Morocco's royal cabinet has named Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as prime minister, making her the first woman to head the country's government. El Mansouri, a 50-year-old lawyer from the centre-right Authenticity and Modernity Party, will need to negotiate with…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed the possibility of Britain rejoining the European Union after UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said a return to the bloc was among the options to consider. Burnham said his centr…
The Eiffel Tower chief is to step down after an uproar over the removal of women staff.
Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Nyabongo II, a journalist and UBC news anchor, was set to be crowned king of Uganda's Tooro kingdom on Tuesday, September 29, after a succession dispute following the death of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Prince Ed…
The US Senate voted 72-22 on Monday to approve a federal college sports bill that would regulate how universities pay athletes, restrict transfers and give the NCAA limited protection from antitrust lawsuits. The bipartisan Protect College Sports Act now goes…
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday increasing the size of the Russian army by 15,500 troops, the fourth such order this year. The decree set the authorised strength of Russia's armed forces at 2,441,630 units, including 1,550,500 milit…
US President Donald Trump faced bipartisan criticism Monday over taxpayer-funded television advertisements featuring himself weeks before midterm elections. One ad aired during an NFL game on Sunday night and showed Trump warning of a “final battle” over blac…
Lleida's city parliament in northeastern Spain voted 16-11 on September 25 to ban full-face coverings in most public spaces, in a measure targeting garments including the burqa and niqab. The amended municipal law bars people from remaining in or moving throu…
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Wednesday hailed the end of the US-led anti-jihadist coalition's mission as the start of a new chapter for the country. “A new phase has begun, defined by Iraq's sovereignty, the strength of its institutions, the readiness…
Sri Lanka's main opposition protested outside parliament on Thursday against judicial reform bills that would raise judges' retirement ages and expand the court system, measures the government says are needed to reduce long legal delays. Opposition leader Saj…
Ukraine and Finland signed a defence accord Wednesday to cooperate on drone production, including technology transfer, authorities said. The deal was sealed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York by Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Ukrai…
The International Labour Organization’s financial crisis dominated a public leadership event in Geneva on Wednesday, where three candidates for the UN agency’s top post set out their plans. Current ILO chief Gilbert Houngbo of Togo is seeking another term. He…
Germany announced measures Wednesday to tackle social welfare abuse involving citizens of poorer European Union countries such as Bulgaria and Romania. The action plan from the labour and interior ministries includes better information sharing between officia…
Germany and India are close to signing a submarine-building agreement, German Ambassador Jasper Wieck said Wednesday, adding that Berlin is waiting for final approval from New Delhi. Wieck told reporters in New Delhi that the deal had been “more or less concl…
The Netherlands will take part in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest after its national public broadcaster NPO said it would step in to replace AVROTROS, which had withdrawn over the Gaza conflict. NPO said Wednesday that the Dutch public broadcaster would agai…
The United Kingdom plans to create a National Centre for Information Defence to counter disinformation from hostile actors including Russia, with officials warning that artificial intelligence could amplify false information. Prime Minister Andy Burnham annou…
The Philippine Senate approved a lower vote threshold Wednesday for convicting Vice President Sara Duterte at her impeachment trial, a ruling that could make it easier to remove her from office. Senators voted 13-1, with six Duterte allies abstaining, that th…
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was prevented from returning to Venezuela from exile in Panama, a member of her political team said Tuesday. “Yes, she tried to return but it was blocked,” the team member told AFP. The source said reports of…
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said at the United Nations on Tuesday that the United Kingdom and the United States are developing a new artificial intelligence defence partnership to protect critical national infrastructure from attack. “I am announcing…
About 150 Syrians graduated Tuesday as the first cohort from Syria's new police academy for women, as the country's Islamist authorities rebuild the security services. Brigadier-General Huda Sarjawi, director of the Women's Police Institute in Al-Tal north of…
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said Tuesday that France had agreed to begin talks with Latvia on participation in a French nuclear deterrence initiative and to increase its military presence in the Baltic state. Kulbergs said French President Emmanuel…
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir will appoint a new government at midnight, the country's information minister said Tuesday, as the transitional government reaches the end of its term. Information minister Ateny Wek Ateny told the state broadcaster that Kii…
