Israel has announced it is partially reopening the Rafah crossing between the devastated Gaza Strip and Egypt following months of urging from humanitarian organisations, although the initial access will be limited to the movement of people. Rafah is c…

A teenager injured in a New year’s fire that engulfed a bar in a Swiss ski resort has died in hospital, taking the death toll from the disaster to 41, the local public prosecutor announced Sunday. The day before, several hundred demonstrators marched …

Africa’s growth could outpace Asia’s for the first time in 2026, figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggest, as the continent’s population continues to rise fast.

French IT giant Capgemini said Sunday it was selling its subsidiary working for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency amid international controversy over the deaths of two people in ICE operations.

Iran on Sunday declared European countries’ armies “terrorist groups”, following the EU’s decision to apply the same designation to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Western governments have accused the Guards of carrying out a crackdown on a rec…

Psilocybin, the active compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms, is edging into mainstream psychiatry in parts of Europe – with Switzerland already treating patients and the Czech Republic opening tightly supervised therapies. But France is holding back, …

France and Chad have agreed to open a new chapter in their bilateral relationship, after the departure of the last French soldiers stationed in the central African country on 31 January, 2025, following a diplomatic rift.

A French human rights group is calling for the repatriation of 47 French nationals held in Iraqi prisons after being transferred from Syria, where they were first detained on suspicion of belonging to the Islamic State group.

The State Department on Thursday said it has approved a potential $1.7 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Spain of Aegis Weapon Systems and other equipment for that country’s F-100 […]