France's budget for 2025 will "fully" be in line with the European Union's new spending rules, Finance Minister Antoine Armand vowed, ahead of his first…
Sweden plans to contribute as many as eight fighter jets to NATO’s air policing next year, in addition to warships and 600 troops that will…
Rwanda's health minister said the country would begin vaccinations against the deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus on October 6 after receiving some 700 doses of a…
South African police have arrested three people in connection with the killing of 18 relatives -- mostly women -- gunned down at a rural homestead…
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world over the weekend calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war…
Tunisia holds a presidential election October 6 with no real opposition to incumbent Kais Saied, widely tipped to win as his most prominent critics, including…
A two-year-old boy and three adults died overnight after two boats crowded with migrants got into difficulty while attempting the perilous Channel crossing from France…
More than 200 people are confirmed dead after Hurricane Helene carved a path of destruction through several southeastern US states, officials said October 3, making…
Heavy rains that flooded towns and triggered landslides left at least 16 people dead in Bosnia on October 4, authorities told AFP. Jablanica, some 70…
Donald Trump defiantly returned October 5 to the site of a campaign rally where an assassin's bullet almost killed him in July, questioning whether his…
Ethiopian army forces have deployed in large numbers in the past fortnight to Amhara state, scene of a year-long insurgency, a security source told AFP…
The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox epidemic, launched a vaccination campaign against the virus on October 5 in the eastern city…
Mexico City's new left-wing mayor took office October 5 with a pledge to defend women's rights, tackle water shortages and address gentrification in the capital,…
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he would attend an international meeting to discuss military support for Ukraine to be held in Germany next week. The…
China urged world powers on October 2 to prevent the situation in the Middle East from "further deteriorating" following the latest escalation in the region.…
Iran resumed flights at its airports on Thursday, state media said, after a brief suspension following its missile attack on Israel. The Islamic republic launched…
Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but under what US President Joe Biden called a "historic…
The prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was "politically motivated" and had a "chilling" effect on the whole media landscape, the parliamentary arm of pan-European…
The United Nations Wednesday said it had released $5 million to help flood victims in Nigeria, where the rainy season has killed more than 300…
The EU said Thursday it was referring Hungary to the European Court of Justice over laws passed by Budapest to curb foreign influence in the…
More than 700,000 people are now displaced from their homes in Haiti, more than half of whom are children, the United Nations said October 2,…
NATO's new chief Mark Rutte visited Kyiv on Thursday, a major show of support for Ukraine in his maiden trip in the role. Kyiv relies…
Tunisian authorities have arrested 12 people including a smuggler involved in organising a recent crossing that killed 15 migrants after their boat capsized, the coastguard…
The European Commission on October 2 said it was proposing to postpone by a year a ban on imports of products driving deforestation, following strong…
Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in October 1 as Mexico's first woman president, inheriting a country beset by gang violence and economic uncertainty over controversial reforms…
