Hundreds of thousands of girls and young women have been deprived of the chance of education since the Taliban returned to power a year ago, but their thirst for learning has not lessened, as FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris Trent reports.

Over 30 million people have been affected by floods that cover a third of the country following record monsoon rains, with hundreds of thousands made homeless. Half of the victims are women and girls. "Periods do not stop during floods. Women need...

While international aid has begun arriving in flood-devastated Pakistan, residents of the badly affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the north are struggling to access the aid. A FRANCE 24 team reporting from the Hassanabad district found women a...

AFP was the first news outlet to report on the tragic climax of the attack that shocked the world 50 years ago. Here's a look at how it unfolded. - 'Games of Peace and Joy' - It is the 11th day of the Munich Olympic Games, dubbed the "Games of Pe...

The landmark report detailed a string of rights violations against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-western region, bringing the UN seal to many of the allegations long brought by activist groups, Western nations and the Uyghur communi...

In Italy, a country whose teaching population has significantly aged, 150,000 positions are now filled by contract teachers. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome, Italy.

The Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday with a powerful message from Ukraine's president and a topical opening film starring Adam Driver about a deadly health crisis and misinformation.

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday addresses French envoys at an annual conference of ambassadors in Paris as the international community confronts multiple crises sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including food and energy shortages as ...

Army helicopters flew sorties over cut-off areas in Pakistan's mountainous north Wednesday and rescue parties fanned out across waterlogged plains in the south as misery mounted for millions trapped by the worst floods in the country's history. Our ...

The United Nations released a major report into serious human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region Wednesday, saying torture allegations were credible and citing possible crimes against humanity but stopping short of calling it genocide.

A dispute over gas supplies between Engie and Gazprom escalated on Wednesday as the Russian company prepared to halt all deliveries to its French contractor from Sept.1, citing missing payments.

Months of acute food, fuel and medicine shortages, extended blackouts and runaway inflation have plagued the country after it ran out of dollars to finance even the most essential imports. The country has defaulted on its $51 billion foreign debt a...

In an address to the Central Asian country's parliament, Tokayev also proposed holding snap parliamentary elections in the first half of 2023, after his country underwent a political crisis earlier this year that left more than 200 people dead. "I ...

FRussia and Ukraine accused each other of waging attacks Thursday near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant just as a team of U.N. inspectors were heading to visit it despite the fighting. RANCE 24's James André reports from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine...

Suryakumar smashed 68 off 26 balls to lift India from 94-2 in 13 overs to post a mammoth 192-2 against minnows Hong Kong in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament on Wednesday. India's bowlers restricted Hong Kong to 152-5 as they won by 40 runs to sail ...