By AFP/Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali with Bahira AminIt had been nearly two years since AFP journalist Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali set foot in his home in war-torn Khartoum, after the sound of children playing in the street gave way to the fearsome fire of...

By AFPUS strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Houthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group.Thursday's strikes on Ras Issa aimed to cut off supplies and funds fo...

By AFPMore than one million children in Haiti are suffering "critical" food shortages as a result of chronic violence, displacement and restricted access to humanitarian aid, the UN children's agency said Thursday."We are looking at a scenario where...

By AFPRights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison is becoming a "black hole" for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no legal consequences.A US senator who traveled t...

By AFPThe new US ambassador to Israel prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday, delivering a handwritten message from President Donald Trump calling for peace in Israel.Mike Huckabee, a former Republican governor, has long been an outspoken...

By AFP/Lucie Lequier with Nina IseniAs President Donald Trump's tariffs threaten the US economy, questions are being asked about how long the dollar can maintain its status as the world's key trading and reserve currency.AFP examines the greenback's...

By AFP/Suy SECambodia marked on Thursday the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's march into Phnom Penh, though survivors of its genocidal rule were forbidden from praying before victims' skulls.On April 17, 1975, soldiers of the ultra-Maoist Khmer...

By AFP/Juliette MANSOURPakistan's Mahrang Baloch has risen to become the young face of a decades-old movement against rights abuses since she discovered her father's tortured body when she was a teenager.The 32-year-old, who was arrested last month,...

By AFP/Arunabh SAIKIAIn central India's dry forests, community trackers hunt for signs of elephants to feed into an alert system that is helping prevent some of the hundreds of fatal tramplings each year.Boots crunch on brittle leaves as Bhuvan Yadav...

By AFPAlready worn down by years of political turmoil and economic hardships, Libyans are now facing a sharp deterioration in their purchasing power after a sudden devaluation of the Libyan dinar.Experts have said the national currency's exchange rat...

By AFP/Stéphanie HAMELA haunting portrait of a nine-year-old Palestinian boy who lost both arms during an Israeli attack on Gaza City won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year Award Thursday.The picture, by Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times, de...

By AFP/Philippe ALFROYTime for the daily staff meeting at Sri Lanka's Hotel Amba Yaalu where woman manager Jeewanthi Adhikari jokes: "This won't look very serious, there are only girls around the table."The hotel, on the shores of Lake Kandalama in t...