A ban on girls singing in public imposed by education officials in the Afghan capital last week has been overturned after a social media campaign that included local women uploading videos of themselves belting out their favourite songs. Schoolgirl...

A decade of civil war in Syria has forced millions from their homes, leaving neighbouring countries struggling to cope with the influx of refugees. Tens years on, many of the displaced are still living in camps, with little or no prospect of retur...

Libya's new interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah will be sworn in Monday to lead the war-torn country's transition to elections in December, after years of chaos and division. The North African nation descended into conflict after dictator Mo...

Syria's decade-long war has left more than 380,000 people dead and forced millions into exile. Here is a summary of the main events in the conflict, which has drawn in a host of regional and international powers. - Revolt to repression - Protest...

France must do everything to avoid a new coronavirus lockdown as pressure on hospitals grows, Prime Minister Jean Castex said in an interview on the Twitch website Sunday. He also urged the French public to have faith in the AstraZeneca vaccine, w...

The Grammy Awards is often more of a concert than a prize-giving gala, with many of the dozens of trophies handed out before the main event. But on Sunday, after a year when the music industry was devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, the perfor...

Three NGOs on Monday announced a landmark legal case in Moscow against Russian mercenary group Wagner over the torture of a detainee in Syria, aiming to hold to account a murky fighting force with Kremlin links. The legal push against private milit...

Ten years after the start of the conflict in Syria, the Syrian opposition has never managed to shake the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Marginalised by foreign sponsors, duped by Damascus and split in different directions, the opposition has c...

Pop megastar Beyonce made Grammys history Sunday by becoming the winningest woman ever at the music industry's top awards gala, and its most decorated singer, with 28 career wins. She secured the record after scooping Best R&B Performance honors fo...

Team New Zealand overhauled a nearly four-and-a-half-minute deficit to move within sight of the America's Cup title after a "bizarre" race on Monday. After overhauling Italian challengers Luna Rossa to win the day's first race by 58 seconds, the ho...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, but he has managed to save his regime at the cost of Syria’s destruction, thanks to his Russian and Iranian allies. However after 10 years of war, is he re...

It's an environmental policy embraced by heads of state, multinational businesses and even leading climate sceptic Donald Trump: plant more trees to help the planet and slow global warming. But experts claim some recent mass tree-planting schemes h...

Tens of thousands of women protested across Australia against sexual violence and gender inequality on Monday, as outrage grew over rape allegations that have convulsed the conservative government. The #March4Justice rallies were held in more than ...

The medical charity MSF on Monday condemned a "deliberate and generalised" programme of targeting clinics in the conflict-hit Tigray region of Ethiopia. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign in Tigray last year after blaming the re...

Christian Cruz specialized in intubation. Jesus de la Torre gave advice over the telephone to colleagues treating coronavirus patients. Diego Gutierrez worked long days examining tumors through a microscope. The three doctors are among several thou...