By AFP/Sameer al-Doumy with Layal Abou RahalAFP photographer Sameer al-Doumy never dreamed he would be able to return to the hometown in Syria that he escaped through a tunnel seven years ago after it was besieged by Bashar al-Assad's forces.Douma, o...

By AFP/Beiyi SEOWThe United States said Monday it is opening an investigation into China's policies for its semiconductor industry, over concerns that Beijing is turning to "extensive anticompetitive and non-market means" to undermine other economies...

By AFPJust 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged Palestinian territory.The Israeli authorities rejec...

By AFP/Claire LEEA factory turned into a battlefield, riot police armed with tasers and an activist who spent 100 days atop a chimney -- the unrest that inspired Netflix's most successful show ever has all the hallmarks of a TV drama.This month sees...

By AFPA key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely a mass grave for detainees held under former president Bashar al-Assad and fighters killed in the civil war.In a vast walled area located...

By AFPMore than 160 Chinese workers have been saved from "slave-like conditions" in Brazil, where they had been building an electric car factory for Chinese giant BYD, officials said Tuesday.BYD's Brazilian subsidiary said in a statement late Monday...

By AFP/Christy-Belle GehaThe smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq."We appealed to all authorities in the country, but no one listened to us," said the...

By AFP/Léa NKAMLEUN FOSSOEver since his first hard-won sightings of African manatees, award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla has been devoted to protecting the little known and at-risk aquatic mammals.African manatees are found in fre...

By AFPThe Israeli army said on Tuesday it had concluded that military operations in southern Gaza likely led to the killing by Hamas of six hostages in August.As the fighting churns on, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meanwhile said t...

By AFP/Francoise KadriLike many of his fellow Tunisians, 23-year-old Amine Elhani has never been to the cinema, but now, thanks to a mobile theatre touring the country, he can finally enjoy the big screen.The bright red truck of CinemaTdour, or "movi...

By AFP/Clement Melki with Sebastien DuvalPope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the "extremely grave" humanitarian s...

By AFP/Sebastien DuvalWith no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday cheer was absent in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday.But for some, like Jer...