By AFPThousands of Malians have replastered the iconic earthen mosque in the historic city of Djenne during an annual ceremony that helps preserve the World Heritage site.To the sound of drums and festive music, townsmen on Thursday coated the toweri...

By AFPThe World Bank said in a report Monday that foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing economies has hit the lowest level since 2005, citing growing trade and investment barriers.Developing countries received just $435 billion of such inve...

By AFPWork on a giant carbon capture and storage (CCS) site in Stockholm began Thursday, with the facility expected to be operational in 2028.The new plant will have the capacity to capture and store more than 800,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, which is...

By AFPIran condemned Israel's attack on a state TV building in Tehran on Monday as a "war crime", and called on the UN Security Council to take action.The strike on the offices of IRIB during a live broadcast was a "wicked act" and a "war crime", sai...

By AFPIn its more than three years in Mali, the Russian paramilitary group Wagner kidnapped, detained and tortured hundreds of civilians, including at former UN bases and camps shared with the country's army, according to a report published Thursday...

By AFPThe deadly effects of extreme heat are a growing risk to people, reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Thursday, adding that heat killed more people than earthquakes, floods and hurricanes combined."Up to half a million people globally succumb to the...

By AFP/Nick PERRY and Antoine AGASSENowhere is humanity's exploitation of the oceans more starkly illustrated than the Pacific Ocean, where small island nations are fighting to outlast a crisis not of their making.The islands are besieged by rising s...

By AFP/Agnès PEDREROThe first convention on protecting workers from the devastating impact of uncontrolled biological hazards was adopted at the United Nations on Friday.The Biological Hazards in the Working Environment Convention was adopted by the...

By AFPDiversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies are facing a pushback around the world as part of a strategic shift to scapegoat vulnerable groups, the UN rights chief Volker Turk said Monday.Since returning to the White House in January, US Pre...

By AFPUS President Donald Trump directed federal authorities to ramp up deportation efforts in Democratic-led cities on Sunday, doubling down on a politicized anti-immigration drive after major protests in Los Angeles."We must expand efforts to detai...

By AFPAmerican tech giant Microsoft said Monday it was offering new cloud-computing products for European governments and organisations keen to control their data and ensure compliance with strict EU rules.Microsoft launched the offering in a stateme...

By AFPEU member Croatia must take greater action to protect minorities including LGBTQ people, Roma and ethnic Serbs from rampant hate speech and discrimination, the Council of Europe's anti-discrimination body said Monday.The European Commission aga...