A huge fire that swept through parts of the world's biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh has claimed at least seven lives and destroyed the shanty homes of tens of thousands of Rohingya who fled a brutal military-led offensive in neighbouring Myanmar....

"I never thought it would happen to me," said Petra, who found herself living on the street in Berlin as the pandemic gripped Europe's top economy one year ago. Petra's story reflects the struggle of the estimated 2,500 homeless women in the German...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first stormed to power a quarter of a century ago and has since refashioned Israeli politics with the help of Republican strategists from the United States. In power continuously since 2009, Israel's longest-serv...

France is ramping up its vaccination campaign by turning major sports arenas and other large complexes into mass Covid-19 vaccination hubs in a bid to slash inoculation waiting times. The goal is for 10 million people to have been vaccinated by ...

Septuagenarian Youn Yuh-jung, the first South Korean actress nominated for an Oscar, has spent decades portraying nonconformist characters, from a vicious heiress to an ageing prostitute, challenging social norms in both her career and life. Her ro...

Bangladesh returned to form and set New Zealand a challenging target of 272 runs to win the second one-day international in Christchurch on Tuesday. Batting to avoid a series defeat, Bangladesh finished their alloted 50 overs on 271 for six after l...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will launch a European charm offensive on his first official trip to Brussels on Tuesday, looking to rebuild ties with NATO allies and the EU.

Germany said Tuesday it will impose a strict lockdown for five days over Easter as Covid-19 infections spiral "exponentially", while a row over exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine festers in Europe. Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered the harsh nationw...

Military helicopters, jet skis and rubber boats were deployed to rescue people stranded by "catastrophic" floods along Australia's populous east coast Tuesday, with thousands of homes damaged. A relentless week-long downpour has soaked most of New ...

Israelis began voting on Tuesday on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival in a fourth election in two years, with the veteran leader hoping his role in a rapid COVID-19 vaccine campaign will win him another term. Opinion polls sh...

Leading lights missing the Masters and a returning women's great feature in this week's AFP Sport golf talking points: - Crocked Brooks - Already shorn of car-crash victim Tiger Woods, the Masters next month looks as if it will take place without ...

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders announced Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in France, saying the website breaks its own terms by failing to protect users against hate speech. The Paris-based campaign group, known by its...

Britain on Tuesday marks the anniversary of its first coronavirus lockdown with a "National Day of Reflection", which will see parliament hold a minute's silence in tribute to the more than 126,000 people who have died. "A year on, it is right that...

A painting by UK street artist Banksy is expected to raise millions of pounds for the staff of Britain's state-run National Health Service (NHS) at auction on Tuesday. The painting by the elusive artist, titled "Game Changer", first appeared at Sou...