By AFP/Alex PIGMANTikTok restored service in the United States Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect.The video-sharing platform credited President-elect Donald Trump, wh...

By AFP/Louis BAUDOIN-LAARMANTwo buses carrying Palestinian prisoners released in the Gaza ceasefire deal had to inch through a thick crowd when they at last arrived in the West Bank at 2 am Monday.After the doors opened, women hugged their relatives...

By AFP/Youssef Hassouna with Daniel Capurro and Adel ZaanounThree Israeli hostages released Sunday from Gaza were reunited with their families on the first day of a long-awaited truce aimed at ending more than 15 months of war that has ravaged the Pa...

By AFP/Yussel GonzalezAna Maria had to pay to enter Mexico illegally -- or risk being kidnapped by ruthless criminals who have turned the migration crisis into a multibillion-dollar business.As US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office...

By AFP/Andrea Bambino and Gregory WaltonUS media are bracing for the White House return of Donald Trump, who previously helped to boost news consumption but is now prompting outlets to protect themselves from retaliation -- legal or otherwise -- from...

By AFP/Clément VARANGESThe derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6,000 that have been abandoned by South Africa's gold extraction companies.The vast Witwatersrand goldfield, where the Stil...

By AFP/Boureima HamaAt a Niamey market, mother of five Rakia Abdou haggles hard for a sack of rice, a staple out of reach for many in Niger due to record inflation."The prices of local food are falling but those for imported products are still high,"...

By UN News/Conor LennonHopes are rising that, with the support of the United Nations, the architects of the brutal former regime of Bashar al Assad in Syria will eventually be held accountable for their crimes.For years, UN human rights bodies have b...

By AFPSyrian security forces destroyed seized drugs Sunday including around 100 million pills of the amphetamine-like stimulant captagon -- whose production and trafficking flourished under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, an official said.A 2022 AF...

By AFP/Jing Xuan TENGBuilt in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city's fight against the virus that first emerged there.The hospital now stands empty, hi...

By AFP/Victoria LAVELLEThousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Washington on Saturday in protest at the policies of Donald Trump and his Republican Party, two days before the billionaire reclaims the Oval Office.The "People's March"...

By AFPUnited Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Saturday a "more hopeful" future awaits Lebanon after meeting its new leaders in a two-day visit ahead of a deadline for implementing a fragile Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire.His visit comes amid fresh opt...