By AFPThe Palestinian foreign ministry condemned on Sunday an Israeli decision to recognise more than a dozen new settlements in the occupied West Bank, upgrading existing neighbourhoods to independent settlement status.The decision by Israel's secur...

By AFP/Valentin BONTEMPSSpain is aiming to tap its unexplored strategic mining resources as the European Union urgently seeks to ramp up production, but local resistance could frustrate the government's plans.The European mining heavyweight has 2,600...

By AFPSudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrived at Khartoum's recaptured presidential palace on Wednesday, declaring the capital "free" of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after nearly two years of war."Khartoum is free, it's done," said...

By AFPEight survivors of the devastating conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have accused 12 high-ranking Ethiopian and Eritrean civilian and military officials of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the legal rights group representing...

By AFP/Fulya OZERKAN and Hazel WARDAlmost 1,500 people have been detained -- including an AFP photographer -- as tens of thousands continued protests in Istanbul Tuesday after the arrest of the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.T...

By AFPSyria slammed Israeli attacks as a "flagrant violation" of its sovereignty after a deadly bombardment Tuesday in the country's south, where Israel's military said it had responded to incoming fire.The violence near the UN-patrolled buffer zone...

By AFP/Julie CapelleCharles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how quickly climate change is melting the huge ice blocks from Africa's second-highest mountain.For nearly 25...

By AFP/Sheikh Sabiha ALAMA Buddhist monastery in Bangladesh has found renown for opening its doors to the needy during Ramadan -- a beacon of interfaith harmony in a time of religious tension.For more than a decade, the Dharmarajika Buddhist Monaster...

By AFP/Michelle FITZPATRICKEuropean Central Bank president Christine Lagarde's recent remarks on a "digital euro" prompted a fresh wave of misinformation online, highlighting an uphill battle ahead to convince the public of the project's merits.The d...

By AFP/Faïza Soulé YoussoufIn the markets of the Comoros, the hand-embroidered kofia that is essential headwear for men and boys at Eid celebrations this month is facing fierce competition from much cheaper Chinese versions.The authentic kofia -- whi...

By AFP/Mutawakil IssaOutside his bullet-riddled home in Sudan's war-ravaged capital, Jamil Morjan stood with his hands raised in prayer for his mother's soul over a mound of earth.There was no headstone -- just a rough wooden plank marking the spot w...

By AFP/Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOISThe world's oceans harbor a cultural heritage of sunken ships, remains of those lost in the transatlantic slave trade and Indigenous islanders' spiritual ties to the sea that must be protected, NGOs and native peoples s...