By AFP/Lama TAHAThe director of Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital who was detained by Israeli forces in December is being held in "inhumane" conditions by Israel and subjected to "physical and psychological intimidation", his lawyer told AFP.Hussam Abu Saf...

By AFP/Clara Lalanne and Akshata KapoorBritain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the legal definition of a "woman" is based on a person's sex at birth, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the bitter debate over trans rights.In a...

By AFP/Umberto BACCHIThe European Union on Wednesday published a list of seven countries it considers "safe", in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in the bloc.The list -- which include...

By AFPFive chicks of the critically endangered Brazilian merganser have been born at the Prague Zoo, fuelling hopes for a reintroduction of the duck in the wild, a breeder said Wednesday.The two males and three females born on January 29 are the firs...

By AFP/Chloe ROUVEYROLLES-BAZIREIn the mainly Christian Palestinian town of Zababdeh, the runup to Easter has been overshadowed by nearby Israeli military operations, which have proliferated in the occupied West Bank alongside the Gaza war.This year...

By AFP/Agnès PEDREROYears of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis.After more than three years o...

By AFPFrench healthcare workers and relatives of colleagues who killed themselves have filed a legal complaint against two ministers over "deadly working conditions" in public hospitals that they say are causing suicides, their lawyer said Monday.Fra...

By AFP/Joe Prezioso with Sebastian SmithPresident Donald Trump escalated his war against elite US universities Tuesday with a threat to strip Harvard's tax-exempt status if the country's most famous educational establishment refuses to submit to wide...

By AFP/Boureima HAMASolar panels like the ones on the roof of Elhadj Abdou's house are an increasingly common sight in Niger's capital, which is often hit by power cuts."There are no more power cuts here and there are no bills to pay, everything work...

By AFP/Ali BEKHTAOUI and Nina ISENIOne of the architects of US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz has advocated a shake-up of the global trade and financial systems, centred on a radical strategy to weaken the dollar.Stephen Miran, chairman of the...

By AFP/Susannah WaldenNearly 60,000 Afghans have been forced to leave Pakistan since the start of April, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, after Islamabad ramped up a campaign to deport migrants to Afghanistan.Pakistan last m...

By AFP/Ruth EGLASHArtillery fire echoed from nearby Gaza as Shye Klein-Weinstein slowly walked around a memorial honouring the nearly 400 people killed at the Nova music festival in Reim, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023.The 28-year-old photograph...