By AFP/John HADOULISOn a cloudy spring morning in one of Athens' most densely inhabited districts, thousands of fresh saplings dotting a small hilltop park mark a fledgling effort to tackle crippling heat that critics say is long overdue.This is Athe...

By AFPHolocaust survivors on Sunday urged the world to keep their memories alive as Germany marked 80 years since the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp.More than 50 former camp prisoners joined German officials and British Deput...

By AFP/Bill MCCARTHYThe death of Pope Francis drew tributes from mourners around the world -- and with them a wave of disinformation, old and new.Swarms of fake and misleading content interrupted the global rush of condolences that poured online for...

By AFP/Payam Doost MohamadiIran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered a thorough investigation Sunday into the causes of a major blast at a key southern port that killed at least 40 people and injured more than 1,000.His instructions came a...

By AFPSwitzerland saw a sharp increase in racist and xenophobic incidents in 2024, with the biggest hike seen in attacks on Muslims and Arabs, official statistics showed on Sunday.There were 1,211 reported incidents last year of hate speech, physical...

By AFP/Christy-Belle GehaFarmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in water-starved Iraq.He is just one of many Iraqis who have turned to drilling wells in the...

By AFPIndian police have detained 1,024 Bangladeshi migrants in a sweeping crackdown in the western state of Gujarat aimed at deporting people living there illegally, the state government said Saturday.The Indian government, led by Hindu nationalist...

By AFPSyria's Kurdish parties on Saturday adopted a joint political vision calling for a "decentralised democratic" state in Syria with guarantees for Kurdish rights.Their statement came at the end of a conference held in Qamishli, northeastern Syria...

By AFP/Kelly MACNAMARAFrom responding to weather disasters to rising competition in the fast-warming Arctic, militaries are exposed to climate change and cannot let it become a strategic "blind spot", security experts say.Concerns have grown recently...

By AFP/Michael MathesUS President Donald Trump has defied international norms and instructed a quick start to deep-sea mining in domestic waters and beyond, sparking an angry warning from Beijing that the move "violates international law."Washington...

By AFPThe UN's World Food Programme said Friday it had depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks.After 18 months of war, the situation in Gaza "is probably the worst" it has been, the UN'...

By AFP/Dounia MAHIEDDINETikTok abounds with viral videos accusing prestigious brands of secretly manufacturing luxury goods in China so they can be sold at cut prices.But while these "revelations" are spurious, behind them lurks a well-oiled machine...