By AFPThe healthcare system in the occupied West Bank has been in "a state of perpetual emergency" since October 2023, the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) group said in a new report published on Thursday."A dramatic escalation in violence, marked by pr...

By AFP/Eric RANDOLPHThe sudden freezing of US aid to malaria projects comes as deadly new variants are spreading in Africa and could have a devastating impact, the head of a major NGO told AFP.The US government has provided some 40 percent of the ann...

By AFPThe sea ice in the Arctic was the second lowest on record for January last month, according to a US analysis released Tuesday, with areas around Greenland seeing temperatures well above average.Both the North and South Pole regions have warmed...

By AFP/Jay Deshmukh with Danny KempIsrael's defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare for "voluntary" departures from Gaza, as US President Donald Trump ruled out sending American troops to the territory.Trump had earlier proposed movi...

By AFPUganda on Monday started a vaccination trial for the Sudan species of the Ebola virus four days after an outbreak was confirmed, the World Health Organization announced.It is the sixth time Uganda has been hit by an outbreak of the Ebola Sudan...

By AFP/Ben SimonThe trade war may be on hold, but in a Canadian border city where the unhindered flow of auto parts across the bridge to Detroit supports thousands of jobs, the future remains uncertain.When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Mon...

By AFP/Kelly MACNAMARAExtreme heat will reach dangerous levels -- even for younger people -- across an area equivalent to the size of the United States if Earth's global warming hits two degrees Celsius, scientists warned on Tuesday.Climate change is...

By AFP/Joris Fioriti with Cecil Morella and Joe JacksonThe freeze in aid funding by Donald Trump's new US administration has left humanitarian workers seeing a large proportion of their budget cut off and fearing millions will be affected as programm...

By AFPThe UN's climate chief, seeking to shore up solidarity on combating global warming as the United States retreats from its leadership role, appealed to nations' self-interest in a speech Thursday.Speaking at a university in Brazil's capital, Sim...

By AFP/Jean ArceMexican armed troops guard the fence snaking along the US border as part of a deal with President Donald Trump, who delayed tariffs on Mexico in exchange for increased efforts against illegal migration and fentanyl smuggling.But local...

By AFPIsrael on Thursday said that it was not planning to withdraw from other United Nations bodies besides the Human Rights Council, which it is boycotting over perceived bias and "anti-Semitism".Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Wednesday ann...

By AFPHundreds of Bangladeshi protesters smashed down buildings connected to ousted former leader Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, hours after students with excavators began demolishing a museum to her father.The museum and former of home of Hasina's late...