By AFP/Chloe Rouveyrolles-Bazire and Hossam EzzedineThe dismissal of a senior official who opposed reforms to the financial aid system for families of Palestinians killed, wounded or imprisoned by Israel has reignited debate over the controversial po...

By AFPFrance's right-dominated Senate has backed a bill to ban religious symbols including the Muslim headscarf in all sport competitions, professional and amateur, sparking accusations of discrimination from the left and rights advocates.The bill st...

By AFPEstablishing a carbon tax on maritime transport is a "matter of survival" for the Pacific islands, a representative of the region said Wednesday at an International Maritime Organization meeting.An IMO working group in London this week discusse...

By AFP/Caroline TAÏXLois Shafier dropped her mobile phone into a deposit box, happy in the knowledge that for the next two hours she would be completely offline. No pings, beeps or distractions."I'm bad at switching off. I have a proper addiction to...

By AFPThe Trump administration will press on with its antitrust cases against Amazon and Meta, a top official said on Thursday, vowing to maintain pressure on Big Tech's market dominance.In an interview with FOX Business, newly appointed Federal Trad...

By AFP/Pedro Schwarze with Moisés Ávila and Jesús OlarteFour decades after they were cruelly forced apart, US-raised Adamary Garcia and her birth mother fell into each other's arms Saturday at the airport in Santiago, Chile.Without speaking, they emb...

By UN NewsThe latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting nearly 600,000 young children got underway on Saturday.It follows a campaign last year that reached hundreds of thousands of young children under the age of 10....

By AFP/Gregory WALTONAn American-Lebanese man was found guilty Friday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the "Satanic Verses" author.Hadi Matar faces up to 25 years in prison and w...

By UN NewsEvery day, almost one in five young women are married off while still children, according to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, which is urging countries to say “I don’t” to child marriage, an illegal practice that is almo...

By UN News/Beatriz BarralAround 80,000 people in northeastern Colombia are suffering the devastating consequences of an armed conflict that escalated on 15 January of this year. Caught in the crossfire between armed groups, thousands have been forced...

By AFP/Anup OJHAThey appear tranquil soaring above Himalayan forests, but a string of cable car projects in Nepal have sparked violent protests, with locals saying environmental protection should trump tourism development.In Nepal's eastern district...

By AFPHamas paraded five Israeli hostages, some looking dazed and others elated, before cheering crowds at two meticulously recorded ceremonies in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.In the first well-rehearsed morning ceremony in Rafah, Hamas fighters stood...