By AFPFrench-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the book and film "Persopolis", has refused the French legion d'honneur over the country's "hypocrisy" in its dealings with Iran.In a letter to France's culture minister post...

By AFPDamage from extreme weather in Canada last year pushed the bill facing insurers to an unprecedented CAN$8.5 billion ($5.9 billion), the Insurance Bureau of Canada said Monday.Events that cause significant destruction "are escalating at a shocki...

By AFP/Lisa GoldenUnited Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, during the first-ever visit by someone in his post to the country.Since Islamist-led rebels se...

By UN News/Reem AbazaSyrian refugee Doaa Al Zamel’s harrowing tale of surviving a deadly shipwreck brought the horrors of fleeing war to a worldwide audience when it was told in the book “A Hope More Powerful Than The Sea” in 2017.After the Syrian ci...

By UN NewsSyria’s lethal legacy of landmines and other explosives left over from years of conflict has led to the deaths of over 100 children in the last month alone, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, calling on the international commu...

By UN NewsSurging gang violence in Haiti has caused a threefold rise in the number of people uprooted from their homes in a year, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Tuesday, in a call for “sustained humanitarian assistance right now to save and pr...

By AFPA survey published on Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League showed 46 percent of adults worldwide -- about 2.2 billion people -- hold antisemitic views.The ADL survey found "anti-Jewish sentiments are at an all-time high globally" and noted ant...

By AFPThe United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday plans to build a giant solar farm with battery storage capable of providing continuous renewable energy.State-owned renewable energy company Masdar said the project would feature five gigawatts of s...

By UN NewsThe President of the UN General Assembly Philémon Yang presented a detailed vision of his 2025 priorities for the world body on Tuesday, calling it an opportunity for “a new start.”Under the theme Unity in Diversity, he emphasised the need...

By AFP/Dylan GAMBAUnder a makeshift shelter, Moussa Akele kills time chewing the stimulant khat, wondering where his family will get its next meal after fleeing a series of earthquakes that have shaken several regions of Ethiopia.The 40-year-old was...

By AFP/Laure Al KhouryLebanon's new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday that he was reaching out to all political persuasions to help "rescue" his crisis-hit country ahead of talks aimed at forming a government.After two years of a caretaker admi...

By AFPElectric car sales rose by 25 percent globally last year, surging in China but slowing in Europe, according to figures published Tuesday by the British consultancy Rho Motion.A record 17.1 million battery electric vehicles (excluding plug-in hy...