By AFPThe founder of a Pakistani online news channel who was arrested for allegedly spreading disinformation was released on bail on Monday, his lawyer said.Farhan Mallick, who runs Raftar, was charged after changes to a disinformation law in January...

By AFPTajikistan has introduced 10-year prison sentences for the illegal use of electricity, as a decades-long energy crisis caused by water shortages worsens in the poor Central Asian country.Electricity consumption in Tajikistan is limited for abou...

By AFP/Isabel MALSANG"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies published simultaneously Monday."The pollution is present in all European rivers" studied, said French scientis...

By AFPResidents of Haiti's gang-plagued capital could enjoy a brief escape from daily lives scarred with violence this weekend as the PapJazz festival entertained around 100 music fans.Postponed in 2022 and moved to northern city Cap-Haitien the foll...

By AFP/Louis Baudoin-LaarmanAmerican-Palestinian Muhammad Rabee feels abandoned by the United States, he told AFP on Monday, a day after Israeli forces killed his 14-year-old son during a family visit in the occupied West Bank.Rabee's family live in...

By AFPRussia on Friday put the cost of a massive Black Sea oil spill in December from two tankers at almost $1 billion, which it is attempting to claim back from the ships' owners.The head of Russia's environmental watchdog, Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana...

By AFPThe United Arab Emirates foreign minister on Sunday pressed the need for a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict during a rare visit by Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar, an official statement said.The UAE and Israel established relations in 2020 as par...

By AFPSyria's government said late Friday it was "closely following" the findings of a new Amnesty International report urging an investigation into sectarian massacres last month.Amnesty called on the Syrian government in a report on Thursday to ens...

By AFPBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admitted Friday that his government "still has a lot to do" for Indigenous communities battling for survival in the Amazon rainforest.Lula, who will host this year's UN climate change conference in...

By AFPA measles outbreak has killed a second child in the southwestern United States, authorities said Sunday, with almost 650 people now infected as the highly contagious disease spreads."We are deeply saddened to report that a school-aged child who...

By AFP/Thomas URBAINLong before Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" announcement, the United States had toyed with imposing high tariffs throughout its history, with inconclusive -- and sometimes catastrophic -- results."We have a 20th century president...

By AFP/Carlos MANDUJANOFirst they came for shop owners and bus drivers, ordering them to pay protection money on pain of death.Now the extortion gangs terrorising Peru have set their sights on fee-paying schools, threatening to kill staff or parents...