Danone said Monday it had dismissed its chairman, a move that follows months of complaints from foreign shareholders about the French food giant's underperforming share price. Activist investors took aim at Emmanuel Faber, who became Danone's boss ...

The number of international arms transfers has levelled off in the last five years, but a more peaceful world is not necessarily the reason as some nations shun imports and have begun producing their own weapons, researchers said on Monday. Compari...

Takeaway meals app Deliveroo said Monday that its upcoming London stock market listing would raise £1.0 billion ($1.4 billion, 1.2 billion euros). The company has already picked London for its initial public offering (IPO) but has not yet indicate...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In the village of Carta, deep in Romania's Transylvania region, the fruits of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's generosity towards the country's Hungarian ethnic minority are plain to see. Attila Nagy walks proudly along the hallways of the m...