal ABOU RAHALTwo Syrian doctors and a nurse told AFP in a series of interviews over the weekend that Bashar al-Assad's government coerced them into providing false testimony to international investigators after a deadly 2018 chlorine attack...

By AFP/Abhaya SRIVASTAVABeside India's holy rivers, a makeshift city is being built for a Hindu religious festival expected to be so vast it will be seen from space, the largest gathering in history.Line after line of pontoon bridges span the rivers...

By AFPPeru has declared an "environmental emergency" after an oil spill that triggered a clean-up operation on a stretch of northern coastline popular with tourists.According to state-owned energy company Petroperu, the cleaning of half a dozen beach...

By AFP/Qubad WaliEvery day before dawn, Jamil Ghafori gets to work on the floor of a cramped Kabul bakery with five other men churning out thousands of traditional flatbreads -- the staple of every Afghan meal.The common bread Ghafori has made for 27...

By AFPIsrael's extremist National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Thursday, triggering angry reactions from the Palestinian Authority and Jordan accusing the far-right politician of a deliberate provoc...

By AFPSyria's new authorities have arrested a military justice official who under ousted president Bashar al-Assad issued death sentences for detainees in the notorious Saydnaya prison, a war monitor said Thursday.The confirmation by the Syrian Obser...

By AFPThe chief paediatric doctor at a southern Gaza hospital told AFP that three babies had died of "severe temperature drop" this week, as the war-ravaged Palestinian territory grapples with winter cold.In the most recent case, Dr. Ahmed al-Farra o...