By AFPIn its more than three years in Mali, the Russian paramilitary group Wagner kidnapped, detained and tortured hundreds of civilians, including at former UN bases and camps shared with the country's army, according to a report published Thursday...

By AFPThe deadly effects of extreme heat are a growing risk to people, reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Thursday, adding that heat killed more people than earthquakes, floods and hurricanes combined."Up to half a million people globally succumb to the...

By AFP/Nick PERRY and Antoine AGASSENowhere is humanity's exploitation of the oceans more starkly illustrated than the Pacific Ocean, where small island nations are fighting to outlast a crisis not of their making.The islands are besieged by rising s...

By AFP/Agnès PEDREROThe first convention on protecting workers from the devastating impact of uncontrolled biological hazards was adopted at the United Nations on Friday.The Biological Hazards in the Working Environment Convention was adopted by the...

By AFPDiversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies are facing a pushback around the world as part of a strategic shift to scapegoat vulnerable groups, the UN rights chief Volker Turk said Monday.Since returning to the White House in January, US Pre...

By AFPUS President Donald Trump directed federal authorities to ramp up deportation efforts in Democratic-led cities on Sunday, doubling down on a politicized anti-immigration drive after major protests in Los Angeles."We must expand efforts to detai...

By AFPAmerican tech giant Microsoft said Monday it was offering new cloud-computing products for European governments and organisations keen to control their data and ensure compliance with strict EU rules.Microsoft launched the offering in a stateme...

By AFPEU member Croatia must take greater action to protect minorities including LGBTQ people, Roma and ethnic Serbs from rampant hate speech and discrimination, the Council of Europe's anti-discrimination body said Monday.The European Commission aga...

By AFPAyman Odeh, an Israeli member of parliament of Palestinian descent, accused the government on Sunday of failing to provide Arab-Israeli communities with enough shelters after an Iranian missile killed four people in the city of Tamra."The state...

By AFP/Tom BARFIELDPredictions of imminent AI-driven mass unemployment are likely overblown, but employers will seek workers with different skills as the technology matures, a top executive at global recruiter ManpowerGroup told AFP at Paris's Vivate...

By AFP/Françoise KadriDeep in Tunisia's desert south, camels stride toward humming milking machines. Their milk is at the heart of a women-led project promising an economic lifeline for disadvantaged communities.Spearheading this effort is 32-year-ol...

By AFP/Dylan GAMBAThere is a constant hum around Ethiopia's enormous Lake Dembel -- the sound of its water steadily being sucked out by pumps.The pumps irrigate farms all around the lake, which is four times the size of Manhattan, and are vital for h...