The elusive face of the Paris riotersAngry "yellow vest" protesters, hard-core agitators or young delinquents: building a typical profile of the rioters in Paris this weekend is no easy task. AFP correspondents who talked to demonstrator...
At-risk nations to make case at UN climate summitNations most threatened by rising sea levels and devastating droughts will use a UN summit in Poland on Monday to urge richer countries to pay their fair share in the climate change fight. The preside...
Finland’s ‘ode’ to a new era in librariesWhat do you give the world's most literate country for its 100th birthday? For Finland's politicians and public, the answer was simple: a vast, state-of-the-art library, a new "living room for the nat...
Trump wants talks with Putin, Xi to end ‘uncontrollable arms race’US President Donald Trump on Monday proposed talks with the leaders of China and Russia aimed at halting what he described as an "uncontrollable" arms race. Trump's comment follows an October announce...
France’s Macron hunts for way out of ‘yellow vest’ crisisFrance's prime minister met with opposition leaders on Monday as President Emmanuel Macron sought a way to defuse nationwide protests over high living costs that led to widespread rioting in Paris at...
Bangladesh govt: Opposition leader Zia can’t contest pollsBangladesh’s government has announced that opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is ineligible to contest Dec. 30 national elections because she has been sentenced to prison in two c...
Coalition allows evacuation of wounded Houthis before Sweden hosts Yemen talksThe Saudi-led coalition said it approved evacuating wounded Houthi fighters for treatment on Monday, meeting a key condition for the group to attend UN-sponsored peace talks in Sweden this week aimed...
UN, doctors hammer Australia over refugee campsAustralia's under-pressure government received a double blow Monday from the United Nations and a leading doctors' group over harsh treatment of refugees on off-shore island camps. In an unusual broad...
Papua New Guinea scrambles to vaccinate as polio returnsDecades after polio was eradicated from Papua New Guinea, the crippling and sometimes deadly disease has returned, leaving doctors scrambling to revive long-lapsed vaccination programmes. Until earlie...
Iraq’s ancient pottery struggles to outlive modern plasticAdel al-Kawwaz expertly spins the potter's wheel, shaping the wet clay into a smooth jug. His family is famous for this millennia-old Iraqi craft, but Kawwaz is struggling to keep it alive. For thousa...
‘Hundreds’ of Aussie convictions in doubt after mob lawyer named as informantHundreds of criminal convictions -- including those meted out to some of Australia's most notorious gangland figures -- hang in the balance, after their defence lawyer was revealed as a police informa...
Far-right wins seats in Andalusia parliament in first for post-Franco SpainA far-right party won seats in a Spanish regional parliament for the first time since the country returned to democracy following the death of longtime dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, results in An...
Journalist critical of Philippines’ Duterte pays bailThe journalist who leads a news site that has battled Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte paid a cash bail Monday on a tax fraud charge she says is an effort to intimidate the publication. Maria Ress...
Yemen hospital struggles with number of malnourished childrenTwenty Yemeni children huddle together outside Khokha hospital, hoping to be let into a clinic that serves as a lifeline for tens of thousands. On the narrow pavement, a boy dressed in purple leans li...
Russia launches first manned voyage to ISS since rocket accidentA Russian-made Soyuz rocket blasted a three-man crew into orbit on Monday, beginning the first manned voyage to the International Space Station since a mission in October was aborted midair because of...