Polls closed in Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday, AFP journalists saw, ending the island nation's first vote since an unprecedented economic crisis two years ago.

One person has died and seven others are missing, officials said, after "unprecedented" rains caused floods and landslides in ...

Environmental activists blocked France's leading cruise liner port in the southern city of Marseille on Saturday to protest ...

A flight from Norway to Spain had to make an emergency landing in Denmark after a mouse scampered out of an in-flight meal ...

A flight from Norway to Spain had to make an emergency landing in Denmark after a mouse scampered out of an in-flight meal ...

Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli strike Saturday on a school-turned-shelter in the Palestinian territory's largest ...

From TikTok to Hollywood, the irresistible rise of Italy's Khaby Lame Compared by some to Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, the most followed TikToker in the world, Khaby Lame, is preparing to launch ...

For two generations, American companies have been run to maximize short-term financial returns instead of to produce great ...

Somalia has accused neighbouring Ethiopia of supplying weapons to its northeastern Puntland region, which this year ...

Hezbollah confirmed the death of Ibrahim Aqil, hailing him as 'one of its great leaders'. A second senior commander, Ahmed ...

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International ...

Unusually heavy snowfall caused major disruption on South Africa’s roads Saturday with people still stranded at midday after ...