By AFP/Alberto PEÑAThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday ruled against El Salvador for barring a woman from getting an abortion, despite her life being at risk and her fetus being unviable.It ordered the Salvadoran government to pay comp...

By AFP/Yannick PASQUETOutside the school of one of Greece's smallest inhabited islands, Sikinos, two massive trucks have braved an eight-hour sea voyage to bring residents much-needed medical expertise in the depths of winter.The back of the first ve...

By AFPPope Francis on Saturday condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as "cruelty", a day after the territory's rescue agency said an Israeli air strike killed seven children from one family.Gaza's civil defence rescue agency reported that an Isra...

By AFP/Celine Le Prioux with Frank Zeller in BerlinThe Saudi suspect in Germany's deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market held strongly anti-Islam views and was angry with Germany's migrant and asylum policy, officials said Saturday.Chancello...

By AFP/Maher AL MOUNESSyrian media outlets which trumpeted the glories of Bashar al-Assad's oppressive rule quickly adopted revolutionary fervour after his ouster, but uncertainty shadows the sector.For decades, Syria's ruling Baath party and the Ass...

By AFPThe UK's data protection watchdog on Thursday criticised Google for an "irresponsible" policy change on how online user information can be tracked and collected for targeted advertising.The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) warned Google...

By AFPA black-and-cream leopard shark enters a hypnotic-like state of relaxation as scientists at Sydney Aquarium carefully roll her onto her back in a small pool.The shark, named Zimba, is one of the first captive leopard sharks in the world to be a...

By AFP/Islam AlatrashIn the Libyan countryside, farmer Ismail Ben Saoud has launched an agricultural experiment, banking on Mejhoul dates -- a premium variety cherished across the Arab world but untested in such a humid coastal climate.Ben Saoud's fi...

By UN NewsThe ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee crisis on the South Sudan border, have intensified an already alarming humanitarian crisis, according to UN agencies on Friday.In a new report, t...

By AFP/Sonia AVALOS"Dollars, selling dollars!" a money changer shouts to people streaming past in Buenos Aires' financial district.But there are no takers as Argentina's decades-long dollar craze finally shows signs of cooling.Over years of high infl...

By AFP/Hiba AslanTired and sad, Palestinian activist Fakhri Abu Diab stood amid the rubble of his home in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, just a narrow valley away from the famed domes of the Old City.In early November, bulldozers from the Israeli-co...

By AFPSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday signed a disputed education law on languages in schools, after reaching an agreement with his initially opposed coalition partner.The dispute over the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) earli...