By AFPThe Slovak government has decided to allow the consumption of brown bear meat, angering environmentalists who on Wednesday slammed the move as absurd and giving a boost to poachers.Slovakia's nationalist government last month approved the culli...

By AFPEx-president Joseph Kabila on Thursday made his first appearance since returning to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma, an eastern city seized by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia whose lightning offensive the government accuses him of orches...

By AFP/Selim SAHEB ETTABAThe US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major victory Friday in his immigration crackdown, giving his administration the green light to revoke the legal status of half a million migrants from four Caribbean and L...

By AFPBrazilian prosecutors are suing Chinese electric car giant BYD and two contracting companies for human trafficking and alleged slave labor conditions at a build site, according to legal documents seen by AFP Thursday.The case concerns 220 Chine...

By AFP/Marisha GOLDHAMERThe White House downplayed questions about its flagship report on children's health, but edited the document Thursday after authors listed in the paper confirmed it cited studies that do not exist.The highly anticipated "Make...

By AFPThe cash-strapped United Nations could slash 20 percent of jobs -- or thousands of positions -- in its executive arm under ongoing reform plans, according to an internal memo seen Thursday by AFP."The Secretary-General has set an ambitious targ...

By AFP/Gregory WALTONThousands of Harvard students in crimson-fringed gowns celebrated their graduation Thursday, as a judge extended a temporary block on Donald Trump's bid to prevent the prestigious university from enrolling international scholars....

By AFP teams with Alice Chancellor and Christophe VogtIsrael on Friday said Hamas must accept a hostage deal in Gaza or "be annihilated", and threatened to build a "Jewish Israeli state" in the occupied West Bank.It came amid dire conditions on the g...

By AFPAvowed misogynist and radical social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother have been charged with several counts of rape, assault and trafficking, UK prosecutors said Wednesday.The accusations, which date back to between 2012 to 2015, we...

By AFPIraq's water reserves are at their lowest in 80 years after a dry rainy season, a government official said Sunday, as its share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shrinks.Water is a major issue in the country of 46 million people undergoing a...

By AFP/Fabrice Coffrini, with Christophe VogtSwiss authorities said Thursday that rock and ice piles from a collapsed glacier that destroyed a village were preventing emergency services from working, but that they were cautiously optimistic no more h...

By AFP/Stuart WhiteIsrael announced Thursday the creation of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, drawing sharp condemnation from Britain, Jordan and others already at odds with the country over its Gaza war.London called the move a "deliber...