Republican Senator John Curtis called Tuesday for Donald Trump Jr. to be subpoenaed over reports that Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev helped bankroll celebrations for the president's son's wedding. Curtis, a Utah Republican, asked the Senate Judiciary Committee…
Poland wants to host 15,000 US troops on its territory by 2039, Deputy Defence Minister Stanislaw Wziatek said Monday, as Russia's war in neighbouring Ukraine heads toward a fifth winter. Wziatek told broadcaster RMF FM that the target would include about 10,…
Exiled Guinean opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo said Tuesday that Guinea had revoked his passport, preventing him from attending meetings on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Diallo's party, the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea,…
Germany's far-left Die Linke faced growing pressure on Wednesday from potential coalition partners over accusations it tolerated antisemitism after two controversial figures were seen at its Berlin election victory celebration. Die Linke won 25.7 percent in t…
Russia said on September 21 that it had taken control of a factory owned by US food and health packaging company Aptar. A Kremlin decree said Aptar Vladimir, a factory in the city of Vladimir about 180 kilometres east of Moscow, had been placed under temporar…
Germany's Alternative for Germany has become the latest hard-right party to make electoral gains in Europe, coming first in two eastern regional elections after becoming the country's main opposition party in 2025. The anti-immigration AfD won a regional elec…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to keep his ruling coalition together after crushing regional election defeats intensified speculation about his political future. Merz said his government was determined to meet what he called Germany's histor…
US President Donald Trump praised New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday after the two met in Manhattan to discuss immigration enforcement and a multi-billion-dollar housing proposal. The closed-door talks lasted about an hour and marked their third public m…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure after his centre-right CDU suffered regional election defeats in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin. Merz called the CDU result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a “disaster” after exit polls on Sun…
Donald Trump said on Sunday that a massive triumphal arch he wants to build in Washington would also serve as a military complex for drones, snipers and ammunition. In a Truth Social post, the US president said he had agreed to convert the proposed arch into…
Vande Mataram, India's official national song but not its national anthem, has returned to the centre of a debate over patriotism and religion after it was sung before an international cricket match in India for the first time. Before the September 13 T20 gam…
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi kept her key ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday as she works to strengthen her ruling coalition and pursue a planned tax cut on food. A cabinet list announced by Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara showed tha…
Prince Harry is due to make several public appearances in Britain after returning from California with Meghan, bringing renewed attention to the couple's security arrangements and their place in the royal family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex relocated to Br…
The US House of Representatives held billionaire investor Leon Black in contempt of Congress on September 16 after he defied subpoenas in its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The House adopted the resolution by unanimous consent, without a recorded vote, a…
West Bengal's BJP government is considering proposals to rename Kolkata streets that honour Communist leaders, officials said Wednesday. Swami Pradiptananda, who heads a 10-member committee examining the issue, said the panel had received proposals to change…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged the European Union on Wednesday to fight back against “ultranationalists” and “anti-Europeans” who she said want to undermine the 27-nation bloc. Speaking to EU lawmakers, von der Leyen asked whether Eu…
Hong Kong's government unveiled its first Five-Year Plan on Wednesday, setting out an economic and social strategy to 2030 intended to bring the city more closely into line with mainland China's development goals. City leader John Lee announced the plan. An o…
AFP's chief editors selected five feature stories for re-publication as among the best of the week, covering Argentina, Russia, Ivory Coast, Brazil and China. The advisory listed features on Argentina's manufacturing sector under President Javier Milei, Russi…
Georgy Filimonov, the governor of Russia's Vologda region, has become known for ultra-conservative policies restricting abortion access and alcohol sales as he runs for the ruling United Russia party in parliamentary elections this month. Filimonov, 46, is a…
US President Donald Trump's administration is moving toward approval of a $2.8 billion arms package for Israel, US media reported on September 15, including tens of thousands of large bombs and warheads. The Washington Post reported that the package, funded w…
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has dismissed Ricardo Valencia as head of the national statistics agency DANE, after Valencia said he had not found irregularities in July labor market indicators under the previous government. The presidency annou…
