The results were immediate: an avalanche of cancellations, hotels shuttered and warnings that operators face bankruptcy. The latest crisis "has delivered a fatal blow to the sector," said Mohamed Semlali, chairman of the National Federation of Trav...

With over half of the votes counted, the National Electoral Council put Castro in first place against Nasry Asfura, the candidate of the ruling right-wing National Party. "The results reflect that Mrs. Xiomara Castro won the elections. I want to co...

In an interview with AFP, Martin Griffiths expressed deep concern for the stability of a nation of 115 million people composed of more than 80 ethnic groups. Griffiths, the UN undersecretary for humanitarian affairs, said the conflict in Ethiopia h...

Separately, Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin's world title fight against Ryota Murata in Japan is now in doubt, with promoters telling AFP they do not know if it will go ahead on December 29 as scheduled. The Japanese government announced Monday that ...

But for nearly three decades the hulking structure has cast a long shadow over Pristina, serving as a potent symbol of the unresolved dispute between Kosovo and Serbia. "This church must be destroyed," Jahir Islami, a 77-year-old retiree, tells AF...

But like many others in Russia with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), she is fighting for state healthcare providers to pay for the drugs that she needs. "To put it plainly, you've been turned around and pointed towards the cemetery," says Lisovaya, 2...

He makes a steady clatter as he pedals his machine in the shed of his croft on the village of South Shawbost on the Isle of Lewis, watching closely for any defects. "It's handwoven... or rather foot-woven," the 51-year-old weaver jokes in his sing-...

Created by Spain's private Antena 3 network, the thriller about a gang of thieves and their elaborate heists became Netflix's most-watched series not in English after it picked up the show in December 2017. The fate of the robber characters, all of...

His National Party (PN) presidential candidate Nasry Asfuera has conceded defeat to leftist Xiomara Castro, who will be sworn in as her country's first ever woman president in less than two months. Hernandez, 53, told AFP earlier this year that he ...

Eugenia Kargbo, the chief heat officer, is in charge of the response to rising temperatures in the seaside West African city. Helping the poor will be a priority. "Informal settlements are the most affected by extreme heat," the 34-year-old former...

Infections have smashed records in Germany in recent weeks and hospitals are sounding the alarm, with many already over capacity and sending patients to other parts of the country for treatment. Though the seven-day incidence rate has fallen slight...

Apple Daily, formerly Hong Kong's most popular pro-democracy newspaper, collapsed in June after authorities froze its assets under a national security law imposed by Beijing to curb dissent. Lai, the paper's outspoken founder, and multiple senior e...

Speculation has long simmered that the 69-year-old Hun Sen was grooming Hun Manet -- a four-star general educated in Britain and the United States -- to lead the kingdom. "Hun Manet is one of the candidates for prime minister and receives support f...

Disagreement on how to divide $10 billion in revenues from the elite level of America's national pastime saw negotiations come to a halt on Wednesday afternoon, and after the collective bargaining agreement expired at 11:59 pm MLB announced it would...

The southern Indian Ocean island off Africa has been hit by its worst drought in four decades. The UN's World Food Programme said last month that more than 1.3 million people there were considered to be in a food security crisis or emergency as a r...