By AFPChina's top prosecutor has issued a rare admission that torture and unlawful detention takes place in the country's justice system, vowing to crack down on illegal practices by law enforcement officials.China's opaque justice system has long be...

By AFPThe World Bank announced on Wednesday it had approved $250 million to support Lebanon's post-war reconstruction and a $146 million grant to rehabilitate neighbouring Syria's electricity sector.Lebanon is reeling from last year's devastating war...

By AFPLegal efforts to block or unwind action on climate change are rising across the globe, new research showed Wednesday, particularly in the United States which leads the world on anti-green litigation.This trend was expected to intensify as the W...

By AFPThe Palestinian health ministry said four people were killed in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, including a 15-year-old boy who it said was shot by Israeli troops.It said the teenager was killed in the northern We...

By AFP/Precidonio SilverioWhen Armando Ernesto Chau straps on the futuristic smart glasses that a young Mozambican robotics student is developing in the family dining room, he has a vision of a life less confined to his modest home.Chau is the protot...

By AFPAn estimated 2.5 million refugees worldwide will need to be resettled next year, the UN said Tuesday, at a time when the United States but also other nations are shrinking resettlement access.UNHCR, the United Nations' refugee agency, said the...

By AFP/Jing Xuan TENG with Mary YANGFlooding in China's southwest has driven more than 80,000 people from their homes, state media said on Wednesday, as a collapsed bridge forced the dramatic rescue of a truck driver left dangling over the edge.China...

By AFP/Anuj Chopra with Chayanit Itthipongmaetee and Claire-Line NassAI deepfakes, video game footage passed off as real combat, and chatbot-generated falsehoods -- such tech-enabled misinformation distorted the Israel-Iran conflict, fueling a war of...

By AFPThe UK has cut its carbon emissions by 50.4 percent since 1990 levels, a group of experts tasked with advising the government said on Wednesday.The figures are included in the first assessment of the new Labour government's progress on reducing...

By AFPThe United Nations human rights chief urged Sri Lanka on Tuesday to ensure accountability for crimes committed during its protracted ethnic war.Volker Turk told a panel discussion in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo that the country must address the...

By AFP/Adrien Simorre and Peter CatterallThe world is facing the "most complex" geopolitical situation seen in decades, the head of the World Economic Forum (WEF) told AFP Tuesday, warning that turmoil was "impacting global growth"."It is the most co...

By AFP/Mary KULUNDU and Eric RANDOLPHMarches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent on Wednesday, with 16 killed and at least 400 injured as protesters held running battles with police, who flooded Nairobi's street...