Prince Harry and Meghan changed their children's school because of security concerns, British media reported Monday, days after the start of the school year in England. Hello! magazine reported that the distance to the school and heavy traffic on the route ra…
Republican US Senator Mitch McConnell returned to Congress on Monday after a monthslong medical absence caused by a fall. McConnell, 84, said in a statement on X that he would cast his first Senate vote since he took “a bad fall back in June.” He said his rec…
Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Trump said on September 14 that Russian businessman Umar Kremlev hosted two nights of celebrations after their wedding in the Bahamas in May. The couple confirmed the payment in a jointly signed post on Bettina Trump's Instagram a…
Leaders of the main Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish nationalist parties said Monday that their nations have the right to decide whether to remain in the UK, after announcing a memorandum of understanding in Cardiff. The Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru…
Australian far-right leader Pauline Hanson offered a qualified apology on Tuesday after describing Indigenous Australians as the “most primitive race on Earth”. “If I've offended people by using that, then I will apologise for that,” Hanson told reporters in…
Beijing drone owners are queuing at authorised buy-back sites to sell their devices before a citywide ban on drone possession and storage takes effect on November 15. The new rules in the Chinese capital ban not only the flying of unmanned aerial vehicles but…
India's government is pushing to expand a contentious Uniform Civil Code across states governed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies, with Home Minister Amit Shah saying he expects implementation in all 21 BJP-led National Democratic Alliance s…
France has sent a reworked plan to the European Commission to ban children under 15 from using social media, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday, after the country's Constitutional Council struck down an earlier version. Macron wrote on X that the governmen…
Vologda governor Georgy Filimonov has made abortion restrictions and limits on alcohol sales central to his ultra-conservative agenda as he prepares to run for United Russia in this month's parliamentary elections. Filimonov has governed the Russian region si…
Protesters formed a human chain around the Kennedy Center in Washington on Friday after President Donald Trump threatened to demolish the arts complex unless his name is restored to it in some form. The main building has been closed since Wednesday, a closure…
Radio France staff began a two-day strike on Sunday over the appointment of Charles Sapin, stopping the weekly political column he was due to present on France Inter. Sapin, deputy editor-in-chief at Valeurs Actuelles, has presented a weekly political comment…
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Sunday that the governing body's restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes remain unchanged, as Russia's athletics federation challenges the sanctions at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. World Athletics an…
Chilean authorities arrested 284 people during demonstrations commemorating victims of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship, Public Security Minister Martin Arrau said on Saturday. Arrau said on X that the arrests on Thursday and Friday were an 80 percent…
Cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne said Saturday that he had donated £36 million, or $49 million, to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, matching another £36 million gift to the party announced less than a day earlier. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Harbo…
US President Donald Trump asked the Smithsonian Institution on Friday to install statues of George Washington and create a five-year exhibition honoring the first US president at the National Museum of American History in Washington. Trump called for a 30-foo…
Niger's junta leader General Abdourahamane Tiani has appointed Brigadier General Mamane Sani Kiaou as chief of staff of the armed forces, state television reported, following a thwarted army mutiny in Niamey last month. State television reported that the appo…
The CIA released more than 70 presidential intelligence briefs related to Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden on Friday, the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The agency said the release gives new transparency on presidential intelligence publicati…
Spain's Ceuta migrant crisis is putting sustained pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez before next year's general election, analysts told AFP, six weeks after more than 70,000 migrants entered the Spanish North African territory from Morocco. The July 30-…
The United States marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on Friday with the main ceremony in New York taking place without President Donald Trump, who instead attended a Pentagon commemoration. Vice President JD Vance and the four livin…
Donald Trump's reported push to put new names on places has drawn a satirical response from South Park, after he threatened to rename New Mexico as New America and the Strait of Hormuz as the Trump Strait. The remarks came a little over a week after Lake Onta…
British MPs rejected a bill to legalise assisted dying on Friday by 286 votes to 270, blocking a proposal that would have applied to some terminally ill adults in England and Wales. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would have allowed adults given…
