The decision follows generous funding by the United Arab Emirates for the Lyon, France-based body and accusations Abu Dhabi has abused Interpol's system of so-called "red notices" for wanted suspects to persecute political dissidents. Emirati Gener...

"Eight civilians were killed and 17 others wounded in the blast," Abdifatah Adan, a spokesman for Somalia's police, said in a brief statement, without giving further details. Security official Mohamed Abdillahi told AFP earlier that the blast was c...

There were 285 people inside the Listvyazhnaya coal mine, in the Kemerovo region near the town of Belovo, when the accident occurred, local governor Sergei Tsivilev said on Telegram. There was no official statement on the nature of the accident at ...

Protesters looted shops and set up burning barricades overnight on France's Caribbean island of Martinique, France Info reported on Thursday, as demonstrations against Covid-19 protocols intensified following similar unrest in nearby Guadeloupe.

An Emirati general accused of torture was elected president of Interpol Thursday, the global police agency said, despite the concerns of human rights organisations and members of the European Parliament.

"Amazing -- the queen's laying!" the 55-year-old shouts down, as he dangles around 15 metres (just under 50 feet) above the grounds of Blenheim Estate, secured by ropes and a harness. "This is a real classroom. This is fantastic. Unbelievable!" T...

But the threat of economic slowdown could soon prompt authorities to turn to infrastructure stimulus measures, raising emissions again, the research by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) warned. The world's second biggest econom...

The visitors, chasing an academic 348 to win having lost six quick wickets late on day four, reached 125-7 in Galle at lunch with Nkrumah Bonner unbeaten on 42 and Rahkeem Cornwall on five. At the start of the day, Sri Lanka needed just four wicket...

Distrust still undercuts relations between the Albanian and Serb communities, without a common language and with ethnic tensions never far from the surface. But the lingering distrust has done little to separate Mentor Hoxha, 55, the Albanian fou...

In the absence of the rested Rohit Sharma and the injured KL Rahul, India's new opening pair of Mayank Agarwal and Gill got off to a shaky start. Tim Southee had Gill given out leg-before in the third over but the decision was overturned on review ...

The poor, mountainous nation of 6.5 million people has seen repeated political chaos since gaining independence with the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Kyrgyzstan's elections are more competitive than those of its authoritarian neighbours, but ...

The US tech giant warned the Thai activists that, if successful, the hackers could remotely access their data and even the camera and microphone on their iPhones. The warnings came as Apple sued NSO Group, the Israeli spyware maker at the centre of...

"We are witnessing a reawakening of interest in Africa among the European literary world," said Xavier Garnier, who teaches African literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. He described the string of awards for Africans as "striking". They include T...

"The Battle at Changjin Lake", a chest-thumping war epic, is the latest entry in a new era of Chinese action films with explicitly patriotic themes that reflect rising levels of domestic nationalism. Criticism of the film's message -- which depict...

In the wake of #MeToo, France saw an outpouring of harrowing testimonies from women across the country speaking out about cases of sexual harassment or abuse they faced while in maternity wards or at the gynaecologist. Now that a well-known practit...