Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ...

Emotional ceremonies were expected across Asia on Thursday to remember the 220,000 people who died two decades ago when a ...

In the wake of Cyclone Chido, the worst natural disaster to hit the Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years, Mayotte's forests ...

Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – Hamas and Israel traded accusations on Wednesday over delays in finalising a ...

Moscow (AFP) – A "terrorist act" sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, ...

Paramaribo (Suriname) (AFP) – Desi Bouterse, the former dictator and later elected president of Suriname, who became a ...

La Liga's relegation-threatened Valencia have appointed Carlos Corberan as their new manager after prising him from English ...

Police and rail chiefs confirmed on Wednesday that the travel disruption that affected thousands of passengers on Christmas ...

A key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely a mass grave for ...

Violence against sex workers in France increased in 2024, with reported assaults up 6 percent compared to the previous year.

Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the ...

Syria's new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials told AFP, including one ...