Equatorial Guinea's new political capital, Ciudad de la Paz, remains almost empty nearly eight months after it was officially declared the seat of government. The city, formerly known as Oyala, sits in the equatorial forest on the country's mainland. It has w…
Germany's far-right opposition AfD said it would file a criminal complaint against Chancellor Friedrich Merz after he accused the party of promoting “ethnic cleansing”. AfD MP Stephan Brandner said in a video posted to X that the party had decided to file the…
Emma Bonino, the Italian radical activist, feminist campaigner and former foreign minister, has died aged 78. Bonino was a veteran of campaigns for divorce and abortion rights, a former member of Italy's Radical Party and the founder of the small More Europe…
Lobbying activity in Brussels is booming as business groups press their priorities in a European Union that has become more open to easing rules on companies. Hundreds of lobbyists, officials and lawmakers attended an end-of-summer networking event in Brussel…
Businesses are set to spend at least 381.7 million euros ($443.1 million) lobbying European Union institutions in 2026, up 7.8% from 2025, Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl said in a June report. The campaign groups said the biggest spending secto…
Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization's Southeast Asia chief and daughter of ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has resigned, the WHO said Friday. The WHO said Wazed resigned from her post on Wednesday. It said the organisation was already l…
Republicans at a Dallas convention repeatedly named Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as leading possible heirs to President Donald Trump's movement, even as the party focused publicly on November's US midterms. Trump, 80, remains the…
The Organization of American States urged its member countries on Thursday to work together on measures against Nicaragua after the country banned opposition parties from its elections. OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin said the situation in Nicaragua was “…
Western Saharans moved closer to Spanish citizenship after lawmakers in Spain backed a bill covering many Sahrawis born when Spain ran the disputed territory and their children. Parliament passed the initiative on September 10 by 168 votes to 31. The bill sti…
The International Monetary Fund pushed back Thursday on a Financial Times report that London School of Economics professor Ricardo Reis was dropped as its lead candidate for chief economist after criticising US President Donald Trump's tariff policies. IMF sp…
The mother of Uganda's late Tooro king said Thursday that she and other members of the royal family were being held against their will in the palace during a s…
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella said Sunday that he will challenge court orders blocking parts of his hardline security policy, after judges restricted bombings, coca-crop spraying and graphic official videos. De la Espriella, who took office in…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ruled out seeking another term through constitutional change, a senior presidential aide said Thursday, after Lee and some allies had floated reforms to the country's single-term presidency. Seong Ghi-hong, senior pres…
France's National Rally expelled a member who is a policeman after body camera footage published by local daily Midi Libre showed racist, homophobic and sexist remarks during conversations with colleagues while on duty. The footage, dated November 2025 and re…
Japan's main opposition party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, said on Wednesday that it will disband after eight months, deepening disarray among opponents of P…
The final season of "Babylon Berlin" will close the German TV drama's Weimar-era story with Adolf Hitler's rise to power, as its German launch coincides with r…
Financial disclosure forms released by the White House show US President Donald Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to three White House employees, including executive assistant Natalie Harp. The forms said Harp, Margo Martin and Chamberlain Harris each received th…
Supporters of Mao Zedong gathered in his hometown of Shaoshan on Wednesday to mark 50 years since the death of the founder of the People's Republic of China. Visitors lined up in central Hunan province to bow, observe silence and leave chrysanthemum wreaths,…
Norway's King Harald V is due to be placed on Wednesday in a 20 million kroner, or about $2 million, sarcophagus in Oslo whose design has not been unveiled to the public. Harald, who died on August 28 at age 89, joked about the final resting place in an Octob…
Norway bid farewell to King Harald V on Wednesday as police said 48,000 people lined the procession route in Oslo before a funeral service attended by foreign dignitaries and royal families. Harald died on August 28 at age 89. Until his death, he was the olde…
Police clashed with protesters outside Albania's parliament on Tuesday as demonstrations continued against a Trump-linked luxury tourism project planned in a coastal nature reserve. Several hundred protesters gathered outside entrances to the National Assembl…
Smithsonian Institution secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III said Tuesday that he will retire by the end of 2026, as President Donald Trump seeks to reshape the museum and research complex. Bunch, 73, has led the Smithsonian since June 2019. He was the first Black p…
