At least 10 people were wounded in clashes in Jenin as well as in Jericho and Tulkarem, the Palestinian health ministry said Sunday, while the Palestinian Prisoners Club announced 24 arrests in various West Bank cities. "Troops are currently operat...

It was the second time in the opening three races of the season that the Dutchman had failed to go the distance after also retiring in Bahrain. "We are so far behind (Ferrari). We need to finish races," Verstappen said after pulling over on lap 39 ...

The world championship leader from Monaco started from pole, held his position at the first corner and never looked back, scorching round the 58-lap Albert Park circuit to take the chequered flag by a massive 20.5 seconds. Red Bull's Sergio Perez w...

The country of only 375,000 people is more accustomed to reading about murders in its famed Icelandic noir novels than in its morning newspapers. "A gun for Icelanders symbolises sports" or hunting, said sociologist Helgi Gunnlaugsson. "It's very ...

Twelve candidates are in the race, which will see the top two in the first round face a run-off on April 24. AFP looks at all the hopefuls, from the frontrunner Macron to an eccentric former shepherd from the Pyrenees mountains. FAR RIGHT Marine L...

But towards Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion, the reception has been starkly different -- and long-term migrants have been the first to notice. Shahran, 16, is among around 100 Afghans who were recently told to clear out of their lod...

Woods, 14 months removed from a car crash that left him with injuries so severe he feared he might lose his right leg, saw his hopes of a stunning comeback for a sixth green jacket come undone with his worst-ever Masters round, a six-over par 78. T...

Sharif is the younger brother of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who was dismissed then jailed on corruption charges in 2017 and is currently in Britain after being released from prison two years later for medical treatment. He is a seasone...

With boots and gloves, they pick up soggy trash, water bottles, aluminium cans and muddy styrofoam boxes, part of a green activist campaign called the Cleanup Ambassadors. "This is the first time this area has been cleaned since 2003," shouts a pa...

Already teetering on the edge of famine, war-ravaged Yemen fears a shortage of the staple food ingredient because of a different war -- in Ukraine, which is one of the world's major suppliers of the grain. In a bustling Sanaa bakery, Mohammed al-Ja...

Polls open in mainland France at 0600 GMT after an unusual campaign overshadowed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine that analysts warn could lead to unpredictable outcomes with turnout a major factor. French overseas territories already voted Saturday...

The Nordic nation of 5.5 million has traditionally been militarily non-aligned, in part to avoid provoking its eastern neighbour, with which it shares a 1,300 kilometre (830 mile) border. But Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24 saw public s...

The company told AFP its tongue-in-cheek campaign -- "digital tender for chicken tenders" -- sold out in an hour and the chain has not taken crypto payments since, but online articles regularly recycle the claim that KFC "accepts" bitcoin. Many oth...

"We are on suitable ground here," said Joaquin Garcia Latorre, project director at Enel Green Power Espana, pointing to gigantic masts erected on the heights of the tiny northeastern village of Villar de los Navarros. The Spanish-Italian firm picke...

Selmer experienced two difficult years after the pandemic began in 2020, the company's executive chairman Thierry Oriez tells AFP. "The Covid crisis affected us together with our customers" because "the world of music stopped", whether that meant s...