By AFP/Eli IMADALI with Nina LarsonA man yelling "free Palestine" used incendiary devices to torch protesters rallying in support of Israeli hostages, injuring at least eight people in the US state of Colorado on Sunday.The FBI said it was investigat...

By AFP/Haitham EL-TABEIFor decades, civil servant Zayed al-Ghamdi's social circles in Saudi Arabia were more than predictable, bound by routine and kinship in a country where societal divisions have rarely been challenged. Then came the metro.A decad...

By AFPBritish foreign minister David Lammy said on Sunday that Morocco's autonomy plan for the territory of Western Sahara was the "most credible" solution to the decades-long dispute, reversing London's long-standing position.Western Sahara, a miner...

By AFPCries of grief echoed across southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital Monday as dozens came to mourn Hossam Wafi, after the father of six was killed while attempting to get supplies to feed his family.His mother, Nahla Wafi, sobbed uncontrollably over h...

By AFPKyrgyzstan on Friday ordered two independent journalists be held in pre-trial detention on charges of calling for mass riots, part of an escalating crackdown on press freedom in the Central Asian state.Kyrgyzstan was long seen as the most free...

By AFP/Robin MILLARDA cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the valley below, glaciologists and geoscientists told AFP on Friday.Experts knew days ahead of Wednesday's lan...

By AFPRwanda, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, needs to distribute its wealth better to lift and protect rural populations still living below the poverty line, a UN rapporteur on extreme poverty said Friday.Rwanda’s rapid economic growth si...

By AFPThe United Arab Emirates, a major oil exporter, began mandatory emissions monitoring for companies on Friday under a new law targeting climate change.Greenpeace hailed the move, a first for the Middle East but already in place in dozens of coun...

By AFP/Sofiane AlsaarWith artificial intelligence, more shade and misting machines, Saudi authorities are preparing to welcome more than a million hajj pilgrims amid punishing summer heat that has a deadly history in the holy city of Mecca.Saudi Arab...

By AFP/Francesca Di MuroA ban on disposable vapes came into effect across the UK on Sunday in a bid to protect children's health and tackle a "throwaway" culture."For too long, single-use vapes have blighted our streets as litter and hooked our child...

By AFP/Alex PIGMANFor Silicon Valley venture capitalists, the world has split into two camps: those with deep enough pockets to invest in artificial intelligence behemoths, and everyone else waiting to see where the AI revolution leads.The generative...

By AFPThe US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has lashed out at France's advocacy for recognition of a Palestinian state, saying that if it supported such an outcome it could "carve out a piece of the French Riviera" and create one.France is co-cha...