By AFPDesperate Ugandans are using poison to kill thousands of migrating white storks and other protected birds because they have so few sources of food.In Ayoreri, a village on the Kenyan border, Sam Chekwoi, 42, said unpredictable rains and drought...

By AFP/Peter MARTELL with Shrouq TARIQTroops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire overnight across the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday, after the United Nations urged the nuclear-armed rivals to show "maximum restraint" f...

By AFP/Mariam HarutyunyanA sea of flowers blanketed the cold concrete of the brutalist memorial to the Armenian genocide on the Tsitsernakaberd hill, overlooking the capital Yerevan. Tens of thousands went there on Thursday to mourn the victims of Wo...

By AFP/Shaun TANDONPresident Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries' infrastructure in return for good governance, effectively ceding ground to Ch...

By AFPThe United Nations human rights chief on Thursday condemned the conviction of around 40 Tunisian opposition figures, saying their right to a fair trial was violated."The process was marred by violations of fair trial and due process rights, rai...

By AFP/Nathalie ALONSOAn international summit on the future of energy security opened in London on Thursday with stark opposition from Washington, which called policies to phase out fossil fuels "harmful and dangerous".Profound differences emerged at...

By AFP/Nicolás BIEDERMANDown a narrow street in Villa 31, the oldest of Buenos Aires's informal settlements, Father Ignacio "Nacho" Bagattini celebrates mass in a community center for homeless drug addicts.The legacy of Pope Francis, who famously exh...

By AFPOutbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, meningitis, and yellow fever are on the rise globally amid misinformation and cuts to international aid, the United Nations and the Gavi vaccine alliance warned Wednesday."Vaccines have...

By AFP/Benjamin LEGENDRE and Ivan COURONNEEurope is "absolutely vital" to the fight against global warming and its leadership must not waver as climate ambition backslides elsewhere, the CEO of November's COP30 summit in Brazil told AFP.In an intervi...

By AFPIn Gaza, where hunger gnaws and hope runs thin, flour and bread are so scarce that they are carefully divided by families clinging to survival."Because the crossing points are closed, there's no more gas and no flour, and no firewood coming in,...

By AFPLebanon's parliament on Thursday granted regulatory bodies greater access to bank account information, a key reform demanded by international creditors before the crisis-hit country can unlock bail-out funds.Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called pa...

By AFP/Pauline Froissart with Erin FlanaganThe European rights court condemned France on Thursday for failing to protect the rights of three teenagers who reported rape, including one who accused 14 firemen of abuse.The European Court of Human Right'...