By AFP/Hazel WARDNobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was the last survivor of a golden generation of Latin American literary giants, his writing exploring universal themes often set outside his native Peru.Admired for his depiction of social realities...

By AFPFrance's economy minister said Sunday he wants to make a temporary tax on the wealthy into a permanent levy to make government financing "more equitable".Eric Lombard said the measure would be part of efforts to find 40 billion euros next year,...

By AFP/Ulrike KOLTERMANNClaudine Spire pointed to a group of toddlers in a black-and-white photo. "I thought I recognised myself," she said, indicating a girl with curly hair and a short coat. But it was not her.As part of the 78-year-old Frenchwoman...

By AFP/Youssef HassounaAn Israeli air strike Sunday hit one of Gaza's few functioning hospitals, resulting in the death of a child according to the World Health Organization, as Israel warned it would expand its offensive if Hamas does not release ho...

By AFP/Marchio GORBIANOIndonesian palm oil companies are seeking new markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as they try to protect themselves from the impact of Donald Trump's trade war, a top industry executive told AFP.Indonesia is the world...

By AFPAlhurra, the Arabic-language network created by the US government after the Iraq invasion, said Saturday it would cease broadcasts and lay off most staff after President Donald Trump's administration shut off funds.The network went on air in 20...

By AFPThe Trump administration rejected a federal judge's order to provide by Friday a status update on a wrongly deported Salvadoran migrant's return to the United States, calling the deadline "impracticable"."Foreign affairs cannot operate on judic...

By AFP/Fabien ZamoraBy casting doubt on the world order, Donald Trump risks dragging the globe back into an era where great powers impose their imperial will on the weak, analysts warn.Russia wants Ukraine, China demands Taiwan and now the US preside...

By AFP/John BIERSThe US has long been considered a financial safe haven. The sell-off of the dollar, stocks and Treasury bonds in a spree sparked by panic at President Donald Trump's trade war is starting to raise questions about if that's still true...

By AFP/Julie BOURDINHectares upon hectares of luxuriant orchards cover the land from which Bernard Shabangu's ancestors were once brutally evicted by South Africa's apartheid government.Thousands of families lived on these green hills near the Kruger...

By AFPFour men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.The executions at sports stadiums in three separate provinces br...

By AFPConservative leader Pierre Poilievre on the campaign trail Saturday vowed to deport foreigners from Canada for criminal hatemongering, accusing pro-Palestinian protestors' "hate marches" for contributing to a spike in anti-Semitism.Poilievre wa...