Through his press secretary Karoline Leavitt, US President Donald Trump has said he would decide whether to join Israel's strikes on Iran within the next two...

Russia launched its largest-ever drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight on Friday just hours after a telephone call between the US and Russian preside...

AFP video journalist Youssef Hassouna has been covering the Gaza war for 21 months. Since October 2023, Hassouna has lost half his weight and travels every d...

Tens of thousands of people have braved blazing heat to pay their respects at a controversial Japanese shrine, as Emperor Naruhito spoke of his "deep remorse...

The International Criminal Court has warned that alleged atrocities committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Sudanese city of El-Fashe...

Gazan visual artist Khaled Hussein collects stones and works amid the ruins in Deir el-Balah to shape clay sculptures, hoping his artwork can "express the fa...

Ukrainians mark the Epiphany by plunging into icy water, despite security risks in the almost four-year-old war. In Kyiv, swimmers gathered at designated sit...

Israel said it was carrying strikes out on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, killing dozens of people and causing residents to flee the country.Lebanon has b...

During a visit to a church in Rome, Pope Leo XIV said he is "very c...