European and African leaders gathered for a summit to deepen economic and security ties, with emergency talks on Ukraine also on the cards.

A US appeals court suspended the release of hundreds of people on bail after they had been arrested by immigration ...

Nearly one in three women have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence, the World Health Organization said.

Dozens of Indigenous protesters, some holding babies, peacefully blocked the entrance to the UN climate summit in Brazil on Friday to demand a meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and ...

Around 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.

Georgia’s attempt to ban three main opposition forces risks pushing the country toward a “one-party dictatorship,” the Council of Europe said Wednesday. The warning comes the day after Georgia’s ...

As US funding for global health collapses, rival powers are stepping in — and the world’s pandemic defenses are weakening. When health systems sag, outbreaks spread, instability grows, and adversaries ...

NGOs in Tunisia say they are facing a campaign of “intimidation” by authorities, who recently suspended the activities of two of the country’s best-known organizations. Since President Kais Saied ...

Zohran Mamdani‘s election as New York mayor caps an extraordinary rise for the leftist local lawmaker who emerged from relative obscurity to lead a supercharged campaign for the US megacity’s top job.

Incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who is vying for a second term, has scored a big win in general elections, sources close to the premier said on Wednesday. Iraqis on Tuesday ...