A small town in western France has set a world record for the greatest number of smurf-costumed people gathered in the same ...

The Israeli army announced "extensive ground operations" Sunday as part of its newly expanded campaign in the Gaza Strip, where rescuers reported dozens killed in a wave of Israeli strikes.

Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalising the poor at his inaugural mass Sunday attended by dignitaries including Ukraine's ...

Israel launched an intensified offensive in Gaza on Saturday aimed at "the defeat of Hamas", with rescuers in the Palestinian ...

British climber Kenton Cool successfully climbed Mount Everest for the nineteenth time on Sunday, extending his own record ...

Israel signalled Sunday that it was open to striking a deal with Hamas that included "ending the fighting" in Gaza, where ...

This year's Cannes film festival has all the usual glitz and glamour but is also heavy on politics. AFP looks at some of the ...

Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalising the poor, before an ...

Kenyan lawyer Martha Karua, a presidential candidate who also represents opposition figures on trial in neighbouring ...

Ukraine on Sunday said that Russia had launched a record number of drones at the country overnight, targeting various regions, including that of the capital Kyiv, where a woman was ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff, made his debut tour of St Peter's Square on Sunday in a popemobile, greeting tens of ...

Hasan Hadi, the first filmmaker from Iraq to be selected for the prestigious Cannes Festival, said economic embargoes like ...