The protests started in late December sparked by economic grievances but turned into a mass movement against the Islamic republic, with huge street rallies on January 8 and 9 that were the biggest in recent years. Rights groups have accused authori...

François Picard is pleased to welcome Jeanette Süß, Researcher at the Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri). France and Germany have often been referred to as the driving forc...

Detailing the Japanese response to a hypothetical Taiwan crisis, Takaichi appeared to dial back on her remarks in November that suggested Tokyo could intervene militarily during a potential attack on the island. That comment provoked the ire of Bei...

The impoverished North has moved to revive inbound tourism to earn much-needed hard cash in the face of sanctions over its nuclear programmes, developing lavish coast and mountain resorts. "The next North Korean Amateur Open is hoped to take place ...

Some 1.88 million new vehicles were registered in 2025 in the European Union, an increase of 1.8 percent from the previous year, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA). New car sales "remain well below pre-pandemic ...

Panda twins Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao were transported by truck out of Ueno Zoological Gardens, their birthplace, disappointing many Japanese fans who have grown attached to the furry four-year-olds. "I've been coming to watch them since they were born...

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and his Moroccan counterpart Aziz Akhannouch have met in Rabat in a bid to ease tensions after the chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final. 

A mother was killed and her three children wounded by a Russian drone as they drove over the border bridge across the river Dniester into this previously quiet corner of southeast Moldova, Ukrainian officials said. "We are right across from there, ...

Mandera county along Kenya's borders with Ethiopia and Somalia has seen no rain since May and is now on the point of a full-blown water emergency. "I have lost all my cows and goats, and burned them here," Bishar Maalim Mohammed, 60, a resident of...

The 21-year-old who dubbed himself "Quad God" long before his array of quadruple jumps carried him to new territory on the ice, has more than grown into the moniker. Unbeaten over the past two years, Malinin arrives in Milan as the two-time reignin...

Sat just inside the elimination zone on only eight points from seven matches after last week's miserable 1-1 draw at FC Copenhagen, Napoli must beat Chelsea to scrape a place in next month's play-offs. That will be no easy task with the Blues, Anto...

Now the King's Foundation based in Dumfries House, a sprawling 2,000-acre (809-hectare) estate in rural Ayrshire, southwest Scotland, will be at the heart of a new Amazon Prime documentary "Finding Harmony: A King's Vision". The king's philosophy o...

Zverev sent down 24 aces in a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) victory and faces world number one Carlos Alcaraz or home hope Alex de Minaur for a place in the Melbourne final. World number three Zverev is desperate to finally win a Grand Slam at age...

Fearless American Jovic was in the last eight of a Grand Slam for the first time and claimed some notable scalps on the way to announce herself to the world. But the powerful Belarusian Sabalenka was on a different level, sweeping her aside 6-3, 6-...