By AFPAuthorities in the Dominican Republic have launched a hunt for undocumented migrants in hospitals, arresting pregnant women and mothers with new...

By AFPUS Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted the opening meeting of an "anti-Christian bias" task force Tuesday, as the government pressed federal worke...

By AFP/Ruth EglashUS President Donald Trump's return to power has emboldened Israeli leaders' push to increase military presence in Gaza and reinvigor...

By AFPThe Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, on Tuesday hailed Pope Francis's support for Gazans and engagement with th...

By AFP/Nina LARSONThe World Health Organization chief said Tuesday that operations and jobs would be slashed as US funding cuts had left the UN agency...

By AFP/Shaun TANDONPresident Donald Trump's top diplomat Marco Rubio on Tuesday unveiled a restructuring of the US State Department that will cut posi...

By AFPAn unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off s...

By AFP/Ruth EglashA desk, paint palette and easel stand in the shadows as the spotlight falls on the actor playing German-Jewish artist Leo Haas, who...

By AFPThe World Food Programme said Tuesday that it was suspending aid for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia because of a lack of fu...

By AFP/Claire Gounon and Qubad WaliPushed out of Pakistan where she was born, Nazmine Khan's first experience of her country, Afghanistan, was in a sw...

By AFP/Marchio Gorbiano with Sara HusseinAn Indonesian soldier gives a thumbs up as he crosses a rice field on a combine harvester in remote Papua, wh...

By AFP/Glenn CHAPMANUS government attorneys urged a federal judge Monday to make Google spin off its Chrome browser, arguing artificial intelligence i...

By AFP/Daniel AVISThe International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its forecast for global growth this year and warned of an increase in global fina...

By AFPUS pharmacy chain Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with federal authorities over allegedly invalid prescriptions i...

By AFP/Herika MartinezIn frontier soup kitchens and shelters, Francis is remembered as the 'Pope of migrants' -- a steadfast champion who offered spir...

By AFPGaza's civil defence agency on Monday accused the Israeli military of carrying out "summary executions" in the killing of 15 rescue workers last...

By AFPHaiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent weeks, is approaching a "point of no return" leading to "total chaos," the UN special re...

By AFP/Chloe Rouveyrolles-BazireOn deserted university grounds in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian children run outside nearly empty buildings, the...

By AFP/Hicham RafihIt may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn't mean it's free of that modern scourge of the environment -- the r...

By AFP/Andréa BAMBINOWith lawsuits and tirades about "the enemy of the people" Donald Trump has launched a frontal assault on the mainstream media, wh...

By AFP/Kadiatou SAKHOSat comfortably in a large chair at the New Afrika Shrine, his family's legendary Nigerian music venue, Femi Kuti was surrounded...

By AFP/Antoine GUYShifting trade announcements have led to unprecedented volatility in the global shipping industry in recent weeks, with industry pla...

By AFPBangladesh's influential Islamist coalition has demanded the abolition of a government women's commission, a further indication of how hardline,...

By AFPSnowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt fo...