President Donald Trump said he went to the September 11 attack site in New York “as soon as the Law allowed,” after giving a new account at a White House event of his actions after the 2001 attacks. At Tuesday's event honoring emergency personnel killed on 9/…
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella relaxed gun carry laws on Tuesday, issuing a decree that he said ends a decade-old ban on carrying firearms in public places. De la Espriella, who took office last month, said he wanted ordinary citizens to be able…
Portugal's minority government survived a no-confidence motion on Tuesday after parliament rejected a bid by the far-right Chega party linked to pressure on In…
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first chief executive after the 1997 handover from Britain to China, has died aged 89, his office said. Tung died peacefully on Tuesday in the presence of family members, according to a statement from his office. A former shipping t…
Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella had not publicly commented more than a day after the far-right Alternative for Germany became the largest party in Saxony-Anh…
Singapore's ministerial pay increases drew mixed public reactions on Wednesday after Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced the first raises for political lead…
Dozens of young people gathered at Nepal's burnt-out parliament building in Kathmandu on Tuesday to mark one year since anti-corruption protests killed 76 peop…
Several thousand protesters gathered at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Monday to oppose the far-right Alternative for Germany after the party's breakthrough victory in a regional election. Berlin police estimated about 5,000 participants at 7:00 pm, an hour aft…
Finland unveiled a 200-kilometre fence on its eastern border with Russia on Monday, saying it was meant to deter Moscow from using migrants to destabilise the country. Finland closed its 1,340-kilometre border with Russia in December 2023 after more than 1,30…
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan's husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, died on Monday while being treated in hospital in Zanzibar, Vice President Deogratius Ndejembi said. Ndejembi said Hafidh Ameir Hassan died early Monday at Mzena Hospital, where he was be…
Latvia has banned imports of books, newspapers and printed products from Russia and Belarus, citing disinformation and war propaganda, its foreign ministry said. The ban took effect on September 1 and also covers other consumer goods, including clothes, toys…
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged Labour lawmakers to confront what he called the “politics of poison” after an anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth disrupted the arrival of 140 people rescued from a small boat on a rare route to Hampshire. PA news agen…
Tokyo's Shinjuku ward plans to ban private lodging in residential zones and areas near schools, a move an official said is likely to close around 2,000 short-t…
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale adjourned parliament indefinitely on Monday after a no-confidence motion against his government was withdrawn. The motion was withdrawn on Sunday by Manasseh Maelanga, who had been sacked as home affairs minister. M…
US President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that New Mexico could be renamed “New America,” and the state’s governor quickly rejected the idea. Trump wrote on social media that “many people” had suggested changing the state’s name and called “New America” m…
Former Cuban president Raul Castro has appeared on state television after weeks out of public view. Castro, 95, was shown in a report broadcast several times over the weekend to mark the 65th anniversary of a unit responsible for the personal security of Cuba…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz accused the far-right AfD's demand for mass “remigration” of being “ethnic cleansing by skin colour and origin” during a heate…
New alcohol taxes and stricter rules in Syria are pushing up prices and squeezing bars and shops in the Kurdish-majority northeast, where residents say supplies have become harder to obtain. In Qamishli, shopkeeper Ayaz Ibrahim said customers who once bought…
US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack urged restraint on Saturday in Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province after competing accounts over prominent local figure Atef Hunaidi's departure from the region. Syrian state television said Friday that “outlaw groups” in Swei…
Thousands of opposition supporters began a long march across Bangladesh on Saturday to protest shortages of cooking gas, electricity and fertiliser, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s government. Crowds gathered at a public square in Dhaka…
Republicans in Congress announced on September 4 that they were investigating nonprofit environmental groups over litigation against policies they describe as…
The US State Department announced on September 4 that it had approved a proposed $5 billion sale of bombs, guidance kits and other equipment to Saudi Arabia, but the deal still needs approval from US lawmakers. The department said the proposed sale would impr…
US President Donald Trump said on September 4 that he will use the Qatar-gifted Air Force One for a trip to Ireland next week before extra security upgrades ar…
The European Union is preparing rules to help cities curb short-term tourist rentals such as Airbnb in areas under housing stress, according to plans seen by AFP. The European Commission is expected to unveil a legal proposal next week setting out when author…
