By AFP/Hossam EzzedinePalestinians on Wednesday commemorated their displacement during the creation of Israel, saying that history was being repeated today in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.Tens of thousands have been killed in Gaza and an aid block...

By AFP team in Gaza with Delphine Matthieussent and Louis Baudoin-LaarmanPalestinian rescuers reported 120 people killed on Thursday in Israeli strikes on blockaded Gaza, where a US-backed organisation said it intends to begin distributing aid by the...

By AFPScorching heatwaves fuelled by global warming are increasing the risk of dangerous complications during pregnancies across the world, a report warned on Wednesday.Being exposed to extreme heat while pregnant has previously been linked to a rang...

By AFPWomen and girls in war-ravaged Sudan face gang rapes, sexual slavery and killings, particularly at the hands of the paramilitary forces, UN experts warned Wednesday.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been battling Sudan's army sin...

By AFP/Camille Bouissou with Helen RoweThe UK is in talks with different countries about setting up "return hubs" for failed asylum seekers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday during a visit to Albania focused on immigration.The UK leader is u...

By AFP/Matthew Walsh with Mary YangWang Dong hasn't worked for months and doesn't plan to, whiling away his days at a lakeside town as one of a growing number of young Chinese "retiring" in the countryside.Extended breaks from work were long unheard...

By AFP/Sumit DUBEY with Masroor GILANIIndia and Pakistan have announced a ceasefire after coming close to all-out conflict, but on social media citizens on both sides are vying to control public perceptions by peddling disinformation.Platforms such a...

By AFPTaliban authorities have barred chess across Afghanistan until further notice over concerns it is a source of gambling, which is illegal under the government's morality law, a sports official said on Sunday.The Taliban government has steadily i...

By AFP/Guillaume LAVALLÉEA new documentary purports to name the Israeli soldier who killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was gunned down in the West Bank while reporting in 2022.Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist known for her...

By AFP/Gersende RAMBOURGBanele Phaladi wolfed down a thin slice of bread and kissed his mother goodbye before walking through the dilapidated streets of Alexandra township to his colourful classroom at the Kgololo Academy.At this elite primary school...

By AFP/Philippe ALFROYA commando in an elite Sri Lankan police unit, Sameera Dilshan has an unusual mission -- to reclaim farms poisoned by salt, a long-standing problem now accelerating due to climate change.Increasing salinity is slowly and steadil...

By AFPPope Leo XIV on Wednesday offered to mediate between leaders of countries at war, saying that he himself "will make every effort so that this peace may prevail".The new US pontiff, who became head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics last week,...