By AFPAuthorities in the Dominican Republic have launched a hunt for undocumented migrants in hospitals, arresting pregnant women and mothers with newborns in a crackdown on arrivals from neighboring Haiti.Eighty-seven women and 48 children were arre...

By AFPUS Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted the opening meeting of an "anti-Christian bias" task force Tuesday, as the government pressed federal workers to inform on work colleagues engaging in discriminatory behavior.Although the United States has t...

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 risked his life to record Holocaust atrocities.The immersive one-man play in a tiny theatre at Yad V...

By AFPUS pharmacy chain Walgreens has agreed to pay up to $350 million in a settlement with federal authorities over allegedly invalid prescriptions it filled, and sought payment for under health care programs.Walgreens was said to have "illegally fi...

By AFP/Herika MartinezIn frontier soup kitchens and shelters, Francis is remembered as the 'Pope of migrants' -- a steadfast champion who offered spiritual support during perilous escapes from poverty, violence and oppression.Stranded a stone's throw...

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 history.The concert hall is an homage to his father Fela Kuti's original Shrine, which had also b...

By AFPBangladesh's influential Islamist coalition has demanded the abolition of a government women's commission, a further indication of how hardline, religiously fuelled activism is strengthening after years of suppression.The women's commission is...

By AFPWhen the Dalai Lama turns 90 in July, the Buddhist monk, who for many exiled Tibetans personifies dreams of a free homeland, will ask if they want a successor.For the charismatic Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader, his landmark birthday will be a...

By AFP/Moisés ÁVILAThreats to Muslims living in Texas are nothing new, but lately the vile phone calls to Imran Chaudhary have ramped up.The cause?Chaudhary's early plans for construction of 1,000 new homes, a community center, school, hospital and -...

By AFP/Susan NJANJIThousands of young and old descendants of formerly enslaved people donned elaborate costumes Sunday to bring the rhythm, vibrancy and colours of Brazil's Rio Carnival to the streets of Lagos in Nigeria.The festival, albeit on a sma...

By AFP/David StoutThe United States slashing foreign aid risks piling pressure on already acute humanitarian crises across the globe, a World Health Organization official said Sunday, also warning against withdrawing from the UN agency.Since taking o...

By AFP/Caroline GARDINYoung women standing idly around a park in Tokyo's west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists.Their faces lit by the cold glow of their phones, the women linin...