Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the ...

Syria's new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials told AFP, including one ...

Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya on Wednesday raised "serious concerns" over China's military buildup as he met ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced an "inhumane" attack from Russia, which launched dozens of ...

New Vietnamese internet rules requiring Facebook and TikTok to verify user identities and hand over data to authorities came ...

Some 3,000 homeless people sat down for a festive Christmas charity dinner on Tuesday in the center of Buenos Aires, at a ...

A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said ...

Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of ...

AFP photographer Sameer al-Doumy never dreamed he would be able to return to the hometown in Syria that he escaped through a ...

Defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City can clinch a first-round bye and home-field advantage in the NFL post-season with a ...

The death toll from cyclone Chido in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte has reached 39, according to the latest ...

A rift between Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa and his deputy deepened on Tuesday as his ally-turned-adversary accused the ...