President Donald Trump defended TV presenter Maria Bartiromo on Friday after she was sacked by Fox News. “Maria is a total professional, and a true warrior. Her fans, of which there are many, will not be happy,” Trump posted. The New York Times said Bartiromo…
The body of Ugandan King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV arrived back in Uganda on Friday after his death in the United States at age 34. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni received the casket during a formal military parade at the airport in Entebbe, where…
Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka faced criticism Friday after activists said they staged a prank interview in a room containing model guns, replica bombs and people hidden behind a curtain. The group Detektivni Parta, or Detective Group, said the interview…
German AfD politicians' use of vintage Simson mopeds in election campaigning has angered descendants of the Jewish family whose name is on the East German vehi…
Two senior Reform UK officials have resigned after allegations that party figures conspired to secure a foreign donation, while Nigel Farage denied wrongdoing as the claims overshadowed the party's annual conference in Birmingham. Reform UK said policy head J…
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Adam Telle will become acting secretary of the US Army, replacing Dan Driscoll as the service's top civilian offic…
The US Interior Department is preparing to begin excavation within two weeks for President Donald Trump's planned 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, Interi…
The White House pulled a Tetris-style game called “Build the Wall” from its online arcade on Tuesday, four days after The Tetris Company warned that it takes c…
Hundreds of protesters in Chile clashed with police in Santiago on Thursday during a demonstration against President Jose Antonio Kast's security policies. Police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse the protesters as they moved through the centra…
Billionaire US investor Leon Black failed to appear for a congressional deposition Thursday over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and filed a federal lawsuit challe…
A Washington lobbying firm working for Nigerian opposition leader Atiku Abubakar said Karl Von Batten, one of its top employees, has been appointed to an unspe…
Spain's government has urged King Felipe VI to visit Ceuta and Melilla in the coming weeks, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Thursday, in rare public comments on royal matters. The two Spanish territories in North Africa are diplomatically sensitive because…
Disinformation about recent anti-government protests in Indonesia has spread across social media in what researchers described as a coordinated effort to distort the movement and discourage participation. AFP fact-checkers have debunked dozens of posts about…
South Korea said on September 3 that it plans to build a second presidential office and legislative complex in Sejong as part of a wider effort to move state b…
Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado said Venezuela needs a democratic transition after the interim government struck a major oil agreement with t…
Several thousand people demonstrated in Niger's capital Niamey on Wednesday in support of junta chief General Abdourahamane Tiani after a failed army mutiny at the weekend, Nigerien journalists reported. The rally brought junta supporters and ministers to Pla…
George Clooney said Wednesday that the United States would get through what he called an “unfortunate” period under the Trump administration, describing the go…
Norway's King Haakon VIII has declared court mourning until October 9 after the death of his father, King Harald V, leading to the cancellation of most royal a…
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would nominate acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao to become the Navy's permanent top civilian leader. Trump wrote o…
South Africa's foreign ministry said its high commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, had been cleared of wrongdoing over his presence during a June meeting invol…
Giorgia Meloni hailed her government's stability at a rally in Bari on Friday after becoming Italy's longest-serving postwar prime minister, using the mileston…
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune carried out a partial cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, replacing the finance and agriculture ministers and several other officials. Central bank governor Mohammed Lamine Lebbou was named finance minister, replacing Abdelka…
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham told parliament on September 1 that his government would seek stronger public control over essential services, especially energy and water. Burnham, addressing MPs for the first time since taking power in July, said more detail…
Former British prime minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that he will quit the UK parliament to focus on international affairs. Starmer said on social media that it was the “right time” to resign as MP for Holborn and St Pancras in London after 11 years,…
Former Peruvian foreign minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea entered the race to lead the International Labour Organization before nominations closed, leaving the current ILO chief facing two challengers. The final candidate list showed Tuesday that Gonzalez-Ola…
Kim Yong-beom, the top policy adviser to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, has resigned after criticism over speculative investment products linked to South Korea's leading AI chip suppliers. A presidential spokesperson said Kim submitted his resignation…