By AFP/Danny KEMPPresident Donald Trump revealed an extraordinary plan Tuesday for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, resettle Palestinians in other countries -- seemingly whether they wanted to leave or not -- and turn the territory into...

By AFPThe office of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas denounced an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank as "ethnic cleansing" on Monday, with the health ministry saying Israeli forces killed 70 people in the territory this year.In a statement...

By AFP/Nioucha ZAKAVATIA Stockholm court on Monday convicted a man of inciting ethnic hatred during four Quran burnings in 2023 that sparked outrage in Muslim countries, a verdict that reignited debate about the limits of freedom of expression.The ve...

By AFP/Isabel Kua with Danny Kemp and Daniel RookChina said Tuesday it would impose tariffs on imports of US energy, vehicles and equipment, firing a return salvo in an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies.US President Donal...

By AFPChina has eased travel curbs on Uyghurs but maintains "severe restrictions" on those seeking to go abroad or visit family in Xinjiang, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report said Monday.Beijing stands accused of detaining more than a million Uyghurs...

By AFPPresident Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aiming to kickstart the creation of a US sovereign wealth fund that he said could be used to save TikTok."Other countries have sovereign wealth funds, and they're much smaller countries...

By AFP/Eric RANDOLPHThe conflict between Rwanda-backed forces and the DR Congo is often presented as a struggle to control the valuable minerals that power global electronics.But the focus on "conflict minerals" may obscure other drivers of the viole...

By AFP/Robin MILLARDThe World Health Organization's chief hit back Monday at US President Donald Trump's reasons for pulling the United States out of the agency -- and again urged Washington to reconsider.The United States is by far the WHO's biggest...

By AFP/James PHEBYOnce famed as an industrial powerhouse that produced some of the world's finest steel, Rotherham is now known as the epicentre of the UK grooming scandal, leaving the town angry, ashamed and needing answers.The issue of UK grooming...

By AFP/Pierre-Henry DESHAYESAlmost 96 percent of new cars registered in Norway in January were electric, an unparalleled number in the world and close to the country's goal of selling only zero-emission vehicles as of this year.A total of 9,343 new c...

By AFPPresident Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected Donald Trump's assertions that South Africa was "confiscating" land and said he was ready to explain his government's land reform policy to his US counterpart.Trump's intervention into one of South A...

By AFP/Kenan AUGEARDThe Lac du Der was once just a passing glimpse for hundreds of thousands of cranes flying from Scandinavia in search of sunshine, but with global warming the French reservoir has become an attractive winter retreat.Tens of thousan...