By AFPIsrael's blocking of a visit by Arab diplomats to the occupied West Bank showed its "rejection of... a diplomatic path to peace", Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Sunday.Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Bahr...

By AFPGaza's civil defence agency said Israeli gunfire killed at least 31 Palestinians near a US-backed aid distribution site on Sunday, with both the group in charge of the site and the military claiming no such incident took place.Israel has faced...

By AFPFrance's Holocaust memorial and three Paris synagogues and a restaurant were vandalised with paint overnight Saturday, in what the Israeli embassy denounced as a "coordinated anti-Semitic attack".An investigation has been opened into "damage co...

By AFP/Pol-Malo LE BRISUS President Donald Trump's tariffs, his call to "drill baby drill" and especially a decision by OPEC+ to hike crude output quotas have oil prices trading at lows not seen since the Covid pandemic.That is good news for consumer...

By AFPWorld Boxing announced on Friday it will introduce mandatory gender testing to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes wanting to take part in its competitions.The international federation said it was introducing the policy after...

By AFPAmnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Yemen's Houthi rebels to release dozens of UN and aid workers who have been detained for nearly a year.The arrest and detention of aid workers has "a direct impact on the delivery...

By AFP/Issam AHMEDTwenty-two young Americans sued the Trump administration on Thursday, arguing that its executive orders to expand fossil fuel development and dismantle climate protections violate their fundamental rights to life and liberty.The pla...

By AFPChina signed a convention on Friday setting up a global mediation body in Hong Kong, which aims to be comparable to organisations such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ).Beijing has taken a more proactive approach in international affa...

By AFPThe bacteria that cause the plague evolved to become less deadly over time, allowing it to continue infecting people in three separate pandemics over more than a thousand years, new research said Thursday.The first pandemic -- the plague of Jus...

By AFPHalf the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of manmade climate change, a new study found Friday.The findings underscore how the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming health and well-b...

By AFPSeveral jailed Tunisian opposition figures have been transferred without prior notice to prisons far from their families in a move their lawyers and relatives on Friday denounced as "repressive".At least seven political figures were moved on Th...

By AFP/Kaouthar OudrhiriIn a small village on the coast of southern Morocco, women gather in a house to create collaborative works of textile art, and also earn a living.Several hunch over large canvasses, embroidering their latest piece at the women...