- Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Severodonetsk - Ukrainian forces will retreat from Severodonetsk in the embattled eastern Donbas region in the face of a brutal Russian offensive, says Sergiy Gaiday, the governor of Lugansk, which includes the ...

Authorities in Afghanistan have ended the search for survivors of an earthquake that struck on Wednesday, a senior official said on Friday, adding that supplies of medicine and other critical aid were inadequate.

Scientists say they have discovered the world's largest variety in the mangroves of Guadeloupe -- and it puts its peers to shame. At up to two centimetres (three-quarters of an inch), "Thiomargarita magnifica" is not only around 5,000 times bigger ...

Borrell would arrive in the Iranian capital at night before meeting Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials, foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a statement. "The visit, which is part of ongoing consultations ...

Wednesday's 5.9-magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged east along with border with Pakistan, killing more than 1,000 and leaving thousands homeless. Entire villages have been levelled in some of the worst affected districts, where survivors s...

Tunisian police on Thursday arrested former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, who is also a former senior member in the Ennahda party, on suspicion of money laundering, his lawyer told Reuters.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party was defeated in two parliamentary by-elections on Friday, prompting the resignation of the party's chairman and renewing speculation about the future of Britain's embattled leader.

Face masks had been compulsory in public since mid-2021, when the country saw a wave of cases driven by the spread of the Delta variant. But the kingdom is keen to kickstart its stuttering economy and is relaxing Covid-19 restrictions, including d...

California's governor condemned as "reckless" Thursday's Supreme Court ruling that could have a dramatic impact on half a dozen US states with strict gun carry laws.

Around 300,000 migrant workers, many of them from South Asia, live in dorms in the prosperous city-state, where they are typically packed into shared rooms and sleep on bunk beds. The vast complexes were hit by Covid-19 and locked down at the start...

Ukrainian troops defending the battleground eastern city of Severodonetsk have been ordered to retreat after weeks of fierce fighting with Russian forces, the governor of Luhansk province said Friday. Follow FRANCE 24’s liveblog for all the lat...

Richardson's failure was the biggest surprise on the opening day of the US outdoor championships, the selection meeting for the World Championships to be held at the same Hayward Field venue in Eugene in July. She had clocked 10.85sec in a runner-u...

On Monday Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises released a statement saying the vessel had capsized on Sunday near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea after it "encountered adverse conditions" and began to take on water. "The water depth at the sc...

The child had become another casualty of the sectarian blood-letting that raged in Iraq in the years after the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. "I was deprived of playing football," he said, recalling the traumatic event of 2007 th...

The Tories lost the Tiverton and Honiton seat to the centrist Liberal Democrats while the main opposition Labour party regained the Wakefield constituency in northern England, in stunning twin results set to pile new pressure on Johnson. The votes ...